Scottish Centre for Island Studies (SCIS)

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The Scottish Centre for Island Studies is an inter-disciplinary response to the developing terrain of island studies research and practice in Scotland and seeks to develop this focus at University of the West of Scotland (UWS) in partnership with a range of individuals and organisations locally, nationally and internationally.

The Scottish Centre for Island Studies at UWS arises out of practical experience in the brokerage of knowledge transfer partnerships between the academic and the island communities in Scotland and an awareness of the potential, the capability and the benefits inherent in the development of such partnerships on three fronts.

• Firstly, an appreciation of the contribution the academic community can make to assisting Scotland’s outlying and sparsely populated islands in addressing their needs and their aspirations to secure the sustainable island communities of the future.
• Secondly, an understanding of the contribution Scotland can make to the growing academic field of island studies and an appreciation of how participation in comparative and collaborative research in this field can be of tangible benefit to Scotland’s island communities.
• Thirdly, recognition of the cultural, social and environmental assets of Scotland’s islands, their significance and possibilities for cultural celebration, social inclusion, and economic regeneration in a national and international, as well as local and regional, context.

The Scottish Centre for Island Studies (SCIS) is research and knowledge exchange initiative formally based within UWS, involving a network of colleagues across Scotland’s islands and mainland and its international network with island studies colleagues more globally. As is appropriate to its aims and objectives, SCIS operates from the outset as a ‘cross-institutional’ centre with a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach to research, outputs and related activity.

The Scottish Centre for Island Studies works in collaboration with community, academic and policy individuals and organisations in Scotland and beyond.

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University of the West of Scotland
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