Adam Grydehøj (PhD in Ethnology, University of Aberdeen) is director of Island Dynamics. Adam's cross-disciplinary research concerns the intersection of culture, economy, politics, and space in island and coastal regions. Adam is Executive Editor of Island Studies Journal (SSCI), Chair Professor at South China University of Technology’s Research Center for Indian Ocean Island Countries, Co-Director of Zhejiang University's Island and Coastal Zone Institute, and Adjunct & Graduate Faculty at University of Prince Edward Island’s Institute of Island Studies. He has published over 60 journal articles, book chapters, and academic reports on a range of regions and topics, including island urbanisation and urban development, economies and livelihoods, indigeneity and decoloniality, land use, island studies theory, and international relations theory.