The Islands and Small States Institute : from a programme to a centre of excellence

Abstract

During its thirty years of existence, the Islands and Small States Institute was instrumental in producing an innumerable number of studies on islands and small states, some of which are internationally considered as seminal work, organised various international conferences and workshops, collaborated closely with many international organisations, and ran various academic programmes. The impact of the ISSI on the small island state literature is immense, and there is hardly any publication on small states that does not cite work produced by members of the Institute, thereby substantially adding to the research output of the University of Malta.

I am pleased that the University of Malta has the ISSI, as one of its entities, and I am confident that the Institute will continue enhancing the reputation of our University locally and internationally. (Professor Alfred J. Vella)