Monthly Archives: October 2025

Call for papers on education technologies for a Scopus-indexed conference

I am so pleased to share that the University of Malta is supporting the International Conference on Education and Training Technologies (ICETT2026). I am also delighted to let you know that I am serving as its PublicityChair.

📌 This conference is indexed in Scopus and ElCompendex.

📌 ICETT2025’s conference proceedings were published through the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). This underlines the international standing and scholarly credibility of this conference.

📌 All accepted papers will be peer-reviewed, presented during the conference and published via ICETT’s 2026 Conference Proceedings. They will be indexed by EI Compendex and Scopus, among other recognised academic databases.

 Conference topics include (but are not limited to):

  • E-learning and online learning
  • Game-based learning
  • Learning analytics and education big data
  • MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)
  • Mobile & ubiquitous learning
  • Online platforms and environments
  • Open educational resources
  • Podcasting and broadcasting
  • Social media for teaching and learning
  • Virtual reality for teaching and learning

 The papers’ submission deadline is the 20th of December, 2025.


🔗 Learn more about this fruitful event. https://www.icett.org/

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Call for papers: Community-driven (Social) Innovation in Collaborative Ecosystems

I am delighted to share this call for papers for the European Academy of Management’s (EURAM2026’s) SIG01: Business for Society (B4S).

My colleagues, Mario Tani, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; Gianpaolo Basile, Università Telematica Universitas Mercatorum, Rome, Italy; Ciro Troise, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Maria Palazzo, Università Telematica Universitas Mercatorum, Rome, Italy; Asha Thomas, Wrocław University of Science and Technology AND I, are guest editing a track entitled: “Relationships, Values, and Community-driven (Social) Innovation in Collaborative Ecosystems” (T01-14).

We are inviting conceptual, empirical and methodological papers on the interplay between open innovation, digital platforms and the power of the crowd in navigating today’s grand challenges.

“This track explores the strategic shift from firm-centric models to dynamic, collaborative ecosystems. We examine how deep stakeholder engagement, shared values, and community-driven innovation can generate sustainable economic, social, and environmental value”.

Further details about this conference track are available here: https://lnkd.in/djN8KpDw [T01-14].

Keywords: EURAM2026; Business For Society B4S; Collaborative Ecosystems; Open Innovation Community Driven Innovation; Stakeholder Engagement; Digital; Digital Platforms; Digital Transformation; Crowdsourcing; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); UNSDGs; SDG9 [Industry, Innovation And Infrastructure]; SDG11 [Sustainable Cities And Communities]; SDG12 [Responsible Consumption And Production]; SDG17 [Partnerships For The Goals].

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Akkademiċi mill-Università ta’ Malta rikonoxxuti fost l-aqwa riċerkaturi fid-dinja

Erbatax (14) mill-membri akkademiċi ta’ l-Universita’ ta’ Malta, li jinkludu lil Daphne
Attard, Fakultà tax-Xjenza; Everaldo Attard, Istitut tax-Xjenzi Rurali; Godfrey
Baldacchino, Fakultà ta’ l-Arti; Jean Calleja-Agius, Fakultà tal-Mediċina u s-Servizzi
Kirurġiċi; Mark Anthony Camilleri, Fakultà tal-Media u x-Xjenza ta’ l-Għarfien; Albert R.
Caruana, Fakultà tal-Media u x-Xjenza ta’ l-Għarfien; Sarah Cuschieri, Fakultà tal-
Mediċina u s-Servizzi Kirurġiċi; Michael Galea, Fakultà tal-Inġinerija; Ruben Gatt,
Fakultà tax-Xjenza; Joseph N. Grima, Fakultà tax-Xjenza; Jackson Levi-Said, Istitut tax-
Xjenzi tal-Ispazju u l-Astronomija; Peter Mayo, Fakultà tal-Edukazzjoni; Eleanor M.L.
Scerri, Fakultà ta’ l-Arti; u Brendon P. Scicluna, Fakultà tax-Xjenzi tas-Saħħa (dawn l-
ismijiet huma mqassmin skont l-ordni alfabetiku), ġew inklużi f’lista magħrufa bħala l-
klassifika tal-aqwa 2% riċerkaturi fid-dinja, li hi ikkompilata mill-Universita’ ta’ Stanford,
b’kollaborazzjoni ma’ publikatur internazzjonali ta’ kotba u rivisti akkademiċi, Elsevier.
Dawn l-akkademiċi ġew rikonoxxuti għall-għadd ta’ ċitazzjonijiet li rċevew il-
pubblikazzjonijiet tagħhom, matul is-sena 2024.


Barra minn hekk, disgha (9) kollegi Maltin iddistingwew ruħhom ghal publikazzjonijiet
akkademiċi tul il-karriera tagħhom. Dawn ta’ l-aħħar jinkludu lil:

Professur Mark A. Camilleri (c-score 3.7352);
Professur Albert R. Caruana (c-score 3.6561);
Professur Godfrey Baldacchino (c-score 3.6299);
Professur Sarah Cuschieri (c-score 3.5770);
Professur Joseph N. Grima (c-score 3.3261);
Professur Donia R. Baldacchino (c-score 3.0595);
Professur Norman Poh (c-score 2.9874);
Professur Michael Galea (c-score 2.7935); u
Professur Antonios Liapis (c-score 2.7905).


Din l-aħbar tenfasizza l-impenn ta’ l-Università ta’ Malta sabiex tikseb eċċellenza fil-
qasam tar-riċerka u l-innovazzjoni, f’dixxiplini varji, li jinkludu n-negozju u l-immaniġġjar,
l-inġinerija, il-mediċina u x-xjenzi tas-saħħa, kif ukoll fix xjenzi umanistici u dawk soċjali.
Il-kontributur ta’ dan l-istudju globali huwa l-Professur John P.A. Ioannidis mill-Università
ta’ Stanford. L-għażla tiegħu hija “ibbażata fuq l-aqwa 100,000 xjenzati skont il-punteġġ
hekk imsejjah ‘c-score’ jew fuq rank percentwali ta’ 2% jew aktar fl-oqsma rispettivi
tagħhom”. L-indikaturi taċ-ċitazzjonijiet u l-metodoloġija tal-klassifiki tiegħu jinsabu f’ dan
il-portal: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/8


Ċitazzjoni suġġerita: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2025), “Updated science-wide author
databases of standardized citation indicators”, Elsevier Data Repository, V8, doi:
10.17632/btchxktzyw.8

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