Biography:
Prof. Jean Pierre Poulain holds a PhD in 1985, at University of Paris VII and a HDR in 2004, at University of Paris IV-Sorbonne. After 15 years at the Toulouse Hotel school, he move to an academic carrier in University of Toulouse focusing on "Sociology of Food" and "Food studies". He became associate professor in 1997 and full professor in 2007. He conducts researches on the links between Food, Cultures and Health in the frame of CERTOP UMR-CNRS 5044, and leads, since 2012, the chair of “Food Studies” conjointly set up by university of Toulouse (France) and Taylor's university (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). He is the co-director of the International Associated Laboratory (LIA-CNRS) "Food, Cultures and Health.