Recognising the urgent need to respond to rapid societal and environmental change, resilience is one of the University of Twente’s spearheads. As an academic institution, we have a role to play in strengthening the resilience of the social, technological and environmental systems that support us. In this regular series by the Resilience@UT and 4TU Resilience Engineering programmes, UT researchers share their personal reflections on current events and trends that impact our daily lives, exploring their implications for resilience. The opinions expressed in these articles are those of each individual author.
- Our future Resilience depends on children (#7) : Funda Atun draws our attention to the important role of the younger generation in disaster resilience.
- Drivers of disasters and questions of a resilience researcher (#6): Baran Ulak reflects on the importance of considering multiple social and environmental factors in resilience science.
- Strengthening our resilience to extreme weather (#5): Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf highlights the value of involving stakeholders from all sectors to strengthen resilience to extreme weather events.
- Is it always desirable? (#4): Veronica Junjan reflects on how resilience could lead to societal resistance.
- Resilience research funding (#3): Norman Kerle raises a concern about the way in which disaster resilience is funded and how this is being addressed.
- Combining science domains for clean water (#2): Rob Lammertink reflects on raised concerns about our drinking water.
- The Value of Old-fashioned Community Farming (#1): Cheryl de Boer highlights the importance of community farming.
The resilience series appears in the weekly UT Employee News.