Godfrey Baldacchino

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Title Professor, Canada Research Chair in Island Studies
Education B.A. University of Malta (1980), Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), University of Malta (1982), M.A. (Development Studies) Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands (1986), Ph.D. University of Warwick (U.K.) (1994).
Office Dalton Hall 403
Email gbaldacchino@upei.ca
Phone 9025660909

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Patterns of governance in sub-national island jurisdictions; extreme cold-water island tourism; impact of bridges on island communities; successful small manufacturing firms from small islands; brain rotation; immigration; labour relations; human resource management; adult education; worker empowerment; the development of co-operatives.

 


Prof. Godfrey Baldacchino is Canada Research Chair in Island Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at UPEI. He is also Visiting Professor to the Department of Sociology at the University of Malta, Malta, and the Director of its Centre for Labour Studies. He has served as member and chair of the Malta Board of Cooperatives and has been a core member of the Malta-EU Steering & Action Committee (MEUSAC).

As Canada Research Chair in Island Studies at UPEI, Dr. Baldacchino is advancing a critical, comparative, and interdisciplinary agenda which includes the following research themes:

* Extreme, Cold Water, Island Tourism
* Patterns of Governance in Sub-National Island Jurisdictions
* The Impact of ‘island-mainland’ Bridges on Island Communities
* Successful Small Manufacturing Firms from Small Islands

He also teaches in the Master of Arts in Island Studies program.

As of March 2007, Prof. Baldacchino has (co-)authored 14 books, reports and monographs; (co-)edited or guest edited another 14, and has, since 1993, over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles or book chapters to his credit.

 

Professor, Canada Research Chair in Island Studies
B.A. University of Malta (1980), Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), University of Malta (1982), M.A. (Development Studies) Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands (1986), Ph.D. University of Warwick (U.K.) (1994).
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Dalton Hall 403
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9025660909