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25 Apr | Prof. Dr Lars-Erik Cederman will examine the roots of today's key conflicts, assess the risk of future conflict patterns and propose effective approaches to resolution.

4 Mar | Prof. Dr Dirk Helbing will discuss and explore how decentralised solutions of self-organisation helps to organise societies in a more resilient way.     

FRS presented their latest resilience research at the FRS symposium on 11 January 

11 Jan | The FRS Symposium will bring together a community of experts and enthusiasts to jointly discuss the future of resilience, and showcase FRS's latest research.

Calling for abstracts for the 2024 conference! Join us for an extraordinary in-person gathering of global researchers, focusing on the design, analysis, and governance of resilient Social-Technical-Environment (STE) systems. 

The evening event on 20 November discussed the relevance of social and financial resilience and Singaporeans’ perception of risk

20 Nov | This workshop bring insights, discuss feedback and design policy recommendations on strengthening social, financial and community resilience.  

The two-day study trip on 28-29 August gave participants an overview of ongoing research in SEC and an insightful perspective on Singapore’s economic, social, and cultural landscape.

Dr Jonas Joerin and Prof. Dr Yuan Chao will be speaking on Community Resilience and Sustainable Cities respectively at the upcoming NUS Cities Symposium.

Contribute to create a more accurate definition of 'resilience' with this survey by FRS.  

The FRS Symposium on Resilience in Future Energy Systems on 6 June brought together academic, industry and government experts to discuss trends in the resilience of energy systems.

9 May | Dr Adam Charles Roberts will explore the interplay between attitudes towards using mobile wallets and financial resilience in Switzerland and Singapore.

4 Apr | Dr. Martín Mosteiro Romero from FRS will present a Digital Twin platform for energy and climate resilience, and introduce a pilot district-scale case study.  

Dr Yunpeng Xue from FRS will talk about his research on heat and fluid flows in street canyons at the ETH Risk Center Resilience Webinar on 14 March.  

9 Feb | Energy systems analysis at the PSI Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA) will share the latest research in energy systems resilience and recovery.

12 Jan | FRS will be holding two talks on the resilience of energy systems and computational data to extreme weather scenarios  

29 Nov | Prof. Dr Jan Carmeliet will lead two talks exploring urban climate models and the design of heat mitigation measures for urban heat.  

16 Nov | This talk will describe the current and future work of AI, and the many opportunities for useful applications of AI in the built world.  

17 Nov | This FRS thematic wokshop will explore studies and solutions at the intersection of engineering and social science, for providing risk-informed decision support.  

Researchers from the FRS Climate Resilience in High-Density Cities module hosted delegates at the network station at Pinnacle@Duxton.

22 Sep | Using Mathematical Optimisation algorithms from win turbine placement, Prof. Matteo Fischetti will discuss how to optimise social distancing layouts in an impactful yet safe way.

13 Sep | FRS Co-Director Dr Jonas Joerin will be speaking on key challenges faced by urban areas and how cities can better prepare against various types of disruptions in this Zurich event.

Go behind the scenes with Adrian Perrig and Richard Ma as they discuss how to make the Internet resilient and its implications for daily life.

7 Apr | Prof. Krzysztof Janowicz willl examine knowledge graphs and their applications in integrating data, and spurring action in the fields of humanitarian relief and supply chain management.  

31 March | Dr Srijith Balakrishnan of FRS will examine disruptions to ports, propose a framework to analyse the economic risks and apply this methodology to a case study of the Texas Port System.

8 March | Dr Lijuan Shen will talk about a framework for resilience analysis and its applications in power systems at the ETH Risk Centre-​​​Future Resilient Systems (FRS) webinar.

3 Dec | At Understanding Risk Asia, FRS will contribute to a discussion on using cognitive computing technology to improve sense-making and cognitive capabilities in order to enhance social resilience.

2 Dec | Understanding heat risk will enable planners, policymakers and industry to develop strategies for resilient cities. FRS will contribute to the urban heat discussion at Understanding Risk Asia.

9 Dec | Prof. Jozo Acksteiner will explain the concept of Geographic Analytics its applications at this Future Resilient Systems (FRS) webinar.

Prof. Martin Raubal and experts discussed the development and potential of urban analytics at the MND Urban Sustainability R&D e-Symposia. Watch the recording here.

21 Oct | Prof. Rachel Davidson will present a framework to identify policy solutions for disaster risk management to strengthen a region's resilience at this Future Resilient Systems webinar.

28 Jul - 4 Aug | Can we promote social systems that make societies more resilient? Dr Jonas Joerin, Dr Wang Yi, Asst Prof. Jimmy Peng and experts will discuss social resilience at this APRU lecture series.

1 Jul | Prof. David Lallemant will describe an approach to better understand extreme events, or "Black Swans" to make cities more resilient in this Future Resilient Systems webinar.

22 Jun | As part of the Urban Sustainability R&D e-symposia 2021, Dr Jonas Joerin, co-director of FRS, will speak about the application of social science research in helping city leaders and decision-makers to develop targeted actions for building social resilience.

18 May | Prof. Yuan Chao will discuss the interoperability between urban climate modelling, resilient planning, and design practice at the ETH Risk Centre-​​Future Resilient Systems (FRS) webinar.

20 Apr | In this ETH Risk Centre-​Future Resilient Systems (FRS) webinar, Dr Alberto Costa will talk about how robust optimisation can be used to identify actions to take before a disruption occurs.

9 Mar | In the ETH Risk Centre-Future Resilient Systems (FRS) webinar, Dr Beatrice Cassottana will discuss recovery functions to model the recovery of disrupted critical infrastructure systems.

23 Feb | In this webinar, Prof. Gerard Hertig, Module Leader at the FRS, will discuss using AI to supervise financial intermediaries and the resulting AI-driven 'legal theory’.

27 Nov | Dr VSK Murthy Balijepalli will describe how we can exploit the thermal inertia of buildings for energy storage using virtual storage from a resilience perspective in this webinar.

23 - 27 Nov | FRS is partnering the 4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering in the online conference themed "Interconnected: Resilience Innovations for Sustainable Development Goals".

Dr Jimeno Fonseca presents "Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Building Energy Consumption across the United States Under Uncertainty" as part of the CREATE webinar series.

15 May | Prof. Bozidar Stojadinovic will be speaking about "Modelling Interdependent Civil Infrastructure Systems for Seismic Resilience Evaluation and Design" as part of the CREATE webinar series.

10 Jan | How do we measure social resilience in Singapore? The question brought diverse stakeholders from Singapore’s government agencies to a workshop by Future Resilient Systems.

Digitalisation, human-centric approaches and the role of human are discussed at the congress, which are important themes across the topics of resilience, reliability and asset management.

17 Apr | Prof Hans Heinimann will introduce the state and challenges of the Swiss spatial planning system and its embedding into the political system, and include possible solutions.

The World Congress on Resilience, Reliability and Asset Management 2019 will bring scientists, policymakers, and practitioners together in Singapore in July 2019.

Dr Nazli Aydin presented her work on measuring topological and operational resilience and recovery of water networks at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress.

FRS Programme Director Prof Hans Heinimann delivered a keynote speech at the launch of 4TU's Resilience Engineering Centre on 7 June.