ABOUT ME
Michela Siuni is an award-winning multilingual researcher working at the intersection between cultural relations and culinary practices.
She is currently enrolled at SOAS (University of London) as a PhD candidate. Her research project - funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - explores Korean food in the UK through the senses.
Michela holds a MA in Anthropology of Food from SOAS, a MA in Global Communication from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a MA in International Relations and Management from the University of Aberdeen. She also completed a specialist diploma in Public Affairs (Level 7, CIPR accredited).
She has years of experience in digital marketing, qualitative research, copyediting and public speaking across Europe and East Asia.
Her expertise revolves around cultural and culinary diplomacy, sensory studies, taste and food heritage, Korean foodways, place branding, migration, linguistics and digital media.
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FEATURES
Presenter at Kimchi Festival 2025 (28 November 2025 - SOAS, University of London), “Understanding "sonmat" in London: Insights from kimchi”.
Presenter at Goldsmiths Anthropology PGR Seminar - (10 December 2025 - Goldsmiths, University of London), “Making sense of Sonmat: Understanding Korean "hand-taste" and its significance”.
Presenter at Queer Food Conference 2026 (1-3 May 2026 - McGill University), “Feeding Love: A new era for food in LGBTQ+ drama”.
Presented at the Fifteenth International Conference on Food Studies (8-10 October 2025, University of Pretoria), “‘A Tale of dialogical gastro-connections: Kimchi diplomacy in Great Britain under review”.
Shortlisted for The British Library & Vittles Food Stories Fellowship Award (June 2025)