UARC Newsletter July 2026
The UARC will remain reachable over the vacation period - we hope that you have a restful period and we are looking forward to seeing everyone well rested at the start of the new academic year!
Event: Turning the Tide - call for panels/workshops
Send in your panel/workshop contributions for the Turning the Tide conference (October 2027) before 15 September 2026. The call for papers will open on 1 November 2026.
UARC workshop: Research Ethics
During this session, Bart van Donselaar and Francis Laclé will share their experiences regarding research ethics and small island research, and Pauline Veenendaal will go over the practicalities of the UA's Research Ethics application again (in case you missed our info session in May!).
When: 1 September, 12 -1 PM
Where: University of Aruba, MC Chapel
Who: UA staff and Research Associates, UA Students
No sign-ups needed - you can email [email protected] if you would like to receive a calendar invite!
Open Science Community Aruba event: 14 September
In our third Open Science Community Aruba meeting we are focusing on one of our priority areas: Open Communication. We are joined by the Center for Lifelong Learning to see how we can make research presentations more interesting for a wider public, and how to communicate research events better. Interested in the topic? Send us an email ([email protected]) to join us on 14 September at 12:00 at the University of Aruba!
Opportunities
UNESCO and the Computing and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (AI-Lab/CBPF) are jointly launching a call for remote access to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. The programme is open to MSc and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty members from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Ukraine, and all Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Apply before 31 August 2026!
External Events
18th International conference on island tourism (ICIT) takes place in Italy, Sicily Island from 28-31 October 2026. Submit an abstract before 7 September.
Past Events: DCRW
An overview of the UA contributions to the Dutch Caribbean Research Week 2026 is now available on the Open Knowledge Repository! You can check out individual contributions on the Repository as well:
Dr. Amber van Veghel: A scoping review in small island contexts: mapping research on food in the ABC islands
Francis Laclé: Navigating Research Realities on a Small Island: Lessons from A PhD Healthcare Project on Aruba
Bart van Donselaar: Language ideologies in Aruban secondary education: Integrating policy texts, teacher perspectives and pupil perspectives through nexus analysis
Kareline van der Linden: Innovating Happiness: How critical infrastructures and tourism organizations are gradually breaking barriers
Dr. Anouk Mertens, dr. Maarten Eppinga, Patrick Arens, Tobia de Scisciolo, dr. Nigel John, dr. Salys Sultan & dr. Eric Mijts: Higher Education for Sustainable Island Solutions: Embedding Sustainability Competences in a Dutch Caribbean STEM Curriculum
Dr. Eric Mijts & Dr. Anouk Mertens: Book presentation: Turning the Tide: Climate Change, Social Change and Islandness
Dr. Esther Plomp & Rendell de Kort: Starting the Dutch Caribbean Digital Competence Network (DCDC-Network)
Rendell de Kort: Protection as Vulnerability: The Conch Paradox in Dutch Caribbean Governance
Brechtje Huiskes: Incompatibility regulations for public office holders in the Dutch Caribbean
Hannah Meijer: ECHR obligations and the necessity to collaborate: how to do so considering the Murray-case?
Thaïs Franken: Public Value Creation by Civil Society Organizations: Insights from Social, Health, and Cultural CSOs in Aruba and Bonaire
Research Resources
Watch the recording of a webinar on Engaging Academic Research Posters or check the slides!
Qualitative researchers Braun & Clarke have put a 3 part lecture online on reporting qualitative research (part 1, part 2, part 3). They also have a series on Qualitative Interviewing and Textual Data Generation available.
Or learn more about the Registered Reports article type, where peer review takes place before data collection: