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Carmel Cefai

Country of residence/work
  • Malta
Geographical scope
  • European Union
Level of education focus
  • Early childhood education and care (ECEC)
  • Higher education
  • School education
Thematic areas covered
  • Quality and inclusive education for all
  • Skills development
  • Teachers and trainers
  • Whole-school and whole-system approaches and partnerships in education
Methodological expertise
  • Qualitative methods
  • Stakeholder consultations
Organisation
University of Malta

Carmel Cefai PhD, FBPS, is the Director of the Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health, and Professor of Psychology, at the University of Malta. He is Honorary Chair of the European Network for Social and Emotional Competence, founding editor of the International Journal of Emotional Education, and was a member of the EU Expert Group Wellbeing at School. He has led various local, national, European and international research projects in social and emotional learning, resilience and wellbeing in children and young people, with a particular focus on schools. He is the coordinator of the Joint Master Programme in Resilience in Educational Settings (Erasmus Mundus). He has published extensively with numerous books, research reports, journal papers and book chapters, including EU and UNESCO publications.