This occasional newsletter highlights events and stories about innovation in sustainable development for rural, remote and island regions. We want to change the discourse to demonstrate how islandness can be a driver for innovation.
Dr. Stefano Moncada
- Professor and Director, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta


About Dr. Stefano Moncada
Stefano Moncada, Ph.D. in Economics, he lectures and conducts research in the areas of development, poverty, climate-change, islands and small states studies, with a focus on small island developing states (SIDS). Prior to join academia, Stefano worked in the Italian Parliament as policy analyst. Stefano is the Director of the Islands and Small States Institute, senior lecturer and researcher, part of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Development and Training Institutes (EADI), Coordinating Lead Author for the Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC), and acts as expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).