A Symposium co-hosted by SISSTEM at the University of Aruba, the Islands section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), & the Metabolism of Islands (MoI).
Small Island states are characterized by a strong dependency on external resources to meet their basic needs which highly contributes to the vulnerability of these territories. The approaches to increase resource security and self-reliance in small island states need to be carefully redesigned considering context-specific challenges and opportunities. At the same time, in order to achieve sustainability and build system resilience, holistic approaches need to be favored over narrow agendas.
Several research collaborations are ongoing to address these challenges, such as the Sustainable Island Solutions through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (SISSTEM) program at the University of Aruba, and the Metabolism of Islands (MoI) research program. These bring together researchers from a dozen universities that are concerned about sustainable futures for small islands throughout the world. This multidisciplinary symposium aims to bring together emerging scholars to exchange ideas and approaches for a sustainability transformation in smallisland states and to foster interdisciplinary and inter institutional collaboration.
Link here: Sustainable Island Futures Symposium
Symposium date: Thursday, June 9, 2022
5:00 - 8:00 PST
8:00 - 11:00 EST
9:00 - 12:00 AST
13:00 - 16:00 UTC
14:00 - 17:00 CEST
Please find more information on the Symposium in the flyers that are attached and on the GUC - 13 Knowledge Portal.
Attendance to the symposium will be free and is limited to participants with academic or institutional affiliations that is related to small island studies. You can register for the symposium at stem@ua.aw or via this form.
Organizing Committee: Nigel John, Eric Mijts & Simron Singh
