📢Deadline extended‼️ Expression of interest by 2 JUN 2025 Application by 2 JUL 2025 More info➡️um.edu.mt/l/7zSDq Stefano Moncada

#SST 🏠What perceptions do young people from the #subnational #island jurisdiction of #Madeira have about the primary obstacles to #housing access? Which are the most helpful policy interventions in this regard? #smallstates 👉 um.edu.mt/l/g3zkY Stefano Moncada

Our 2 PhD candidates Justin Whittle and Vincenzo De Cancellis participated actively at The University Marine Platform Conference 2025, hosted by the University of Malta, networking and discussing Maltese cases (eg. electrification of ferries) & trying to make science more accessible 👏👏

#SST 🇨🇻 Political dynamics in Cabo Verde Smallness & closeness facilitates understanding of the electorate Closeness also provides fertile soil for friendship corruption & patronage Cross-party dialogue compensates for some drawbacks 👉um.edu.mt/l/fJ67Z Stefano Moncada

Latest #SST Journal issue Special section edited by Prof Stefano Moncada & Dr Pedro Pombo on Cultural heritage & climate change in islands and small states With case studies from Mauritius, Bonaire, Belize, Tuvalu, it embraces a multidisciplinary approach um.edu.mt/l/XupFr

ISSI Director Prof Stefano Moncada spoke in Praia 🇨🇻Cabo Verde about disproportionate vulnerability of #SIDS to external shocks not caused by themselves. They bear higher costs to future-proof infrastructure and policies, paying higher interest. 👉um.edu.mt/l/WboU9

#SST Do economic benefits for sub-national island jurisdictions (compared to SIDS) also apply to transnational environmental issues? This study compares perceived #sargassum management capacity in Caribbean #SIDS & #SNIJs 👉 um.edu.mt/l/1XU8D #smallstates Stefano Moncada

#SST 📕Book review: "The constitutional courts of small jurisdictions" This book sheds light on the problems that small state constitutional courts face regularly in their judicial functions and how their performance can be enhanced 👉um.edu.mt/l/qe24V Stefano Moncada

#SST This article introduces a special section in SST journal: a symposium marking the ten-year anniversary of Veenendaal and Corbett’s (2015) seminal piece, “Why #smallstates offer important answers to large questions” Dr Hillary Briffa 👉 um.edu.mt/l/0BqUl Stefano Moncada

📍Join us at the #UNOC3 for an interactive roundtable discussing cross-cutting research on several #SDGs (14, 1, 5, 8) MEDiverSEAty MSCA-NET project partners & young researchers will highlight the human dimension of marine biodiversity conservation 👉 bit.ly/UNOC9048

A virtual event by #MEDiverSEAty community to reflect on stewardship of Mediterranean marine biodiversity and key outcomes from the #UNOC3 🌊🌍 📆 WED 12 June 2025 ⏰ 18:00–19:30 CEST 📍 Online - us06web.zoom.us/j/88575064734 Stefano Moncada | Justin Whittle | Vincenzo de Cancellis

#SST Are 🇱🇮Liechtenstein and 🇲🇨Monaco the least democratic states in Europe? Or do these #microstates exhibit democratic features surpassing several larger nations, with a unique blend of traditional authority and democratic rights? 👉um.edu.mt/l/iPVby Stefano Moncada

#SST 📚 Book review ~ "The politics of smallness in Modern Europe: Size, identity and international relations since 1800" It shifts attention away from 'what a #smallstate is' to what people understood smallness to be and do 👉 um.edu.mt/l/bdIQg Stefano Moncada

#SST #Smallstates are not inconsequential actors on the world stage. Studying them augments or challenges existing historical and international relations analysis, shaking the structural determinism of Great Power-focused narratives. 👉um.edu.mt/l/tUv4b Stefano Moncada

#SST 📚 Book review ~ "Irregular warfare: The future military strategy for small states" It examines the benefits of irregular warfare over conventional alternatives for fiscally and militarily disadvantaged parties, such as #smallstates 👉um.edu.mt/l/TfDna Stefano Moncada

#SST What is power? What is agency? A relational perspective grounded in #smallstates studies is key for a nuanced and pluralist understanding of challenges & opportunities of individual states and the fabric of International Relations 👉um.edu.mt/l/ISAI4 Stefano Moncada

#SST 📚 Book review ~ "Environmental law and governance in the Pacific: Climate change, biodiversity and communities" These islands’ destiny is inextricably linked to the broader fight against climate change, making it a global imperative 👉um.edu.mt/l/wJlRE Stefano Moncada

#SST This article explores how central govt coordination practices vary in #smallstates (i) they often need lower coordination; (ii) simpler structures & closer personal relations facilitate coordination thru informal mechanisms. 👉um.edu.mt/l/VxFeV Stefano Moncada

#SST 📚 Book review ~ "A small state’s guide to influence in world politics." #Smallstates can leverage various forms of power – intrinsic, derivative, and collective – to exert influence, in spite of their limited material resources. 👉um.edu.mt/l/5WYFv Stefano Moncada

#SST #smallstates have been able to use international law to seek justice and accountability for one of the foremost crises of our times: the climate emergency. What they lack in political power, they make up for through and under law. 👉 um.edu.mt/l/NIWcE Stefano Moncada