Island biogeography has embraced the idea that island geological dynamics (geological activity, sea level changes) can influence biota assembly on the island. Particularly, the change in area and connectivity may affect rates of extinction, speciation and colonization. Conversely, knowledge about the temporal dynamics of these processes may inform us about the geological history of the island. Here we develop an inference tool within the DAISIE modelling framework that will allow us to estimate from phylogenetic data either the parameters of the relationships between island characteristics (particularly area) and the processes of speciation, extinction and colonization for a given area trajectory through time, or to estimate the parameters of such a trajectory for a given relationship between area and the processes.