Dr Stefano Moncada

Dr Stefano Moncada

Dr Stefano Moncada

 B.A.(Hons)(Development Econ.)(Rome),M.A.(Eur.Stud.),Ph.D.(Melit.)

Lecturer

Room 308B
University of Malta
Msida
  +356 2340 3095
Stefano Moncada was born in Rome (Italy) in 1976. He has been working since November 2008 with the University of Malta, where he lectures and conducts research in the areas of development economics, climate change, island studies, sustainable development, and European studies. He graduated in Development Economics from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza' (First Class) and completed a Master of Arts in European Studies at the University of Malta in 2005. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Malta in 2016 focusing on the links between development and climate change adaptation, especially on the impacts of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) on health and adaptive capacity in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). As part of his research he developed a new impact evaluation assessment that makes use of participatory qualitative research and quantitative (quasi-experimental) techniques. Stefano's recent research activities include health and economic assessments, in the face of climate change, of urban communities in Africa and in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), with a focus on the Pacific Region.

Prior to join academia, Stefano worked in the Italian Parliament as manager and economic policy analyst, in the field of development economics, health economics applied to low-income countries, and environment. He also worked as a consultant in several development projects based in Albania, Mexico, Mali and Ethiopia, mainly in relation to socio-economic, health, and environmental funded activities. He has worked with the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) as senior research officer, where he was in charge of a research project funded by the EU commission dealing with sustainability and health issues, including the development of impact assessment tools.

Stefano is also member of the board of the Islands and Small States Institute of the University of Malta, and part of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Development and Training Institutes (EADI). He is active in numerous outreach and knowledge-transfer initiatives, including training courses and consultation sessions for public, private, and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
  • Economic Development
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • European Studies
  • Islands and Small States
  • Adaptive Capacity
  • Livelihoods
  • Quasi-Experimental Techniques

FORMOSA, S., BRIGUGLIO, L. & MONCADA, S. 2017, "
Assessing the Vulnerability of Small Island Developing States to Sea-Level Rise", Occasional Papers on Islands and Small States, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-18.

Bambrick, H. & Moncada, S. 2016, "Collecting water: Shashemene, Ethiopia, November 2015", Global health action, vol. 9, pp. 31958.

Apostolides, A. & Moncada, S. 2015, Development Theory and Development in Practice: A Dialogue, First edn, NGO Support Centre, Nicosia.

Bambrick, H. & Moncada, S. 2015, "Ffrom social reform to social transformation" in Health of People, Places and Planet - Reflections based on Tony McMichael's four decades of contribution to epidemiological understanding, eds. C.D. Butler, J. Dixon & A.G. and Capon, First edn, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 353-364.

Bambrick, H., Moncada, S. & Briguglio, M. 2015, "Climate change and health vulnerability in informal urban settlements in the Ethiopian Rift Valley", Environmental Research Letters, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 054014.

Moncada, S. 2012, "Malta's Profile" in Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, ed. S.G. Philander, Second edn, Sage Publications, London, pp. 882-883.

Morris, J.B., Tassone, V., de Groot, R., Camilleri, M. & Moncada, S. 2011, "A Framework for Participatory Impact Assessment: Involving Stakeholders in European Policy Making, a Case Study of Land Use Change in Malta", Ecology and Society, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 12.

Moncada, S., Camilleri, M., Formosa, S. & Galea, R. 2010, "From Incremental to Comprehensive: Towards Island-Friendly European Union Policymaking Stefano Moncada European Documentation and Research Centre University of Malta, Malta", Island Studies Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 61-88.

Moncada S., Camilleri M., Formosa S. & Galea R. (eds) 2009, Islands at the Periphery: Integrating the Challenges of Island Sustainability into European Policy, in Xuereb P. G. (ed.) Malta in the European Union: Five years on and looking to the Future., The European Documentation and Research Centre, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Malta., Malta.

Morris, J., Camilleri, M. & Moncada, S. 2008, Key sustainability issues in European sensitive areas--a participatory approac. in Helming K., Perez-Soba M., Tabbush P. Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use changes, Springer: Berlin-Heidelberg, Germany, Berlin.

  • ERL4000 - Climate Change and International Law
  • EST2210 - Development Studies and the European Union
  • EST2229 - Research Methodology and Writing Skills
  • EST3201 - Sustainable Development and the EU
  • EST5460 - European Union Development Policy
  • EST5520 - The European Union and Climate Change
  • GDS5007 - Gender and Social Justice
  • IRL5061 - Methodology and Research Methods in Humanitarian Studies
  • ISS5200 - Introduction to the Study of Islands and Small States 1: Economic and Environmental Issues
  • ISS5210 - Introduction to the Study of Islands and Small States 2: Social and Political Issues
  • ISS5220 - Research Methodology
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