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Lecture by prof godfrey baldacchino national taiwan normal university taipei june 2011
Godfrey Baldacchino (born 25 April 1960) PhD is a Maltese and Canadian social scientist. He is Pro Rector (International Development) and Professor of Sociology at the University of Malta. Since January 2016, he is the UNESCO Co-Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability at UPEI (in partnership with the University of Malta). He is former Director of the Centre for Labour Studies at the University of Malta and is the current chairman. With Alexander Gatt, Baldacchino founded the Students Astronomical Circle (SAC) in 1978. In 1984, he was elected as the first President of The Malta Astronomical Society which resulted from the merger of the SAC and the Astronomical Association of Malta. He was inscribed as Honorary Life Member of the Malta Astronomical Society in 2015.
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Baldacchino is founding Vice-President of the University of Malta Academic Staff Association (UMASA) and was elected as member of the Council of the University of Malta for the period 2001-2003. As Chair of the Malta Board of Cooperatives (1998–2003), Prof. Baldacchino presided over a doubling of registered cooperative societies.
He has provided consultancy to the Malta Prime Minister and various other Ministers on: the self-management system at Malta Drydocks, the Student Stipend Scheme, the workings of the Malta Employment and Training Corporation, a code of practice for worker-directors, and the Planning Council's plans for the South of Malta. He has also offered his consultancy services to the General Workers' Union, the Malta Employers' Association, the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association and the Unjon Haddiema Maghqudin. Baldacchino was elected President of the International Small Islands Studies Association in 2014 and Chair of the Scientific Board of RETI, the Network of Island Universities, in 2015. He is the founding editor of Island Studies Journal, former director of Global Islands Network, and a member of the Island Commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU).
Baldacchino has served as visiting professor to tertiary education institutions in Australia, Barbados, Fiji, Iceland, Mauritius, Seychelles and Sweden. He has also been invited to deliver papers, guest lectures and/or keynotes in Åland, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, St Lucia, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, the UK and USA. His academic work has appeared in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Swedish (and apart from English and Maltese). With Elaine Stratford and Elizabeth McMahon, he is Editor of the Rethinking the Island book series with Rowman and Littlefield International.