Carmel Borg is a graduate of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education – University of Toronto. A professional educator for the past three-and-a-half decades, the former Head of the Department of Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education, at the Faculty of Education, University of Malta, and former Dean of the aforementioned faculty researches, writes and lectures in: curriculum studies; sociology of education; social-justice education; critical pedagogy; adult education for community development; and parental issues in education and beyond. Borg teaches internationally, where he holds honorary visiting professorships and academic membership in the Netherlands, Lithuania and Scotland. He is the author, co-author and editor of a number of books and academic papers that explore the relationship between education, democracy, social justice and emancipation. In addition to serving as associate editor of a number of periodicals, he is the editor of the Malta Review of Educational Research (MRER) and the Education Research Monograph Series (ERMS), and co-editor of the Postcolonial Directions in Education (PDE). As a public intellectual, his expert opinion is often sought by new and traditional media outlets. Borg is a long-standing member of the International Parent Centred Network (IPCN) and the editor of its (2022) publication entitled ‘Reimagining Parenthood in Diverse Contexts. A Handbook of Parent-Centred Approaches’. In December 2022, on Malta’s Republic Day, he was awarded the National Order of Merit for his outstanding contribution to social justice in education.