ISISA -- the International Small Islands Study Association -- is a voluntary, non-profit and independent organisation. Our objectives are to study islands on their own terms, and to encourage free scholarly discussion on small island related matters such as islandness, smallness, insularity, dependency, resource management and environment, and the nature of island life.

The objectives of ISISA are pursued by encouraging the networking of small island communities through international communication systems, such as the ISISA e-mail groups, newsletters, and journals and the holding of periodic, multi-disciplinary conferences, employing appropriate technologies to achieve these ends.

In 2014, May 27th to 30th, ISISA will hold it's THIRTEENTH "ISLANDS of the WORLD" Conference will be held in the Bailiwick of JERSEY, in the Channel Islands, mapped in the image above. Watch this space for more information.