During this conference researchers will present their findings, reflect on the last four years of the Islanders at the Helm project and share insights that matter for everyone living and working on any of the islands of St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.

The Islanders at the Helm project started in 2021 for a period of five years. In the meantime more than 20 researchers have explored a wide range of questions regarding how islanders on St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao have been living with climate challenges, both in the past and the present. From climate justice, to visual anthropology, to ethnopaleontology, to musicology, and more - our researchers have utilized a myriad of different perspectives from the social sciences, humanities and beyond to ponder a variety of issues surrounding climate adaption. 

During the upcoming conference the researchers will present their findings, reflect on the last four years of the project and share insights that matter for everyone living and working on any of the islands. We invite you to join us in these conversations this October. Meanwhile, we are also working on making the research outcomes and conference experience as accessible as possible!

Keynote speakers:

21 October: Professor Kathryn Yusoff,  Professor of Inhuman Geography, Queen Mary University of London

22 October: Dr. Nelson Mota, Associate Professor specializing in housing design and architectural education, Delft University of Technology

23 October: Professor Melanie Newton, Professor of History and Caribbean Studies, University of Toronto

23 October: Dr. Keston Perry, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Political Economy, & Geography, University of California 

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