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UM’s First SEA-EU Blended Intensive Programme

In February 2025, the University of Malta hosted its first Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on tourism sustainability in conjunction with the International Office and SEA-EU Office. THINK Editor Rebekah Zammit caught up with Dr John Ebejer from UM’s Department of Tourism Management to ask a few questions about the BIP.

History of THINK

How much do you know about the history of THINK? If you’re a THINK superfan, then you know that the first edition wasn’t called THINK. Read on to learn more about how THINK evolved over the last decade.
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Radiation in Medicine: Balancing Benefit and Risk

What if an invisible energy could both reveal disease and help cure it? From diagnostic scans to targeted cancer therapy, radiation drives some of medicine’s most powerful tools. Understanding how this force can both benefit and harm patients is key to using it safely, responsibly, and to its greatest clinical advantage.

“What Would Music Look Like?” An AI-Driven Leap From Malta to Berlin

When sound becomes sight, music finds a new language. Maltese composer and producer André Tabone has turned this idea into reality with an AI-driven project that lets algorithms ‘imagine’ what music might look like. His work, developed during his studies in Berlin, blurs the line between performance, engineering, and visual art – transforming every note into motion.

A Bird’s-Eye Warning

At the entrance to For Want of (not) Measuring, a contemporary art exhibition, visitors gape at a skull. It is of a bird, but its scale suggests something other. The sculpture rises 2.8 metres above the floor of Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta and balances improbably on its beak atop a column. From some angles, it resembles a fossil; from others, a warning. The work is by Maltese artist Prof. Trevor Borg, titled In the Balance.

The Economy and the Book: Charting a Sustainable Future for Maltese Literature

What does it take for a micro-economy like Malta’s to sustain a thriving book industry? How can local authors compete with international markets, and what economic challenges are shaping the literary world? With its inaugural edition, ‘The Economy and the Book’, the National Book Council’s first Annual Book Conference sets out to answer these questions, bringing together key players to contemplate the industry’s future.

From Cinderella to Centre Stage: Malta’s Creative Sector and Vision 2050

A once significantly smaller arts and culture sector is stepping out of the shadows. At a recent Vision 2050 consultation, policymakers, artists, and academics explored how creativity can shape the nation’s future, balancing heritage, innovation, and economic growth. From theatre to publishing, gymnastics to urban design, the long-overlooked Cinderella sector is finally being recognised as central to Malta’s social and economic story.

MedTech World Europe: Connecting Innovation, History, and the Future of Healthcare

Established and growing in Malta, MedTech World is positioning the island as a strategic hub for medical innovation. By blending a forward-looking vision with Malta’s long history of connectivity, care, and resilience, the company is shaping how the next decade of healthcare innovation will unfold.

Dear Woman: An Intimate Archive of Becoming Woman

Dear Woman gathers letters, objects, and voices into an intimate, intergenerational archive that traces the transition from girlhood to womanhood through care and collective listening.

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