Moira Catania joined the resident academic staff of Institute for European Studies in October 2010. She graduated BA (Hons) in Economics obtaining a first class degree in 1994 and Master of Arts in European Studies with Distinction in 1998, both at the University of Malta. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bradford, UK in 2019, with a thesis on Budget Institutions in the Euro Area - Quality of budget institutions, legislative budgetary power and implications for fiscal discipline.
From July 1994 till October 2010, she worked at the Economic Policy Department, within the Ministry of Finance, the Economy and Investment. In 2002, she was appointed Director (Economic Strategy) within this Department. Ms Catania has worked extensively on issues related to the monitoring and analysis of the domestic economy, macroeconomic policy and on the EU economic policy coordination and fiscal surveillance processes.
Dr Catania teaches introductory economics courses as well as study units related to economics of European integration and EU economic and monetary union. Her main research interests concern budget institutions, EU economic governance, economic and monetary union, EU economic integration, as well as Malta in the EU, particularly economic and monetary union and competitiveness issues.
Dr Catania is the Erasmus co-ordinator at the Institute for European Studies and is also responsible for the Institute's placement programme.

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