Projects and Initiatives related to SAFE SOCIETIES
There are numerous projects and initiatives supporting the resilience theme at the University of Twente, and safe societies in particular, many of them in collaboration with other public and private sector partners. Listed below are a few of those that are current.
Project / Initiative (Examples) | UT FACULTy/ department and contact |
Energy efficient and resilient internet (Funded by EEMCS Faculty) | EEMCS - Computer Science, and Design and Analysis of Communication Systems Contact: Dr. Suzan Bayhan |
EDGE Center for Networked Systems and Intelligence | EEMCS - Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems, Design and Analysis of Communication Systems, Pervasive Systems group |
Sustainable Circular Economy Transition: From Industrial Symbiosis to Hubs for Circularity (IS2H4C): transforming industrial zones into hubs for circularity (H4C) for near zero emission regions (Horizon Europe, 2024-28). | BMS - Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems |
Enhancing the Understanding of Multi-(Hazard-)Risk by Identifying Synergies between Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction. VU Amsterdam – UT collaborative project. | ITC Contact: UT: Dr. Yu Han |
PARATUS: Promoting disaster preparedness and resilience by co-developing stakeholder support tools for managing the systemic risk of compounding disasters (Horizon Europe) Paratus project Blog: Why should we know what a disaster costs? (paratus-project.eu) | ITC |
Adapt! - Security in Open Societies (SOS) project will radically advance the current state of knowledge, insights, tools, and strategies that can boost the ability of citizens, frontline professionals, and policymakers to collectively address three types of crises: pandemic-related, violent extremism, and disasters such as floods and earthquakes (Lead: Utrecht University) (NWO Zwartekracht - begins in 2025) | BMS - Psychology of Conflict and Security and BMS - Public Adminstration |
Faculties: Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS); Engineering Technology (ET); Science and Technology (S&T); Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS); Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)