University of Malta

Challenges for a sustainable blue economy: A comparative analysis of resilience and coastal governance in Southern Europe

Coastal blue economies face intensifying pressures from climate change, biodiversity loss and systemic uncertainty, making resilience a central concept in coastal governance. This article advances a socio-ecological-technological (SET) system framework to analyse how resilience i...

The academic library as co-producer of transdisciplinary engagement: A social exchange framework for resource mobilization and outreach

This paper introduces the Strategic Reciprocity Model, a framework that repositions the academic library as a strategic and fiscal co-producer of transdisciplinary engagement. Using the LACES (Lab for Art, Community, Ecology & Science) Library Mural Project at University of Malta...

Are we there yet? Progress or persisting barriers in the social representations of disabled women in Malta

The shared ideas and narratives circulating in every-day discourse reveal whether discrimination and exclusion of disabled women is being challenged or whether it is continuing to shape disabled women’s lives. In this paper I present nine social representations of disabled women...

Up‐regulation of the kinase LRRK2, in enteric glia contributes to mucosal barrier impairment in Parkinson's disease via secretory autophagy

Background and Purpose Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) show intestinal epithelial barrier (IEB) alterations, enteric gliosis and inflammation that could contribute to gastrointestinal symptoms. Moreover, changes in leucine rich‐repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) expression/activity h...