Leonie Baldacchino holds a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship from Warwick Business School (UK), an M.A. in Creativity and Innovation and a B.Psy.(Hons.) from the University of Malta. She is an Associate Professor at The Edward de Bono Institute for Creative Thinking and Innovation at the University of Malta, where she held the post of Director from 2013 to 2022. She coordinates various entrepreneurship-related incentives at the University of Malta, including the Global Entrepreneurship Week events hosted locally by The Edward de Bono Institute, and she sits on various Boards and Committees at / for the University of Malta, including the Edward de Bono Institute, the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation, the Foundation for the Promotion of Entrepreneurial Initiatives, the Institute of Earth Systems, the University Research Ethics Committee, the SEA-EU (European University of the Seas) Quality and Ethics Committee, and the University spin-out FLASC B.V.
Professor Baldacchino is also the Programme Chair of the Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group and the Track Chair of the Entrepreneurial Cognition and Behaviour Standing Track at the European Academy of Management (EURAM), an Associate Editor at the Journal of Enterprising Communities (Emerald), an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Strategic Change (Wiley), the OECD's country (Malta) expert on inclusive entrepreneurship, and a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation (ISSCI). She has lectured on entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation at various higher education institutions, and has delivered numerous presentations and workshops in Malta and overseas.
Her research focuses on different aspects of entrepreneurship and creativity, and has been widely published peer-reviewed outlets including the Journal of Management Studies, International Journal of Management Reviews, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, International Review of Entrepreneurship, Strategic Change, Journal of Creative Behavior, Journal of Intelligence and in edited books by Routledge, Springer and Edward Elgar.
