The Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research network explores how islands can be helped to develop resilient, dynamic, and sustainable communities, charting the changing relationship between islanders and the sea, and exploring innovative ways of adapting to the effects of climate change.
Topics within this overarching objective includes researching the sustainability of cold-water island tourism; how island subnational jurisdictions with small populations use their powers of jurisdiction and interpersonal relationships to forge relationships with other islands - outside of the usual state-to-state relationships; what makes young people want to stay in or to leave their local island community; what is the role of ‘local knowledge’ (and intergenerational relations) in young people’s future perspectives and attachment to their island places?
The overall goal of the Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research Thematic Network is to support Arctic and Northern Island communities to socially, materially, and culturally benefit from the discipline of Island Studies, which at its core believes that islands have the human and intellectual capital to undertake research for themselves.
Video interview: Andrew Jennings, Lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern and Arctic Studies Research
