Is Democratic Education the New Slogan that Reproduces Inequities? Lessons from Paulo Freire and Lorenzo Milani, University of Verona Lecture Series, Verona, Italy, April 2015.
The Ethics of Subversion, Malta Philosophy Foundation Seminar Series, July, 2014.
The Role of Intellectuals in Universities in the Information Age, faculty colloquium, Mus Alparslan University, Mus, Turkey, June 2014.
Education as Life, Master’s and Doctoral students colloquium, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey, June 2014.
Social Justice Education and Inclusive Leadership, invited talk for School Principals and Assistant Principals, Ministry of Education, Malta, March 2014.
Educational Leadership and the Notion of “Gemgha”, Fırat Mühendislik, Elazığ, Turkey, 24 June 2013.
Reflective Practice and Educational Leadership, Muş Alparslan University, Mus, Turkey, 21 June 2013.
Democratic Education in Neoliberal Times, Bogazici University, Istanbul, April 2013.
Evidence Based Research and Education: Beyond Slogans, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, January 2013.
The Challenges and Possibilities of Teaching Critically in Neoliberal Times, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, January 2013.
Student Engagement in Neoliberal Times: Challenges and Possibilities, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, October, 2012.
Paulo Freire’s Constructivist Epistemology and the Universal Human Ethic: Incompatibility or Tension?, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, July, 2012.
The Possibilities of Student Engagement: A Critical-Democratic Perspective, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, June, 2012.
Robust Democracy and Education, invited Lansdowne Lecture Series, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, 22 February 2012
The Achievement Gap and Student Engagement, invited Lansdowne Lecture Series, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, 20 February 2012
The Immorality of Deficit Thinking in Education, invited lecture, School of Education, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, October 2011.
Paulo Freire’s Ethics and Epistemology: Implications for Education and Leadership, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, July, 2011.
No One Left Behind? Public Education in the Age of Neoliberalism, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Graz, Austria, June 2011.
Neoliberalism and Education: The Challenges for Democratic Education, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, June, 2011.
Democratic Education: Myths, Constraints and Possibilities, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, June, 2011.
The Challenges of Democratic Education, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, March, 2011.
Reconstructing Student Engagement, invited lecture at Hecettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, November 2010.
The Challenge of Neoliberal Myths in Education, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, June, 2010.
Revisiting Individual and Communitarian Aims in Education: A Critical-Democratic Perspective, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, June, 2010.
Reconstructing Student Engagement and ‘Students at Risk’, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, June, 2010.
Evidence Based Education: A Critical-Democratic Examination, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, June, 2010.
Neoliberal Myths in Education, invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, May 2010.
The Praxis of Equity, Social Justice and Educational Leadership, Institute of Education Seminar Series, London Centre for Leadership, University of London, March 2010.
The Role of Philosophy of Education to Educational Policy, Philosophy of Education program Seminar Series, OISE, Toronto, March 2010.
Postmodernismo: Rischi e Sfide Educative, (Postmodernism: Educational Risk and Challenges), invited lecture, Faculty of Education, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, November 2009.
Reconstructing Student Engagement and ‘Students at Risk‘ in Neoliberal Times, at the Faculty of Education Seminar Series, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, USA, February 2009.
Evidence Based Research in Canada, invited talk, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, April 2008.
The Challenges of Neoliberalism for Critical Democratic Education, presented at the book launch session for Learning and Social Difference: Challenges for Public Education and Critical Pedagogy (Borg and Mayo, Agenda Books, 2006), Valletta, Malta, November 2006.
Poetry Reading (invitation) at the Meet the Author Inizjamed Poetry Series, Kalkara, Malta, August 2006.
The Maltese in Canada: Historical Overview and Aspects of a Small Immigrant Community, invited public lecture. Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, 2 November, 2005.