https://islandstudiesjournal.org/ An open access journal promoting the interdisciplinary study of islands, archipelagos, and the waters that surround and connect them. en Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:41:33 -0700 Demonstrating that Indonesia's educational challenges are intrinsically interwoven with the dynamics in the islands’ lives, invariably involve complex entanglements between human and non-human actors, and the relationship between islands. https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.168506 https://islandstudiesjournal.org/article/168506-education-disparities-in-indonesia-as-seen-in-feature-films-an-inter-island-relations-analysis Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:18:47 -0700 Some kā retain potential as emergency water sources while remaining culturally meaningful places associated with cleaning, ritual practice, memory, and local identity. https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.167558 https://islandstudiesjournal.org/article/167558-revaluing-ka-springs-in-okinawa-s-islands-japan-from-cultural-practice-to-water-governance Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:13:52 -0700 Contributing to island and migration studies by showing how islandness is not experienced as a uniform condition, but becomes internally differentiated in psychosocial processes of identity formation under forced waiting. https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.167555 https://islandstudiesjournal.org/article/167555-on-hold-exploring-the-intersections-of-indefinite-waiting-and-island-phenomenology-on-identity-formation-among-asylum-seekers-in-lesvos Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:13:21 -0700 Interpreting how power, governance technologies, and stakeholder engagement fall short in shaping sustainable urban development outcomes in Malta. https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.162532 https://islandstudiesjournal.org/article/162532-conceptualising-governmentality-and-sustainable-urban-planning-in-malta-a-foucauldian-analysis-of-the-national-planning-framework Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:37:00 -0700 As island studies expands in disciplinary and geographical scope within a rapidly changing world, its theoretical underpinnings remain on the move, constantly evolving. https://islandstudiesjournal.org/post/4139-call-for-papers-special-section-of-island-studies-journal-on-new-theory-in-island-studies https://islandstudiesjournal.org/post/4139-call-for-papers-special-section-of-island-studies-journal-on-new-theory-in-island-studies Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:29:15 -0700 Loss of medicinal plants in island contexts contributes to biodiversity decline, through habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, modern education, migration and employment, monetisation, and attitudes to medical practice. https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.162181 https://islandstudiesjournal.org/article/162181-medicinal-plant-knowledge-and-practice-in-island-ecologies-back-from-the-brink Thu, 14 May 2026 21:34:32 -0700 Understanding crop displacement and biocultural identity during the processes of island colonization and the movement of people from one island to another. https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.160674 https://islandstudiesjournal.org/article/160674-through-the-lens-ethnobotanical-insights-on-the-spread-and-cultivation-of-small-lentils-lens-culinaris-medik-microsperma-from-the-small-circum-sic Thu, 14 May 2026 10:31:00 -0700 Less attention has been paid to how processes—not just climate change and climate-related disasters themselves—impact islanders' mental health and wellbeing, particularly in small island communities. https://islandstudiesjournal.org/post/3940-special-section-call-for-papers-climate-change-island-change-and-wellbeing-in-small-island-communities https://islandstudiesjournal.org/post/3940-special-section-call-for-papers-climate-change-island-change-and-wellbeing-in-small-island-communities Wed, 13 May 2026 16:21:05 -0700 Social capital in small island societies may be both particularly potent and unusually fragile. https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.161711 https://islandstudiesjournal.org/article/161711-somos-todos-primos-we-re-all-cousins-in-sao-tome-principe-islandness-closeness-and-democracy-in-a-small-island-state Mon, 11 May 2026 15:29:55 -0700 Examining how islandness, characterized by notions of smallness, boundedness, and remoteness, shapes local discourses, public mobilisations, and interactions among diverse territories in the administration of water resources https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.159395 https://islandstudiesjournal.org/article/159395-water-administration-in-mayotte-islandness-in-a-french-overseas-department