Curriculum Vitae
Education
December 2015
Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of Malta. My thesis, entitled, "Regulating Female Genital 'Mutilation' in Malta", was awarded with distinction and was written under the supervision of Dr. David E Zammit LLD PhD (Legal Anthropology, Dunelm)
December 2013
Post-graduate Diploma of Notary Public, University of Malta
December 2012
Bachelor of Laws with Philosophy Degree (Second Class Honours- Upper Division), University of Malta
2007 - 2009
Higher Secondary Education in Malta. Subjects studied at Advanced level: French and Maltese. Subjects studied at intermediate level: English Language, Philosophy, Environmental Science and Systems of Knowledge. Obtained the University of Malta Matriculation Certificate with an overall Grade A
2002 - 2007
Secondary Education in Malta. Subjects studied at ordinary level include English Language, English Literature, Maltese, Italian and French. Obtained the Secondary Education Examination Certificate from Malta with an overall Grade A
Professional Activities/Teaching
October 2018 - present
PhD Candidate in the Department 'Law & Anthropology', Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany
October 2018 - January 2019
Co-ordinator and main lecturer of a study-unit on 'Refugee Law and Society', offered by the Faculty of Laws of the University of Malta in the context of the 'Certificate Course in Migration, Law and Society'
February - May 2018
Co-ordinator & main lecturer of a study-unit on 'Refugee Law and Policy Issues', offered to Bachelor of Law students by the Department of Civil Law, Faculty of Laws, University of Malta
December 2017
Guest Participant at the Third Experience-sharing Meeting (roundtable) on "Female genital mutilation: estimating the girls at risk", organised by the European Institute for Gender Equality, Brussels, Belgium
January - March 2016
Worked on a joint expert report on Maltese asylum law, together with Dr David E Zammit LLD PhD (Legal Anthropology, Dunelm), for the case Rex (on the application of Ismail Mohamed Hassan and Omar Hassoon Karada) v Secretary of the State for the Home Department, case IJR [2016] UKUT 00452 (IAC). Judgement delivered by the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Upper Tribunal, London. The decision can be downloaded here.
November 2014 - March 2016
Lawyer trainee at 'Tanti-Dougall and Associates' law firm, Malta
October 2013 - September 2014
Lawyer trainee at 'Borg and Associates' law firm, Malta
Grants/Scholarships
May 2016 - September 2018
Research grant awarded from 'Society and Culture in Motion Research Cluster and Graduate School', Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Presentations at Conferences and Workshops
Presentation: 'Advocating for Body Rights on Behalf of Migrant Women: Investigating the Case of Female Genital Mutilation in Malta and the New Challenges for Decision-Makers and Health-care Providers', Human Rights Conference (Theme: 'Advocating for Human Rights'), 15th December 2017, organised by the Human Rights Programme of the University of Malta in collaboration with the President's Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society at the University of Malta, Valletta Campus, Malta
Presentation: 'The Case of Female Genital Mutilation and Genital Re-assignment in Malta: Exploring the Phenomena in the Maltese Context and the Interplay between current Laws', International Conference on Gender Studies, July 2017, organised by Interdisciplinary Research Foundation and London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Warsaw, Poland
Paper: 'Regulating Bodily Practices in a Pluralistic Society: The Case of Malta', Workshop for Interdisciplinary Researchers, 19-20 May 2017, organised by Berlin Working Group on Socio-legal Studies, Protestant University of Applied Sciences of Berlin, Law & Society Institute of Berlin and Berlin Social Science Center, at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
Talk: 'Regulating Female Genital Mutilation in Malta', Talking Lips-Conference as a follow up of the entry into force of the anti-FGM legislation in Malta, April 2016, organised by Malta Girl Guides, Valletta, Malta
Talk: 'Female Genital Mutilation: Analysing Regulation from a bioethical perspective', November 2015, within the context of a course on 'Bioethics: Anthropological and Methodological Issues', offered to students reading for a Masters in Bio-Ethics at the University of Malta
Talk: 'The Participation of Children seeking asylum within the Maltese asylum process' at Child Law Conference, January 2014, organised by Faculty of Laws students at the University of Malta & at Child Law Conference, February 2014, organised by the University of Malta and the Ministry for Family and Social Solidarity, at the Ministry for Family and Social Solidarity, Valletta, Malta
Languages
Maltese: Native speaker
English: Fluent
Italian: Intermediate
French: Intermediate