Pro-Rector for International Development, University of Malta, Malta

Godfrey Baldacchino is Pro-Rector for international Development and Full Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology at the University of Malta, Malta. He is also UNESCO co-Chair in Island Studies & Sustainability. He is Editor Emeritus of Island Studies Journal, now indexed in Web of Science. For ten years (2003-2013) Baldacchino served as Canada Research Chair in Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. He has also served as Visiting Professor of Island Tourism at the Universita' di Corsica Pascal Paoli, France (2012-2015). He was Member and Chair of the Malta Board of Cooperatives (1994-2003) and core member of the Malta-European Union Steering & Action Committee (MEUSAC). In 2014, he was elected President of the International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA) and, in 2015, he was elected Chair of the Scientific Board of RETI, the global excellence network of island universities. As of 2016, Prof. Baldacchino had (co-)authored 22 books, reports and monographs;(co-)edited or guest edited another 27 and has authored, since 1993, 130 peer-reviewed journal articles or book chapters. Apart from English and Maltese, Professor Baldacchino’s work has also appeared in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Swedish.