Prof. Godfrey Baldacchino PhD (Warwick), BA (Gen.) PGCE (Malta), MA (The Hague) is Canada Research Chair in Island Studies and Full Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Canada. 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 & chair of the Malta Board of Cooperatives and a core member of the Malta-EU Steering & Action Committee (MEUSAC).

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

He is also supporting UPEI's Master of Arts Degree in Island Studies.

Other areas of interest include: brain rotation, immigration, labour relations, human resource management, adult education, worker empowerment and the development of cooperatives.

As at May 2008, Prof. Baldacchino has (co-)authored 17 books, reports and monographs; (co-) edited or guest edited another 15 and has, since 1993, 70 peer-reviewed journal articles or book chapters to his credit.

         
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