Dr Rose Marie Azzopardi is a Lecturer in International Economics. Her teaching areas include International Trade, European Monetary Union, Economics of the European Union, EU Policies and Institutions, Microeconomics, and Business and International Trade and Business Economics. Her main research areas are regional integration, small states and EU related issues. Dr Azzopardi was employed as a civil servant for nineteen years in different government departments and ministries. She graduated Diploma in Public Administration (Malta), B.A. Economics and Social Studies (Malta) (first class), M.A. Contemporary European Studies (Sussex) UK (with distinction) and Doctor of Philosophy (Sussex) UK.
Her doctoral research analysed economic integration and its effect on small states, with a specific focus on Malta and Cyprus and their integration in the European Union. She has presented papers at global conferences and published in several international journals. She participates in EU programmes and at present is involved in a project focusing on the sustainable development of small islands in the EU. Dr Azzopardi is a member on the Advisory Council of ISISA (International Small Islands Studies Association).
She is a Fellow of Salzburg Seminars, Session 424, on ‘The World Trade Negotiations: The Politics and Economics of Trade’ (Austria). She followed a course at Victoria University (Australia) and a continuous development course at Harvard Business School (USA).
Publications include:
"EU Accession Criteria -The Macroeconomic Dimension: A Case Study of Malta." Bank of Valletta Review (2000)
. "Small Economies in a Globalized Environment" in Riscul in Economia Contemporanea, Galati, Romania (2002)
. "Worker Participation and Worker Involvement'" in Baldacchino et al. "Managing People in Malta" (2003)
. "Enlargement and Small States in the European Union" in Bodenstein, T. and Bolle, M. (eds) "After Eastward Enlargement: Political Economy Perspectives on a New Europe", Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag (2006)
The Economics of the Single Currency in Arteaga Ortiz J. (ed.) (2006) "The First Seven Years of the Euro: Impact on Firms and Consequences for the World Business. Spain: Compestala Group of Universities.
EMU and the Ten New Member States: A Comparative Analysis, in Arteaga Ortiz J (ed.) (2006) "The First Seven Years of the Euro: Impact on Firms and Consequences for the World Business. Spain : Compestala Group of Universities.
Malta's Open Economy: Weathering the Recessional Storm? (2009) South European Society and Politics Vol. 14, No. 1. pp103-120
Social Policies in Malta (2011) London: Commonwealth and UNRISD
The International Recession and Malta (2011) Romania: UFB Review, Finance and Banking, International Monetary and Financial System. AN1 - No1/2011, pp.87-96.
23 May 2012
http://www.um.edu.mt/fema/economics/staff/academic/rosemarieazzopardi
The Euro Crisis and Beyond
Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th April 2012 Seminar conducted by Professor Lino Briguglio and Dr Gordon Cordina Organised by The Department of Economics – University of Malta in collaboration with Malta University Holding Company Ltd
