New light will be shed on how the Maltese islands were transformed and exploited during the first few thousand years of human activity as a result of a recently launched European Research Council (ERC) project.
The five-year interdisciplinary project, named Fragsus – Fragility and Sustainability in Restricted Island Contexts – was awarded an advanced grant of €2.46 million under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
The ERC brings together an international team from five institutions in three countries. Queen’s University Belfast is the host institution leading the project, together with the University of Cambridge, the University of Malta, the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and Heritage Malta.
The project is expected to create the opportunity for younger researchers to work alongside more established scholars.