Maria Brown holds a Ph.D. in the Sociology of Adult and Non-Formal Education and Community Development, a Master of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Italian.

She lectures adult education and community-based education within the Department of Arts,Open Communities & Adult Education. Her research interests are in adult education, education, community action and community development, social equality, sociology, social policy, Europeanisation, sustainable development, methodology and research methods - with special interest in computer-assisted quantitative and qualitative data analysis (use of SPSS and NVivo).

Her experience also includes work for the European Commission, Eurydice, the Council of Europe, the European Co-operation in Science & Technology (COST) and the Ministry for Education and Employment (Malta).

She has carried out voluminous research that includes EU-funded projects and published in academic peer-reviewed publications.

E-mail: maria.brown@um.edu.mt

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xI8ZlAcAAAAJ&hl=en
Academic profile: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/mariabrown

Times of Malta Online Blog: https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/author/58
Twitter: @MariaBrown1919
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