ISLANDS students secured the first place at the Copernicus Ocean Hackathon 2025 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Their winning project is Kelpture, an advanced AI-powered tool designed to optimise kelp farming sites, highlighting how the innovative use of satellite data supports sustainable aquaculture practices and contributes to mitigating climate-related challenges within Iceland’s blue economy.
Explore sustainability and resilience in remote island communities at the ISLAs Summer School in Iceland’s Westfjords, 28th June–6th July 2025. Combining academic study with real-world experiences, this programme examines how communities adapt to environmental and socio-economic transitions.
We are excited and happy to share some highlights from the Islands as Laboratories for Sustainability (ISLAs) Summer/Winter School 2024. ISLAs is a yearly summer school initiative by the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme ISLANDS and the University of Groningen, Faculty of Spatial Sciences.
Last week, three ISLANDS students attended the finale of CAPonLITTER, an Interreg Europe project in partnership with ULPGC’s ECO AQUA institute, Travel Without Plastic, Cabildo Fuerteventura, and Fuerteventura Patronato del Turismo. At the event, hotel and resort managers presented their progress, pitfalls, and plans for continuing the reduction of plastic waste in their daily operations.…
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Do you want to learn more about being an ISLANDS student? You can now watch or re-watch the information webinar from February 29th below! Are you passionate about sustainable development and curious about planning for sustainable futures on islands? Would you like to acquire practical, hands-on research skills within and beyond the university, engaging directly…
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Methodologically and scientifically, islands serve as ideal ‘laboratories’ for examining the intricate interplay of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Moreover, their often geographically isolated nature magnifies the importance of factors contributing to both vulnerability and resilience. The ISLAs Summer/Winter School series combines different perspectives and approaches to these complex processes of sustainability on islands. The…
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Webinar for Prospective Students February 29th 2024 Do you want to learn more about being an ISLANDS student? Join our webinar on 29th February 11:00 – 12:00 CET via this link: ISLANDS Webinar Session 1or 29th February 19:00 – 20:00 CET via this link: ISLANDS Webinar Session 2 During the webinar, you will: Are you passionate about sustainable development and…
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Last month, the 1st ISLANDS Conference was held at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at University of Groningen, bringing together all ISLANDS consortium universities, University of Groningen, University of the Aegean, University of Iceland and Universidad of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Over two days our students presented their inspiring research, shared innovative ideas and…
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Application deadline for scholarships is 15 January 2024, self-funded have until 1 April 2024 to apply for the 2024 intake of the ISLANDS MSc.
Islands are special cases for Sustainable Development. This Winter School/Advanced Course is aimed at combining all these different perspective, focusing on Gran Canaria.
