Dr. Alexandra Sapoznik

Biography

Alexandra Sapoznik joined King's College London in 2012, previously teaching at the University of Cambridge and holding a research position at the London School of Economics. She received her PhD from the University of Cambridge. Her research has been funded by the British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, and UK Research and Innovation. Between 2018 and 2021, she served as the Principal Investigator for the Leverhulme Research Project 'Bees in the Medieval World: Economic, Environmental, and Cultural Perspectives'. In 2024, she will be the Principal Investigator for 'ECOMEDS: Economic and Cultural Connections in Mediterranean Ecosystems', a project selected for European Research Council funding. Her research interests encompass late medieval economic and social history, agricultural environmental history, and the peasant economy including trade networks and commodity exchange in late medieval Britain and Europe. Sapoznik has published extensively, focusing on agricultural productivity, technological innovation, and food security, with a particular emphasis on the role of honeybees and their cultural relevance in the Middle Ages. She offers opportunities for students interested in research areas related to her work.

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