STAFF academic Profiles
Name and Title: Dr Gianmarco Alberti
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Criminology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Geographic Information Science
● Spatial forensics
● Applied quantitative methods
latest Publication/s:
● Alberti, G., Grima, R., & Vella, N. C. (2018). The use of geographic information system and 1860s cadastral data to model agricultural suitability before heavy mechanization. A case study from Malta. Plos one, 13(2).
● Alberti, G. (2018). TRANSIT: a GIS toolbox for estimating the duration of ancient sail-powered navigation. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 45(6), 510-528.
● Beh, E. J., Lombardo, R., & Alberti, G. (2018). Correspondence analysis and the Freeman–tukey statistic: A study of archaeological data. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 128, 73-86.
research Project/s:
● LARSOCS (Low Altitude Remote Sensing Of Compact Sites) project, funded by The University of Malta and by the Research, Innovation, Development Trust Fund (RIDT) (2016-2017)
● ‘FRAGSUS’ project (Fragility and Sustainability in the restricted island environments of Malta), funded by ERC (2014-2018).
Email Address (Work): gianmarco.alberti@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/gianmarcoalberti
Campus Address: Room 332 Humanities Building (Fema)-university of Malta, Msida
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tfrjkq0aaaaj&hl=en
Other Social Media: https://malta.academia.edu/gianmarcoalberti https://www.researchgate.net/profile/gianmarco_alberti4
Name and Title: Prof. Andrew Azzopardi
Status: Resident Academic, Head of Department, Dean
Department/s: Youth and Community Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Disability Studies
● Community Development
● Youth Activism
latest Publication/s:
● Azzopardi, A.. (2018). Voices of the young and vulnerable in Malta: A qualitative study, Agenzija Zghazagh: Malta
● Vella, S., Falzon R. and Azzopardi, A. (Eds.) (2019). Perspectives on wellbeing – A reader. Brill Sense: Leiden.
● Azzopardi, A. (2019). Voices of the young so-called vulnerable: How well is their being? In S. Vella, R. Falzon and A. Azzopardi (Eds.), Perspectives on wellbeing – A reader (pp 97-108. Brill Sense: Leiden.
Website address: http://www.um.edu.mt/socialwellbeing
Twitter: @Azzopardi70
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/azzopardi70
Skype address: drandrewazzopardi
Name and Title: Dr. Claire Azzopardi Lane
Status: Resident Academic, Head of Department
Department/s: Disability Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Sexuality and disability; sexual health, parenting, sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual expression, sexual exploration
● Sex education and persons with intellectual disability
● Sexual health and persons with disability
latest Publication/s:
● Azzopardi Lane, C. L., Cambridge, P., & Murphy, G. (2019). Muted voices: The unexplored sexuality of young persons with learning disability in Malta. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 47(3), 156-164.
● Azzopardi-lane, C. (2017). Intimate relationships and persons with learning disability. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 22(1), 24-27.
research Project/s:
● Sexual Lives and Respectful Relationships : Resource for teaching sex education in Maltese
Email Address (Work): claire.azzopardi-lane@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/claireazzopardilane
UM Campus Address: Humanities A, Rm. 114, University of Malta
Name and Title: Prof Paul A. Bartolo
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Inclusive education, social inclusion, culturally responsive practice, holistic education
● Professional development and practice in psychology, psycho-educational assessment
● Qualitative research methods
latest Publication/s:
● Cefai, C.; Bartolo P. A.; Cavioni. V; Downes, P. (2018). Strengthening Social and Emotional Education as a core curricular area across the EU. A review of the international evidence, NESET II report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
● Grech, L., Bartolo, P., Camilleri, L. Everatt, J. (2018). English reading comprehension in Malta: An evaluation of the use of the Neale Analysis of Reading Ability. Malta Review of Educational Research, 12(2), 172-195.
research Project/s:
● Inclusive Early Childhood Education Project [European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education]
● The Changing Role of Specialist Provision in Enhancing Inclusive Education Project [European Agency …]
● “PROMEHS Promoting Mental Health at Schools” [Erasmus+ KA3]
Email Address (Work): paul.a.bartolo@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/paulabartolo
Campus Address: Faculty for Social Wellbeing, Room 242, Old Humanities Building, University of Malta, Msida
Skype Address: paul.a.bartolo
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=20yxkwqaaaaj&hl=en
Other Social Media: Research Gate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/paul_bartolo
Name and Title: Dr Kristina Bettenzana
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Severe and Enduring Mental Illness
● Suicide
● Acquired Brain Injury & Neurodegenerative Disorders
research Project/s:
● Postvention and the Psychiatrist’s Reaction to Patient Suicide
● The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure as a measure of harm avoidance and incompleteness in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
Email Address (Work): kristina.vella@um.edu.mt
Name and Title: Dr. Olga Bogolyubova
Status: Resident Academic
Department: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Psychological Trauma and Its Impact on Health
● Health and Behavior on Social Media
● Mental Health Literacy
latest Publications:
● Bogolyubova, O., Upravitelev, P., Churilova, A., & Ledovaya, Y. (2018). Expression of Psychological Distress on Instagram Using Hashtags in Russian and English: A Comparative Analysis. SAGE Open. https://doi. org/10.1177/2158244018811409
● Bogolyubova, O., Panicheva, P., Tikhonov, R., Ivanov, V., & Ledovaya, Y. (2018). Dark Personalities on Facebook: Harmful Online Behaviors and Language. Computers in Human Behavior, 78, pp. 151-159 https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.09.032
● Bogolyubova, O., Tikhonov, R., Ivanov, V., Panicheva, P., & Ledovaya, Y. (2017). Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress, and Subjective Well-being in a Sample of Russian Adults: A Facebook-based Study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517698279
research Projects:
● Lay Perceptions of Mental Health: A Cross-cultural Investigation (unfunded)
● Dark Personality Traits, Conspiracy Beliefs and HIV Risk in a Sample of Russian Facebook Users (unfunded)
Email Address (Work): olga.bogolyubova@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/olgabogolyubova
UM Campus Address: Library Basement, Office 107
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olga-bogolyubova-62974b8a/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xngmjzmaaaaj&hl=en
Name and Title: Dr Patricia Bonello
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Social Policy and Social Work
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Professional identity and the way this is sustained, particularly in social work, through aspects such as supervision, spirituality and resilience.
● Gender-based violence and domestic violence and their roots in patriarchal society.
● Children in alternative care - the various accommodation arrangements made for them and how these meet their needs.
Email Address (Work): patricia.bonello@um.edu.mt
UM Campus Address: Department of Social Policy and Social Work Room 123
New Humanities B (FEMA) Building University of Malta
Msida MSD 2080
Name and Title: Claire-suzanne Borg
Status: Doctoral Candidate
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Communication at Work
● Communication and productivity at Work
● Productivity and Job Satisfaction
Email Address (Work): claire.s.borg@psypotential.com
Skype Address: claire-suzanne
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairesuzanneborg/
Name and Title: Dr Kurt Borg
Status: Research Support Officer
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Narratives of Trauma, Disability, and Illness
● Ethics and Political Theory
● Contemporary Philosophy, especially Poststructuralism, Michel Foucault and Judith Butler
latest Publications:
● Borg, K. (2018). Narrating Disability, Trauma and Pain: The Doing and Undoing of the Self in Language. Word and Text, A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics, 8(1), 169-186.
● Borg, K. (2018). Narrating Trauma: Judith Butler on Narrative Coherence and the Politics of Self-narration. Life Writing, 15(3), 447-465.
● Aquilina, A., & Borg, K. (2017). The Countertext Interview: Judith Butler. Countertext, 3(2), 115-129.
Email Address (Work): kurt.borg@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/kurtborg
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ujgpnniaaaaj&hl=en
Other Social Media: http://whenpraxisbecomesunbearable.tumblr.com/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/kurt_borg3
Name and Title: Dr Trevor Calafato Status: Resident Academic Department/s: Criminology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Lombroso
● Terrorism and related security issues
● Homicide
latest Publication/s:
● Calafato, T. (2018). Multiculturalism: Hidden hate. Maltese Dominican Province (Chapter). Knisja 2000, 124. ● Calafato, T. (2017). Malta. In, S. Okland Jahnsen & H. Wagenaar (Eds.), Assessing prostitution policies in Europe (pp. 331-345). London: Routledge
● Calafato, T. (2017). Rescue Techniques for Emergency Response: An introductory manual for European
Volunteer Rescuers. Malta: Ideasoft
research Project/s:
● Captive - Cultural Agent - Promoting and targeting interventions vs violence and enslavement ● SERA - Secularisation, Radicalisation
● FAIR - Fighting Against Inmate Radicalisation
Email Address (Work): trevor.calafato@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/trevorcalafato
UM Campus Address: Department of Criminology
Rm 428 Block B New Humanities Bld University of Malta
Msida MSD 2080
Malta
Twitter Account: @Tcalafato
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-calafato-b8060725/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=injpcuoaaaaj&hl=en
Name and Title: Amy Camilleri Zahra
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Disability Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● The intersection between gender and disability, including representation of disabled women and the lived experiences of disabled women
● Disability policy particularly the implementation of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Equal Opportunities Act
latest Publication/s:
● Williams, V., Camilleri Zahra, A., & Gauci, V. (2019). Disabled People and Social Wellbeing: What’s Good for Us Is Good for Everyone. In Perspectives on Wellbeing: A Reader (pp. 133-143). Brill Sense.
● Callus, A.M. & Camilleri-zahra, A. (2017). ‘Nothing about us without us’: disabled people determining their human rights through the UNCRPD. Mediterranean Review of Human Rights Inception Issue: Conference Proceedings ‘The Role of Human Rights Bodies in Promoting a Human Rights Culture’ 1(1).
Email Address (Work): amy.camilleri-zahra@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/amycamillerizahra
Twitter Account: @Amyjzahra
Name and Title: Dr Julian Caruana
Status: Senior Visiting Lecturer
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Refugee Mental Health
● The relationship between religiosity/spirituality and psychological well-being ● Migration, Integration and Identity
latest Publication/s:
● Taylor-east, R., Rossi, A., Caruana, J., & Grech, A. (2016). The mental health services for detained asylum seekers in Malta. Bjpsych international, 13(2), 32-35.
● Caruana, J. (2016). Struggling to Survive. An investigation into the risk of poverty among asylum seekers in Malta. Birkirkara, Malta: aditus foundation & Jesuit Refugee Services Malta.
● Rossi, A. & Caruana, J. (2014). Care in Captivity? An Analysis of the Provision of Care for Detained Asylum Seekers Experiencing Mental Health Problems. Jesuit Refugee Service.
● Rossi, A. & Caruana, J. (2015). Detention Visitors Manual, Psychological Support Chapter. JRS Europe
research Project/s:
● Postvention and the Psychiatrist’s Reaction to Patient Suicide
Email Address (Work): julian.j.caruana@um.edu.mt
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qhpjbgyaaaaj&hl=en
Name and Title: Claire Casha
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Family Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Fatherhood
● Post-separation parenting issues including child maintenance payment ● The practice of family law professionals
latest Publication/s:
● Abela, A., Casha, C., Debono, M., & Lauri, M. A. (2015). Attitudes about remarriage in Malta. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 56(5), 369-387. doi: 10.1080/10502556.2015.1046799
Email Address (Work): claire.casha@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/clairecasha
UM Campus Address: Cabin 10, Block A, Portacabins in Car Park 6, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080
Skype Address: claire.casha
Linkedin: https://mt.linkedin.com/in/clairecasha
Academia: https://malta.academia.edu/clairecasha
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/claire_casha3
Name and Title: Dr Joanne Cassar
Status: Resident Academic
Department: Youth and Community Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Young people’s sexualities and adolescent romantic relationships ● Sexuality education
● The construction of gender identities
● Young people and body image
latest Publications:
● Cassar, J., & Grima Sultana, M. (2018). No way am I throwing you out! Adjustments in space and time for parents of gay sons. Journal of Family Studies, 1-15.
● Cassar, J. (2019). Ethical implications in teaching and learning about intimate partner violence and femicide prevention. Education Inquiry, 10(1), 76-93.
● Cassar, J. (2018). Ruptured Dreams: Female Students’ Talk about Boys as Past” Lovers”. IAFOR Journal of
Education, 6(1), 43-57.
research Projects:
● Young migrant women in secondary education: Promoting understanding and mutual understanding through dialogue and exchange [European Social Fund]
● Leisure trends among young people in Malta [Office of the Commissioner for Children and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ]
● Appearance matters: Tackling the physical and psychosocial consequences of dissatisfaction with appearance [COST Action IS1210]
Email Address (Work): joanne.cassar@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/joannecassar
UM Campus Address: Room 204, Binja Guze’ Cassar Pullicino
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-cassar-aaa83621/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2c5&q=joanne+cassar&oq=
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/joanne_cassar
Academia: https://malta.academia.edu/joannecassar
Name and Title: Dr Gottfried Catania
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Ethical behaviour at work
● Workplace motivation
● Technostress and its effects at work and on the family
latest Publication/s:
● De Giovanni, K. & Catania, G. (2018). The impact of technostress on personal well-being – an analysis of individual and group differences. Symposia Melitensia, 14, 77-90.
● Catania, G & De Giovanni, K. (2017). The effect of technostress on the work-life interface. The Work-life
Balance Bulletin, 1, 17-19.
● Catania, G. & Darmanin Kissaun, G. (2016). The Repertory Grid Technique – an idiographic technique used to elicit tacit knowledge in Subject Matter Experts. In G. Sammut & S. Salvatore (eds.), The Yearbook of Idiographic Science: Methods of Psychological Intervention. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Email Address (Work): Gottfried.catania@um.edu.mt
Email Address (Personal): gottfried71@gmail.com
UM Campus Address: Room 214, Old Humanities Building, University of Malta, Msida
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mlwkouyaaaaj&hl=en
Name and Title: Professor Carmel Cefai
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Mental Health in School
● Resilience and wellbeing in children and young people
● Social and emotional learning
latest Publication/s:
● Cefai, C. Bartolo, P., Cavioni, V. & Downes, P. (2018). Strengthening Social and Emotional Education as a key curricular area across the EU. A review of the international evidence. NESET Report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union
● Cefai, C. & Cooper, P. (Editors) (2017). Mental health promotion in schools: Cross cultural narratives and perspectives. Netherlands: Sense Publications
● Cefai, C & Spiteri Pizzuto, S. (2017). Listening to the voices of young children in a Nurture Class. Emotional and Behaviour Difficulties, 22:3, 248-260, DOI:10.1080/13632752.2017.1331987
research Project/s:
● The health and wellbeing of overseas children in Malta [Externally Funded Project/ridt]
● Enhancing Resilience through Teacher Education ENRETE (EU funded project)
● Early Childhood Education - building sustainable motivation and value paradigm for life (MOV-UP)[EU funded project]
Email Address (Work): carmel.cefai@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/carmelcefai , www.um.edu.mt/cres
Campus Address: Room 241, Old Humanities Building, University of Malta, Msida
Office telephone: +356 2340 2345
Name and Title: Dr Josann Cutajar
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Gender and Sexualities
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Community engagement and development
● Social justice
● Gender and policy
latest Publication/s:
● Cutajar, J. (2018). “The symbiotic relationship between space, place and performance”. In S. Mei & L.mesiti (Eds.), Displace Altofest (pp.14-25). Malta: Valletta 2018, Teatringestazione and Altofest International Company Live Art.
● Cutajar, J. (2018). “Multiculturalism today”. In R. Gatt (Ed.) L-isfida tal-multikulturalizmu (pp.19-28).
Malta: Printcare.
● Cutajar, J. (2018). Gozitan Women: a study on the transition from marriage into widowhood. The Gozo Observor, 37, pp 17-26.
research Project/s:
● GENDERACTION, Horizon 2020, Grant Agreement Number 741466, 30 March 2017-31 March 2021. ● STAR KIDS, Malta Communications Authority, 2 January 2018 - 5 October 2018.
● QUAL, Horizon 2020, March 2019-March 2021.
● Gender Audit, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta. Inclusive Language Policy, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta.
Email Address (Work): josann.cutajar@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/josanncutajar
UM Campus Address: Room 114
Guzè Cassar Pullicino Building University of Malta
Msida
+356 2340 3103
Skype Address: J. Cutajar
Twitter Account: @Josanncutajar
Facebook Account: Josann Cutajar
Linkedin: Josann Cutajar
Google Scholar: Josann Cutajar
Name and Title: Dr Greta Darmanin Kissaun
Status: Resident Academic, Head of Department, Deputy Dean
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Psychotherapy, Psychopathology
● Motivations of Clinical Psychologists, training of clinical psychologists
● Personality
latest Publication/s:
● Darmanin-kissaun, G., & Catania, C. (in press) Same roots different branches: The study of personality by researchers from different disciplines. Symposia Melitensia 211-223
● Catania, G., & Darmanin Kissaun, G. (2016). The Repertory Grid Technique: An idiographic technique used to elicit tacit knowledge in Subject Matter Experts. In G. Sammut & S. Salvatore (Eds.), Yearbook of Idiographic Science: Methods of Intervention. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
● Darmanin Kissaun, G. (2016). Malta’s great mother archetype, individuation and separation in psychotherapy. In C.cefai, & L.lagana (Eds.), Psychology and the Arts: Perceptions and perspectives. Malta: University of Malta Publishing House.
Email Address (Work): greta.darmanin-kissaun@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/gretadarmaninkissaun
Campus Address: Room 125, Department of Psychology, Old Humanities Building, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, Msida MSD2080
Name and Title: Dr Katya Degiovanni
Status: Resident Academic, Director CRC
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Organisational Change and Leadership
● Aviation Psychology and Human Factors
● School to Work Transitions and Career Development
latest Publication/s:
● De Giovanni, K. (2019). Preventing Personal Short Circuits: Thriving as an operator in the electronics industry. Standard Paper. Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference, British Psychological Society.
● De Giovanni, K. & Catania, G. (2019). Thriving or Surviving? Determinants of Career Moves in a Small Island States. Standard Paper. Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference, British Psychological Society.
● Spiteri, M., & De Giovanni, K. (2018) School as Experienced by Early School Leavers. Malta Review of Educational Research. Malta Review of Educational Research 12(2)
research Project/s:
● European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities – COST Project ● OMEGA-NET – Network on the Co-ordination and Harmonisation of European Occupational Cohorts – COST Project
Email Address (Work): katya.degiovanni@um.edu.mt
Email Address (Personal): katya.degiovanni@gmail.com
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/katyadegiovanni
UM Campus Address: Room 240, Old Humanities Block, Msida Campus
Skype Address: anastacia0810
Twitter Account: katyadegiovanni
Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/katya.degiovanni
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katya-de-giovanni-72274364/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cosytmcaaaaj&hl=en
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/katya_degiovanni
Name and Title: Lorleen Farrugia
Status: PHD Candidate, Casual Academic
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Children, youth, technology and new media ● Social representations of risk
● Ethical issues in research with children
latest Publication/s:
● Farrugia, L. (2018). Self-other positioning: Insights into children’s understanding of risks in new media. In L.
● Peja, N. Carpentier, F. Colombo, M. F. Murru, S. Tosoni, R. Kilborn,... P. Pruulmann-vengerfeldt
(Eds.) Current Perspectives on Communication and Media Research (pp. 233-245). Bremen: Edition Lumiere. ● Farrugia, L., Lauri, M. A., Borg, J., & O’neill, B. (2018). Have You Asked for It? An Exploratory Study About Maltese Adolescents’ Use of Ask. fm. Journal of Adolescent Research, 0743558418775365.
● Farrugia, L. & Lauri, M. A. (2018). Maltese Parents’ Awareness and Management of Risks their Children
Face Online (pp. 135-146) in G. Mascheroni, C. Ponte & A. Jorge (Eds.) Digital Parenting. The Challenges for Families in the Digital Age. Göteborg: Nordicom.
research Project/s:
● Children’s social representations of risks in new media [Doctoral Studies] ● EU Kids Online [Research Network]
Email Address (Work): lorleen.farrugia@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/lorleenfarrugia
Campus Address: Room 106, M.A. Vassalli Lecture Centre (GW), University of Malta Msida
Skype Address: lorleen.farrugia
Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/lorleenfarrugia
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorleenfarrugia/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=svzeageaaaaj
Name and Title: Prof. Marvin Formosa
Status: Resident Academic, Head of Department
Department/s: Gerontology and Dementia Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Ageing
● Educational Gerontology
● Geriatric care
latest Publication/s:
● Formosa, M. (2018). Active and healthy ageing in Malta: Gerontological and geriatric inquiries. Malta: BDL
Publishers.
● Formosa, M. (2018). National policies for healthy ageing in Malta: Achievements and limitations. Healthy
Aging Research, 7(1), 1-6.
● Formosa, M. & Cassar P. (2019). Visual art dialogues in long-term care facilities: An action research study. International Journal of Education and Ageing, 5(1), 23-41.
research Project/s:
● Centre for Third Age Education [Tempus project] ● Social exclusion in later life [COST Action] ● University of the Third Age Malta [University funds]
Email Address (Work): marvin.formosa@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/marvinformosa
UM Campus Address: Room 227, University of the Third Age building University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bjgimg8aaaaj&hl=en
Name and Title: Prof. Saviour Formosa
Status: Resident Academic, Head of Department
Department/s: Criminology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Environmental Criminology ● Remote Sensing & LIDAR ● 3D Technologies - Virtuality
latest Publication/s:
● Furlani, S., Antonioli, F., Gambin, T., Biolchi, S., Formosa, S., Lo Presti, V., Mantovani, M., Anzidei, M.,calcagnile, L., & Quarta, G.(2018). Submerged speleothem in Malta indicates tectonic stability throughout the Holocene, The Holocene, Vol 278(10). https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683618782613
● Formosa, S. (Ed). (2017). Emergent Realities for Social Wellbeing: Environmental, Spatial and Social Pathways, University of Malta, Msida, ISBN 978-99957-908-1-3
● Formosa, S. (2017). The Sintegram Stairway to Integrative Spatialisation - eroding barriers to access and harmonisation IN Buhmann E., Ervin S., and Pietsch M., (Eds.): Peer Reviewed Proceedings of Digital Landscape Architecture 2017, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Wichmann Verlag, Berlin
research Project/s:
● Sintegram: Spatial Data Integration for the Maltese Islands - ERDF ● Spatialtrain - ESF ● plotter - ERDF
Email Address (Work): saviour.formosa@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/saviourformosa
UM Campus Address: 333, Humanities B
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/saviour_formosa
Name and Title: Dr Natalie Kenely
Status: Resident Academic, Head of Department Department/s: Social Policy and Social Work
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Reflective practice in social work
● Emotional intelligence and transformational leadership ● Resilience and wellbeing
latest Publication/s:
● Kenely, Natalie (2019). Emotional intelligence, resilience and wellbeing. In S. Vella, R. Falzon and A. Azzopardi (Eds.), Perspectives on Wellbeing: A reader (pp. 21-34). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Sense.
Email Address (Work): natalie.kenely@um.edu.mt
Email Address (Personal): nataliekenely@gmail.com
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/nataliekenely
UM Campus Address: Department of Social Policy and Social Work
Faculty for Social Wellbeing
New Humanities Building B, Room 121
University of Malta, Msida, Malta (Europe) Msida MSD2080
Skype Address: nataliekenely
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-kenely-phd-514b32b/
Name and Title: Prof. Louis Laganà Status: Resident Academic Department/s: Psychology, Digital Art
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Psychoanalytic approach to Art and Aesthetics.
● Modern and Contemporary Art History with special interest on Maltese Art. ● Jungian Aesthetics and Art Therapy.
latest Publication/s:
● Laganà, L. (2018). Poetry in Geometry, The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities, iafor 2018, The Arts
Centre, Kobe, Japan
● Laganà, L. (Ed.). (2016). Two Generations of Maltese Artistic Families - Joseph Cassar & Maria Rossella Dalmas and Albert L. Caruana & Doranne Alden Caruana, Vol. 3., APS Bank., 2016.
● Cefai, C., & Laganà, L. (Eds.). (2016). Psychology and the Arts: Perceptions and Perspectives. Malta
University Publishing.
research Project/s:
● The Art and Life of Ġanni Bonnici (sculptor). ● Maltese Contemporary Artists. ● Psychoanalysis and Art
Email Address (Work): louis.lagana@um.edu.mt
Email Address (Personal): dartist1953@yahoo.co.uk
Skype Address: Aloysius Lagana (dartist1953)
Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/louis.lagana
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-lagana-7a6a7521/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nk-gotmaaaaj&hl=en
Other Social Media: http://malta.academia.edu/louislagana
Name and Title: Prof. Mary Anne Lauri
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Psychology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Media Psychology
● Social Networking Sites ● Children and the new media
latest Publication/s:
● Muscat, J. & Lauri M. A. (2018). The national flag: An agent of prejudice? Social Psychological Review,
20(1). p. 5-17.
● Farrugia, L. & Lauri M.A. (2018). Parents’ awareness and management of risks their children face online. In G. Mascheroni, C. Ponte & Ana Jorge (Eds) Digital Parentling. The Challenges for Families in the Digital Age. Nordicom Yearbook 2018
● Farrugia, L., Borg, J., Lauri, M.A. & O’neill, B. (2018). Have you Asked for it? An Exploratory Study about Maltese Adolescents’ use of Ask.fm. Journal of Adolescent Research, 34(6), 738-756.
research Project/s:
● Eukids Online
● Safer Internet Programme
Email Address (Work): mary-anne.lauri@um.edu.mt
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-anne-lauri-a2bba88b/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=mary+a nne+lauri&hl=en&oi=ao
Name and Title: Elaine Schembri Lia
Status: Visiting Academic
Department/s: Psychology, Family Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Clinical Psychology
● Family Therapy and Systemic Practice
● Disability and Chronic Illness
latest Publication/s:
● Schembri Lia, E., & Abela, A. (2016). Not broken but strengthened: Stories of resilience by persons with acquired physical disability and their families. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 37(3), 400-417.
● The couple relationship when the female partner has an acquired physical disability, The History of the Family, in press.
● Couples where one of the partners has an acquired physical disability, Book Chapter, in press.
Email Address (Work): elaine.schembrilia@gmail.com
Skype Address: Elaine Schembri Lia
Linkedin: Elaine Schembri Lia
Name and Title: Dr Ann Marie Mangion
Status: Visiting
Department/s: Gender and Sexualities
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Feminist Legal Theory
● Research Methods with a focus on Empirical Research Methods
● Feminism
Email Address (Work): amm67@le.ac.uk
Name and Title: Dr Daniel Mercieca
Status: Visiting Lecturer
Department/s: Psychology, Counselling, Communication Therapy
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Children’s Views of Psychotherapy
● Creative Arts therapies & Child Psychotherapy ● Sociology of Childhood & Child participation
latest Publication/s:
● Mercieca, D. (2018). Children and Public Policy in Malta. National Institute for Childhood, President’s
Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society (Malta)
● Jones, P., Mercieca, D., & Munday, E. (2018). Research into the views of two child reference groups on the arts in research concerning wellbeing. Arts & health, 1-18.
● Mercieca, D., & Jones, P. (2018). Use of a reference group in researching children’s views of psychotherapy in Malta. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 44(2), 243-262.
research Projects:
● ‘Children’s Views of Psychotherapy’ - PHD research ● ‘Fil-beraħ’ - National Institute for Childhood, PFWS
Email Address (Work): dmerc04@um.edu.mt
Email Address (Personal): danielmercieca2@gmail.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-mercieca-78304719/
Name and Title: Prof. Brenda Murphy Status: Resident Academic Departments: Gender and Sexualities
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Gender and media, gendered bodies.
● Semiotics and textual analysis, and feminist research methods to excavate issues around representation, commodification and identity located in media
● Belonging, diaspora, identity, gendered places and spaces, the construction of identities of various kinds, (national, gender, ethnic etc.) In and through consumption and performances of consumption and spaces of consumption
latest Publication/s:
● Murphy.b. (2019). Gender-positive advertising – challenging gender stereotyping in advertising? In Ross. K. (Ed) Gender and Communications Encyclopedia (forthcoming)
● Murphy.b. (2019). Framing Couples: stereotypes, romance and idealised romance in the media, In Abela A, Piscopo S., & Vella, S. (Eds.) Couple Relationships in a Global Context, Understanding love and intimacy across cultures. National Centre of Family Research of the President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society; Springer (forthcoming)
● Murphy.b. (2018). Media guidelines for Journalists reporting Domestic Violence, Malta: Commission for Domestic Violence.
research Project/s:
● Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) [National Coordinator] giving rise to National Reports in 2015, 2010, 2005, and 2000. [Murphy B. (2015) Global Media Monitoring Project 2015 (GMMP)
National Report (Malta): Murphy B. (2010) Global Media Monitoring Project 2010 GMMP
(Malta), http://www.whomakesthenews.org/images/stories/restricted/national/malta.pdf;
Murphy B. (2005) Global Media Monitoring Project 2005 (Gmmp)national Report (Malta), http://www.whomakesthenews.org/research/country_reports.]
● EU Research: Most recent research was carried out for the FEMM Women’s Rights and Gender
Equality (European Parliament Committee) and European Commission on the Mutual
Learning Platform. [Murphy, B. 2018. ‘Malta – a case study,’ In Gender Equality in the Media Sector, FEMM Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (European Parliament Committee)
Media Research – Report, Authors: Mccracken, K., Fitzsimons, A., Priest, S., Girstmair, S., and Murphy, B. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/regdata/etudes/stud/2018/596839/ipol_stu(2018)596839_en.pdf ] Murphy B. 2019. languishing in inertia - gender issues & media landscapes: from Beijing 1995 to Paris 2018. EU Mutual Learning Programme in Gender Equality - Comments Paper – Response to Discussion Paper (France) for EU Mutual Learning Programme in Gender Equality - Women and the Media Seminar, France, 12-13 November 2018 [https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/mlp-gender-equality-seminar-women-andmedia-france-12-13-november-2018_en]
● Collaborative researcher with several institutions:
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), GMMP and COST
National Coordinator for the Gender Monitoring Media Project (GMMP)
With the Presidents Foundation to spearhead gender training for media practitioners.
Expert for the European Commission and European Parliament on issues around Media and Gender. Research Associate at the University’ of Malta’s Mediterranean Institute
Email Address (Work): brenda.murphy@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/brendamurphy
UM campus address: Lecture Centre Room 207 Tal Qroqq Msida Msida
Skype address: brenda.murphy
Twitter acc: https://twitter.com/bmurphymalta
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brenda.murphy.399826
Linkedln; https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-murphy-99007316/
Other Social Media: https://murphybrenda.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/brewery-for-a-book-launch/ https://malta.academia.edu/brendamurphy, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/brenda_murphy3.
Name and Title: Dr Marian Muscat Azzopardi Status: Casual Lecturer
Department/s: Social Policy and Social Work
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Residential child care policy and the social pedagogy model of quality care, upbringing and the holistic development of the child.
● Foster Care policy: A children’s rights based approach.
● Ethical issues in ageing with a particular interest in the concepts of autonomy and meaningfulness.
latest Publication/s:
● Muscat Azzopardi, M. (2017). Book Review: Population Ageing in Malta: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Formosa, M. & Scerri, C. (eds), Ageing & Society, 37(1)
● Muscat Azzopardi, M. & Debono, D. (2016). Let Me Thrive: A Research Study on Foster Care in Malta. Office of the Commissioner for Children, 1-155, ISBN 978-99957-0-962-4
● Muscat Azzopardi, M. (2010). Where is Home? The Voice of Children and Young Persons Living in Care, ● International Journal of Child & Family Welfare, 13(3-4), pp. 171-186
research Project/s:
● Factors conducive to the attraction/retention of foster carers.
● Out-of-home child care policy
● National Occupational Standards for frontline workers in out-of-home child care.
Email Address (Work): mmusc02@um.edu.mt
Email Address (Personal): iktbuli@gmail.com
Name and Title: Dr Marceline Naudi Status: Resident Academic Department/s: Gender and Sexualities
research Focus and Scholarly interests and activism:
● Gender generally
● Violence against Women, including Femicide ● LGBTIQ
latest Publication/s:
● Naudi, M. & Stelmaszek, B. (2019, forthcoming). ‘Dis/empowerment under Patriarchy: Intimate Partner Violence’. In: Vella, Falzon, & Azzopardi (Eds). Perspectives in Social Wellbeing. Lieden: Brill Publishers, NL ● Weil, S., Corradi, C. & Naudi, M. (Eds) (2018) Femicide across Europe: Theory, research and prevention, Bristol: Policy Press.
● Naudi, M., Clark, M. & Saliba, H. (2018) FULL COOPERATION: ZERO VIOLENCE. Barriers to Help-seeking in Gender-based Violence Against Women: A Research Study. Valletta: Ministry for European Affairs & Equality, Valletta, Malta
research Project/s:
● Full Cooperation Zero Violence Project co-funded by DG Justice
● European Commission (ended December 2018)
● Bystanders Response to Sexual Harassment among Young People Project co-financed by DG Justice ● European Commission (ended November 2018)
● European Observatory on Femicide currently hosted by the Department of Gender Studies UM, resulting out of COST action IS1206 Femicide Across Europe (Ongoing)
Email Address (Work): marceline.naudi@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/marcelinenaudi
UM Campus Address: Room 122, Humanities B (FEMA), University of Malta, Msida.
Skype Address: marceline.naudi
Name and Title: Dr Charles Pace
Status: Visiting Senior Lecturer Department/s: Social Policyand Social Work
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Malta’s welfare state
● Adaptation to new context in policy transfer, especially in mental health, social and migrant care in the community.
● Epistemological, spirituality and transcendence issues in academia.
latest Publication/s:
● Deusdad Ayala, B. & Pace, C. (guest editors) (2016). Special Issue on, ‘Facing the challenges to the development of long-term care for older people in Europe’. Journal of Social Service Research. 42(2), ● Leibetseder, B., Pace, C., et al. (2017). The horizontal ‘re-mix’ in social care. In Martinelli F et al. Social Services Disrupted. Changes, Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe in Times of Austerity. Cheltenham: Elgar.
● Pace, C. (2019, forthcoming). The Maltese welfare state. In Schubert K, Hegelich S & Bazant K (eds.). Handbook of European Welfare Systems. London: Routledge
Email Address (Work): charles.pace@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/charlespace
Linkedin: https://mt.linkedin.com/in/charles-pace-44210731
Name and Title: Dr Maria Pisani
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Youth and Community Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Forced Migration
● Youth Studies & Youth Work ● Citizenship & inclusion
latest Publication/s:
● Pisani, M., Basarab, T., Bello, B., & Laine, S. (2019). Between insecurity and hope: reflections on youth work with young refugees. Strasbourg: European Commission & Council of Europe.
● Vaughan-williams, N., & Pisani, M. (2018), Migrating borders, bordering lives: everyday geographies of ontological security and insecurity in Malta, Social and Cultural Geography, 1-23.
● Pisani, M. (2018). Illegal young bodies and the failings of liberal democracy: some reflections on the European Union’s ‘refugee crisis’ and its implications for juvenile justice. In B. Goldsen, Juvenile Justice in Europe: Past, Present and Future, 1st Edition. London: Routledge.
research Project/s:
● Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat: Mapping and Documenting Migratory Journeys and Experiences (Funded by UK ESRC)
● On Being Moved: Refugee Perceptions of Being Moved to Malta (Funded by JRS Malta, aditus Foudation & Integra Foundation)
● Becoming a Part of Europe (BPE) How Youth Work can support young migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers (Funded by EC Erasmus+)
Email Address (Work): maria.pisani@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/mariapisani
Name and Title: Dr Claudia Psaila
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Social Policy and Social Work
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Spirituality and practice: psychology/psychotherapy/social work/wellbeing ● The personal and professional development of helping professionals ● Reflective practice; mindfulness and self-care/practice
latest Publication/s:
● Psaila, C. (forthcoming) Spirituality: The cornerstone of wellbeing? In S. Vella, R. Falzon and A. Azzopardi (Eds.) Perspectives on wellbeing: A reader. Sense Publications.
● Psaila, C. (2017). Spirituality and religion in Maltese social work practice: A taboo?’ In B. R. Crisp (Ed.)
The Routledge handbook of religion, spirituality and social work. London: Routledge.
● Psaila, C. (2014). Mental health practitioners’ understanding and experience of spirituality and religion: Implications for practice, Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 4(2), 189-203.
Email Address (Work): claudia.psaila@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/claudiapsaila
UM Campus Address: Faculty for Social Wellbeing, Room 121, New Humanities Building, Department of Social Policy & Social Work, University of Malta, Msida
Skype Address: claudiapsaila
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-claudia-psaila-8174799/
Name and Title: Dr Alexia Rossi
Status: Senior Visiting Lecturer Department/s: Psychology, Family Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Psychological Trauma
● Post-trauma Resilience and Post-traumatic Growth ● Refugee Mental Health
● Migration, Integration and Well-being
latest Publication/s:
● Taylor-east, R., Rossi, A., Caruana, J., & Grech, A. (2016). The mental health services for detained asylum seekers in Malta. Bjpsych international, 13(2), 32-35.
● Rossi, A., & Caruana, J. (2015). Detention Visitors Manual, Psychological Support Chapter. JRS Europe. ● Rossi, A., & Caruana, J. (2014). Care in Captivity? Analysis of the provision of care for detained asylum seekers experiencing mental health problems. Jesuit Refudee Service.
● Gafa, S., Naudi, M., & Rossi, A. (2017). Stronger Together. Fempower, 28.
research Project/s:
● Postvention and the Psychiatrist’s Reaction to Patient Suicide
Email Address (Work): alexia.rossi@um.edu.mt
Email Address (Personal): alexiamrossi@gmail.com
Skype Address: alexiarossi1
Facebook Account: Alexia Rossi
Linkedin: Alexia Rossi
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r1r86y4aaaaj&hl=en&authuser=1
Name and Title: Prof. Gordon Sammut Status: Resident Academic Department/s: Criminology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Mentalities ● Social Cognition ● Methodology
latest Publication/s:
● Buhagiar, L.J., Sammut, G., Rochira, A., & Salvatore, S. (2018). There’s no such thing as a good Arab: Cultural essentialism and its functions concerning the integration of Arabs in Europe. Culture & Psychology, 24(4), 560-576.
● Sammut, G. (2018). Alternating dominance: Social categorization, group formation and the problem of borders. In B. Wagoner, I. Bresco de Luna & V. Glaveanu (Eds.), The Road to Actualized Democracy: A psychological exploration (pp. 129-146).Charlotte, NC: Information Age.
● Sammut, G., Jovchelovitch, S., Buhagiar, L.J., Veltri, G.A., Redd, R., & Salvatore, S. (2018). Arabs in Europe: Arguments for and against integration. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 24(4), 398-406.
research Project/s:
● European Network for Argumentation and Public Policy Analysis [COST Action] ● National Safety & Security Monitor [Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security]
Email Address (Work): gordon.sammut@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/gordonsammut
UM Campus Address: OH214, Department of Psychology, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta, Msida, MSD2080, Malta
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=hk3inz8aaaaj&hl=en&oi=ao
Name and Title: Dr Sandra Scicluna Status: Resident Academic Department/s: Criminology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Probation and Prisons ● Gender Based Violence ● Drug abuse and treatment
research Project/s:
● SERA - Secularisation and Radicalisation a project to prevent the radicalisation of prisoners (Erasmus+) ● CAPTIVE - A project to help women victims or potential victims of gender based violence (EU project - Daphne and Justice)
Email Address (Work): sandra.scicluna@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/sandrascicluna
UM Campus Address: Rm 428, New Humanities Building, Block B, University of Malta
Skype Address: Sandra6669
Name and Title: Miriam Teuma
Status: Visiting Lecturer
Department/s: Youth and Community Studies
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● European and international youth policy and implementation ● Non-formal learning theory and practice
● Innovative learning methods and practices
latest Publication/s:
● Teuma, M. (2017). Above the horizon - shifting landscapes in youth work in Malta, in Schild, H., Connolly, N., Labadie, F., Vanhee, J., & Williamson, H. (2017). Thinking seriously about youth work: and how to prepare people to do it (Vol. 20). Council of Europe.
● Teuma. M. (2017). Learning Mobility, Social Inclusion and Flexible Education Pathways in Malta” in Devlin, M., Kristensen, S., Krzaklewska, E., & Nico, M. (2017). Learning mobility, social inclusion and non-formal education: Access, processes and outcomes (Vol. 22). Council of Europe.
● Teuma, M. (2018). The past made us - perspectives on the development of youth work and social work in Malta. In The History of Youth Work in Europe (Vol. 6). Eu/council of Europe Youth Partnership.
Email Address (Work): miriam.teuma@gov.mt
Email Address (Personal): miriam.teuma@gmail.com
Name and Title: Dr Mary Grace Vella
Status: Visiting Lecturer
Department/s: Criminology, Social Policy and Social Work, Sociology,
Youth and Community Studies,
Centre for Labour Studies, Centre for Liberal Arts and Sciences
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Micro Politics and Activism (Human Rights, Animal Rights and Environmental Protection) ● Poverty and Social Exclusion
● Crime and Deviance
latest Publication/s:
● Vella, M.G. (2018). Abortion: Breaking the Barriers of Patriarchy. In Symposia Melitensia Conference
Proceedings Number 15, 525-536
● Vella, M.G. (2018). ‘Art and Politics’, ‘Sustainable Development: Global Political Commitment’ and ‘Scientific Research Methods’. In Debono, M., Gravina, J., Pollacco, C., Sultana, D., & Vella, M.G. (Eds.), Systems of Knowledge: An Interdisciplinary Approach (pp.132-139; pp.148-153 and pp.220-225). Miller Distributors Ltd: Malta.]
● Vella, M.G. (2018). Non-voting: Disconnecting from Partisan Politics. In Symposia Melitensia Number 14, pp.405-418]
research Project/s:
● The nature, cause and impact of usury [DG Social Policy within the Ministry for the Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity]
● The availability and affordability of housing for vulnerable groups [Observatory for Living with Dignity within the President’s Foundation for the Well-being of Society]
● Restorative Justice in Prison [ ‘Participation for Employment at CCF: Social Inclusion through Education and Training Project’ - University of Malta and Correctional Services].
Email Address (Work): marygrace.vella@um.edu.mt
Email Address (Personal): marygracevella08@gmail.com
UM Profile Address: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/marygracevella
UM Campus Address: Room C416, Department of Systems of Knowledge, Junior College, Msida
Name and Title: Dr Sue Vella
Status: Resident Academic
Department/s: Social Policy and Social Work
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● European social policy, with a focus on social investment and labour market-social security nexus ● Homelessness, housing risk and social housing
● Social policy perspectives on couple relationships and on families in poverty
latest Publication/s:
● Vella, S., Falzon, R. and Azzopardi, A. (Eds.) (2019). Perspectives on Wellbeing. NL: Brill
● Vella, S. (2018). Residential care in Malta. In M. Formosa (ed). Active and healthy ageing in Malta. Malta: BDL books.
● Vella, S. (2017). Welcoming the stranger. Social policy perspectives on asylum seekers in Malta. Melita Theologica 67(1), 61-76.
research Project/s:
● Social investment and young people in Europe ● Homelessness in Malta
● Impact of poverty on family functioning
Email Address (Work): sue.vella@um.edu.mt
UM Profile Address: UM Campus Address: Room 126, New Humanities ‘B’, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta, Tal-qroqq, Malta MSD2080
Skype Address: sue.vella3
Name and Title: Brian Zahra Status: Visiting Lecturer Department/s: Criminology
research Focus and Scholarly interests:
● Offence and Criminology Profiling ● Race, Migration and Human Trafficking ● Police Leadership
research Project/s:
● Change Management and Leadership ● Destructive Leadership
Email Address (Work): brian.zahra@um.edu.mt
Email Address (Personal): brianzahra75@gmail.com
Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/brian.zahra.56
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-zahra-8a074a5b/