Eric Mijts
Eric Mijts is an interdisciplinary island scholar who connects sustainability, sociolinguistics, education, and socio-economic development. His research addresses multilingualism, community-based research, environmental resource management, and decolonial approaches to sustainable development.
Eric Mijts is a researcher, educator, and manager at the University of Aruba with a keen interest in program design for sustainable development in small island states. He is coordinator of the University of Aruba Research Center and co-founder of both the Sustainable Island Solutions Through Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics project cluster (SISSTEM) and the Academic Foundation Year. He facilitates and initiates international student research exchange programs with a focus on sustainable development in small island states and territories. His research and publications focus on multilingualism, language policy and planning, education for sustainable development, and inclusion/exclusion processes in island contexts. Driven by his passion for the balance between humanity and the environment, Eric supports several international research and education projects on marine and terrestrial ecosystems health, governance, and restoration. He is the project lead of the ABC Natural History Collections project and the IUCN REEFLECT coral restoration project.