Godfrey Baldacchino (PhD, Warwick, UK) is former Canada Research Chair (2003-13) and UNESCO co-Chair (2016-20) in Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He is Professor of Sociology at the University of Malta; former President of the International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA); and the first thematic Ambassador of the Republic of Malta for Islands and Small States. He was the founding editor of Island Studies Journal (2006-16). He is often referred to as the 'father of island studies', having authored or edited some seminal contributions in this field of inquiry.