Claire Casha graduated from the University of Malta with a first class Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree in 1998 and a distinction Master in Family Studies degree in 2014. She was awarded a PhD in Social Policy from the University of York in 2024. Her PhD study focused on fathers' views of parenting arrangements post-separation and explored the interface between family law and doing family through gender.
Claire started her career in 1999 at 'sedqa' within the Foundation for Social Welfare Services where she gained over ten years' clinical experience conducting systemic family therapy sessions in the Family Team. She also facilitated support groups for parents and partners of clients partaking in the same agency's drug rehabilitation programme. Claire is currently head of the Department of Child and Family Studies within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing at the University of Malta which she joined in 2011. She has extensive experience lecturing in the fields of family studies and family policy, as well as coordinating study-units, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. She previously coordinated the Master in Family Studies programme. She has presented her research at both local and international conferences and seminars.
Fatherhood
Father involvement in parenting and in family life
Casha, C. (2024, November 14-16). Like father, like son? A relational ethics perspective of narratives of fathering across generations [Keynote presentation]. Sixty-ninth international conference of the International Commission on Couple and Family Relations [ICCFR]: Intergenerational Perspectives in Families – Challenges and Opportunities, Kappara, Malta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EJkQK5nLis
Casha, C. (2023, July 12-15). Understanding child maintenance obligations: A relational ethics perspective [Paper presentation]. Eighteenth international (Golden Jubilee) conference of the International Society of Family Law [ISFL]: Rethinking Family Law and Law’s Families, Antwerp, Belgium.
Casha, C. (2021, November 22). Mental health experiences of separated/divorced fathers in Malta: Implications for shaping future mental health strategies [Conference presentation]. Sixth annual conference of the Maltese Association of Psychiatry [MAP]: Shaping the Future: The Mental Health of our Nation, Mellieha, Malta. (Prize winner - best oral presentation)
