Island Sovereignty & Resilience

Island states depend on cables, clouds and models built elsewhere. The theme studies where that dependence creates risk, and how small states can share capacity to keep decisions in their own hands.

Digital sovereignty
Connectivity
Technology dependence
Resilience
Comparative small-state research

2026
The Amplified Sovereignty Paradox: AI Governance Lessons from Small Island Developing States
Mohamed Shareef · Conference paper · ITU Kaleidoscope 2026, Geneva, July 2026 · Original affiliation preserved
Founder publication
DOI 10.23919/ITUK70038.2026.11632992
2025
A Paradox-Pathway Framework for Digital Transformation in Small Island Developing States
Mohamed Shareef · Conference paper · IEEE ICCA 2025, Bahrain, December 2025 · Original affiliation preserved
Founder publication
DOI 10.1109/ICCA66035.2025.11430874
2010
Exploring Digital Divide in the Maldives
Mohamed Shareef, Adegboyega Ojo, Tomasz Janowski · Conference paper and book chapter · IFIP Human Choice and Computers (HCC9), Brisbane, September 2010 · Original affiliation preserved
Founder publication
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-15479-9_5

All research themes

The Amplified Sovereignty Paradox: AI Governance Lessons from Small Island Developing States

A Paradox-Pathway Framework for Digital Transformation in Small Island Developing States

Exploring Digital Divide in the Maldives