Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Dr. Stefano Biagetti earned his PhD in African Archaeology from University College London (UCL) in 2012, after completing his graduate and postgraduate studies in Rome. Since then, he has pursued a transdisciplinary academic career that integrates archaeology, anthropology, and environmental science. In 2015, he was appointed Honorary Fellow at the School of Geography, Archaeology, and Environmental Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
As the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council (ERC)-funded project CAMP (Reconstructing the Archaeology of Mobile Pastoralism: Bringing the Site Level into Long-Term Pastoral Narratives), Dr. Biagetti is pioneering an innovative methodology for studying pastoral archaeological sites. Since 2022, he has also served as a member of the Equality and Diversity Commission of the Faculty of Humanities at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).
Currently, his research centres on the archaeology and ethnoarchaeology of drylands, with a focus on developing approaches that connect broad theoretical debates with archaeological data. Throughout his career, Dr. Biagetti has led projects that challenge the conventional paradigm that equates aridity with abandonment – a notion that continues to influence many interpretations of past cultural change. While the archaeology of drylands has historically focused on large settlements near permanent or semi-permanent water sources, such as oases and river systems, Dr. Biagetti has demonstrated that so-called peripheral landscapes have long been dynamic arenas of innovation and adaptive land-use strategies.
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