Professor Azzopardi is an economist and lectures International Economics at the University of Malta. Her main areas of interest are trade, the labour market, migration, social policy and small states.. She has conducted research for several regional and international institutions, including the EU, CEDEFOP, EIGE, the Commonwealth Secretariat, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and the World Bank. She is the Coordinator of the Migration Platform at the University of Malta. She is also the national expert on several EU projects dealing with gender equality. Her current two research projects focus on the future of skills, and innovation in small states. She is a Director on the Malta Development Bank Board and also a member of the Retail Price Index Advisory Board, and of the Smart Manufacturing Board.
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For the past seven years I have been the national expert on gender equality on several EU and EIGE projects. Most of my research has focused on the labour market with a particular focus on the role of women in a changing economic environment.