Dr Aideen Foley (Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography at Birkbeck, University of London, and Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography at Birkbeck, University of London), Dr Stefano Moncada (Senior Lecturer and Director of the Islands and Small States Institute at University of Malta, and Senior Lecturer and Director of Islands and Small States Institute at University of Malta), Prof. Michelle Mycoo (Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine), Prof. Patrick Nunn (Professor of Geography and Director of the Sustainability Research Centre at University of the Sunshine Coast, and Professor of Geography and Director of the Sustainability Research Centre at University of the Sunshine Coast), Dr Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur (Associate Professor in Economics at University of Mauritius, and Associate Professor in Economics at University of Mauritius), and Roselyn Kumar (Adjunct Research Fellow at University of the Sunshine Coast, and Adjunct Research Fellow at University of the Sunshine Coast) (SIDS0009)