Fabio Parasecoli is a Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies. He is also a fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has a Doctorate in Agricultural Sciences (Dr.sc.agr.) from Hohenheim University, Stuttgart (Germany), MA in Political Sciences from the Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples (Italy), BA/MA in Modern Foreign Languages and Literature from the Università La Sapienza, Roma (Italy). He also holds a certificate in Islamic Studies from the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome (Italy) and a graduate fellowship in the History Department at Beijing University, Beijing (China).
Fabio’s research explores the cultural politics of food, particularly in media, design, heritage, and international affairs. After covering Middle and Far Eastern political issues, he wrote for many years as the U.S. correspondent for Gambero Rosso, Italy's authoritative food and wine magazine. He has collaborated for food-related exhibitions with museums such as the Victoria and Albert (London, UK), M9 (Mestre, Italy), the Museum of the City of New York (New York City, USA), and the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York City, USA). Recent books include Al Dente: A History of Food in Italy (2014, translated into Italian, Korean, and Chinese), Feasting Our Eyes: Food, Film, and Cultural Citizenship in the US (2016, authored with Laura Lindenfeld), Knowing Where It Comes From: Labeling Traditional Foods to Compete in a Global Market (2017), Food (2019, translated into Chinese), Global Brooklyn: Designing Food Experiences in World Cities (2021, coedited with Mateusz Halawa), Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics (2022), Practicing Food Studies (2024, coedited with Amy Bentley and Krishnendu Ray) and The Pierogi Problem: Reinventing Polish Food for Cosmopolitan Appetites (authored with Agata Bachórz and Mateusz Halawa, 2025). He has been quoted in national and international media, such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, The Guardian, and ARTE Channel. His writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, the MIT Technology Review, and Tank magazine, among others.
Previously, Fabio was a Professor and the Director of Food Studies Initiatives at The New School in NYC, where he launched the AA and BA/BS degrees in Food Studies.