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System recovery through distributed energy resources
With increasing large-scale blackouts, ad hoc microgrids supplied by distributed energy resources can restore critical loads more quickly and improve system resilience, according to FRS researchers .
Assessing social resilience during pandemics
How do we assess social resilience during pandemics? Researchers from FRS and ETH Zurich conduct a comparative study between Singapore and Switzerland to assess social resilience during COVID-19.
Modelling extreme events for resilient cities
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.
The science of building social resilience
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.