Professor Maria Attard is Head of Geography and Director of the Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the University of Malta. She specialises in urban transport, policy and project implementation. Between 2002-2009 she was involved in major transport projects in the islands and implemented road pricing, park and ride and pedestrianisation projects in Valletta. She studied at the University of Malta and completed her PhD in 2006 at UCL (London) and has published in the areas of urban transport, planning and policy. She co-edited Sustainable Urban Transport and Transport and Pandemic Experiences (published by Emerald) and various journal special issues on urban transport policy. Maria is currently the Chair of NECTAR (Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research) and Steering Committee member of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR). She is co-editor in chief of the journal Research in Transportation Business and Management, Associate Editor of the Journal Case Studies on Transport Policy and co-editor of the Emerald Book Series on Transport and Sustainability. She is an editorial board member for several international peer-reviewed journals. She had published in the areas of transport planning and policy, as well as GIS education.