Biography

Prof. Maria Attard is the Director and Vice-Chair of the Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, a member of Geography with specialisations in the application of Geographic Information Systems and Transport Geography. She has been the academic coordinator of the University's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Laboratory since 1997 and has taught the discipline across a number of faculties as well as raised awareness of GIS as a decision support tool amongst Government and private sector. She is also the coordinator of the annual Summer School in GIS organised in collaboration with leading foreign institutions. After completing her doctoral research at UCL she was also involved in a number of national projects related to land transport. She represented the transport sector on the National Commission for Sustainable Development as well as in other local and international committees dealing with sustainable mobility research and policy. She had published in the areas of transport as well as GIS education.

Research Interests & Publications

Selected Publications

Attard, M. 2012, "Reforming the Urban Public Transport Bus System in Malta: Approach and Acceptance", Transportation and Research A: Policy and Practice, vol. 46, pp. 981-992.

Attard, M. 2011, "A preliminary assessment of the Park and Ride Scheme in Floriana, Malta.", Sustainable Development. Civil Engineering and the Built Environment., eds. Ruben Paul Borg, Alex Torpiano, Alex Bezzina, Philip Grech, Dion Buhagiar & Vincent Cassar, Kamra tal-Periti; European Council of Civil Engineers, Malta, 5 May 2011, pp. 63.

Attard, M. & Enoch, M.P. 2011, "The role of policy transfer in the introduction of road pricing in Valletta, Malta", Transport Policy, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 544-553.

Attard, M. & Schembri, J.A. 2011, "Malta: GIS and Geography Teaching in the Context of Educational Reform" in International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS in Secondary Schools, eds. A.J. Milson, A. Demirci & J.J. Kerski, Springer, .

Attard, M. 2010, "Thematic Networks as Toolboxes: The case of the HERODOT Network for Geography in Europe", Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 325.

Attard, M., Haklay, M. & Ellul, C. 2010, "Supporting Sustainability through geographic information and public participation - Civic science and stakeholder involvement in the Eco Gozo project", Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecological Landscape Modelling and Management for Mediterranean IslandsAnhalt University of Applied Sciences, , 21-23 October.

Attard, M. & Ison, S.G. 2010, "The Implementation of a Road User Charge - The Case of Valletta, Malta", Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 14.

Schembri, J. & Attard, M. 2007, "Manoel Island: An island with a fort.... and a future" in Mediterranean Seascapes, ed. S. Mercieca, Malta University Press, .

Attard, M. 2005, "Land Transport Policy in a Small Island State - the Case of Malta", Transport Policy, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 23.

Attard, M. & Hall, D. 2003, "Public transport modernisation and adjustment to EU accession requirements: the case of Malta's buses", Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 13.

Lecturing Portfolio

Academic Year 2016/17

ATS5502 - The Geography of the Mediterranean
BIO3090 - Environmental Applications, Informatics and Management
ERL5008 - International Energy, Environmental and Climate Change Law
GEO1028 - Population, Culture and Society 1
GEO1029 - Population, Culture and Society 2
GEO2027 - Transportation Policy and Planning
GEO2035 - Geographic Information Systems
GEO3027 - Transport Geography
GEO3085 - Geography of the Maltese Islands 1
IMS5025 - Space, Place and Tradition
ISD5102 - Principles of Sustainability
PHL5125 - Environmental Health
SCI5003 - Applications of GIS for Resource Management