Welcome to the website of the Islands & Small States Institute.

The Islands & Small States Institute promotes research and training on economic, social, cultural, ecological and geographical aspects of islands and small states. It also offers postgraduate courses on islands and small states studies. 

Based at the University of Malta, the institute evolved from the Islands and Small States Programme which had been set up in 1989 at the Foundation for International Studies, Valletta. In 1993, the Programme was restructured as an Institute with the principal aim of enabling the organisation to offer academic courses. Click here for a presentation of the Institute.

The Board of the Islands & Small States Institute

A meeting of the Board of the Islands & Small States Institute held on 20th June 2016. The Members of the Board are: Prof. Godfrey Baldacchino (Chair), Prof. Lino Briguglio, Prof. Roderick Pace, Prof. Saviour Formosa, Perit Raphael Axiak, Dr. Ing Charles Yousif, Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Dr Stefano Moncada and Ms Noemi Said (student representative).