Peter Mayo (born 2 May 1955) is a Maltese professor, writer, and former head of the Department of Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education at the University of Malta.
He holds a PhD - Major in Sociology , Minor in Adult Education, University of Toronto ( thesis defended 10 December, 1993) and a PhD in the programme of Estudios Artisticos, Literarios y de la Cultura, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (thesis defended 19 December, 2023).
Mayo was a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Education, University College London during 2014.
He also serves on the editorial advisory boards of several international peer reviewed journals He is also the Editor of Convergence.
1, after its lengthy moratorium, as part of his work as UNESCO Chair in Global Adult Education.