Projects and Initiatives related to Resilience
There are numerous projects and initiatives supporting the resilience theme at the University of Twente, many of them in collaboration with other public and private sector partners. Listed below are a few of those that are current. The five UT faculties all contribute to addressing aspects of societal resilience in the areas of safety, health and climate.
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 |
Dense and highly stable polyelectrolyte multilayer membranes for brackish water treatment | S&T - Membrane Science and Technology |
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) | BMS - Psychology of Conflict and Security and BMS - Public Adminstration |
"COMBINED" Climate and Biodiversity project Netherlands (funded by NWA, 2024-2030). Partners: UTwente, Utrecht University, Wageningen University and Research Institute, Has- Green Academy. Website in development. | BMS and ITC |
SpongeWorks - Co-creating and Upscaling Sponge Landscapes by Working with Natural Water Retention and Sustainable Management (Horizon Europe, 4 year project will start September 2024); Website in development. | ET - Integrated Project Management, Civil Engineering & Management with Design, Production and Management (1 PhD); Designlab; and BMS - Governance and Technology for Sustainability |
GOVAQUA - Governance innovations for a transition to sustainable and equitable water use in Europe | BMS - Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM) |
SALTISolutions: Guaranteeing freshwater with a virtual delta (Rhine-Meuse Delta): investigates potential measures to mitigate the effects of salinity intrusion, including nature-based solutions. More than 30 partners: TU Delft, Lead | ET - Human-Centred Design. |
Agent based modelling and disease diffusion: understanding the spread of infectious diseases in space and time. | Contact: Dr. Ellen-Wien Augustijn (ITC) |
Climate-resilient WASH among people experiencing homelessness in cities: identifying appropriate solutions and interventions. (Funded by ITC) | ITC - Geohealth |
4TU Green Sensors Programme: Green and Biodegradable soil sensor systems for future smart agriculture | EEMCS Radio Systems group |
4TU.E-Health: Medical and health technology | EEMCS: Biomedical Signals and Systems. |
Campus Facility Management (Service) |
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)