What is ISLANDS?

Islands are special cases for Sustainable Development. Within the current global economic and social system islands in many cases face economic, social, political and cultural marginalization unless they cooperate. Cooperation is needed in research and education on the ways to manage islands and raise capacity building in island communities. Understanding the problems and finding effective ways to develop the potential of small islands requires international academic cooperation that looks beyond the specifics of individual islands. There is clearly a demand for a high quality Masters programme on sustainable development on islands that can enhance much required training and expertise in this field. This is why the University of Groningen, the University of the Aegean, the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Iceland have joined forces to launch this high-level integrated study programme on islands at Master level.

Scholarship applications for 2023 are now closed.
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Advanced Course: Environmental Management on Islands – Challenges and Sustainability

Islands are special cases for Sustainable Development. Methodologically and scientifically, islands are ideal ‘laboratories’ for sustainable landscape stewardship. Islands are unique in both attractiveness and climate vulnerability, they are relatively isolated and ‘on their own’ compared to mainland areas, yet they are also more dependent and need to be well connected to other areas more than mainland areas. This Winter School/Advanced Course is aimed at combining all these different perspective, focusing on Gran Canaria.

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Dispatches from Bonaire

Four ISLANDS students ventured out to the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire to analyse the potential for “Community-Based Tourism”.

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Call for Scholarship Applications 2023

Application deadline for scholarships in 15 January 2023, self-funded have until 1 April 2023 to apply for the 2023 intake of the ISLANDS MSc.

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    Associated Partners

    The International Joint Master of Science on Islands and Sustainability is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.