International Conference on Resilient Systems 2024 in Singapore

“I will present the preliminary outcomes of a cascading impact analysis model that we believe can explain why some events turn into disasters”

Arka

Arka Bhattacharyya is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management at Delft University of Technology. He received his doctorate in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in the U.S.

Currently, Arka is involved in the European security project “AGILE,” where he is part of a team developing a multi-disciplinary reference library for High Impact Low Probability (HILP) events to enhance our understanding of historical HILP events and improve resilience against future ones. 

Arka has two motivations for attending this conference. Arka says: “First, through this conference I will get a nice picture of the direction in which resilience research is going. Additionally, I can also identify the leading researchers in this area and network with them for future collaborations.”

“My research will focus on the temporal dynamics of societies after a disturbance, to see if common recovery patterns emerge”

Floris

Floris van Steijn is a PhD candidate focusing on measuring resilience. As crises and disasters will be more frequent and severe in the face of climate change, there is an increased need for building resilience, in order to be able to bounce back from such disturbances. His research will focus on the temporal dynamics of societies after a disturbance, to see if common recovery patterns emerge. 

While attending ICRS 2024 Floris hopes to meet international resilience researchers, to get feedback on his research, and to learn what other people see as big challenges in the field of measuring resilience.

“My research explores the relationship between health systems, communities, and health actors within resilience processes”

Jen

Jen Roux is a PhD researcher at Delft University of Technology in the Resilience Lab and Institute for Health Systems Science. She graduated with a Master of Public Health, specializing in global health and health disparities from the Colorado State University in 2021.

Currently, Jen's research explores the relationship between health systems, communities, and health actors within resilience processes. Specifically, she will focus on the critical role of how informal and formal health actors influence community and health system resilience.

On her hopes for attending ICRS 2024, Jen says:  “I hope to receive feedback and comments regarding my review results, build community and connect with other researchers in this field! I also want to get a sense for how others are approaching the field and what the future of the domain could shape into.”

“My goal is to gain a deeper understanding of patient logistics during disasters”

Julien

Julien Magana is a PhD candidate at Delft University of Technology researching “Patient flow logistics in disasters”. Juliens goal is to better understand patient logistics in disaster scenarios, to find strategies to improve patient flow during disasters, while taking into account human behaviour in multi-actor systems.

For ICRS 2024, Julien submitted an abstract for a scoping review focused on patient logistics during disasters and will present his results at the conference. Julien: “I would like to receive feedback and comments regarding my review results from a different community, and especially connect with new researchers potentially from various fields.”

“I will be presenting my work on value-driven assessment processes to enhance the implementation of integrated and forward-looking flood resilience measures”

Max

Max de Vries is a PhD Researcher in the Integrated Project Delivery group at the University of Twente. His work focuses on Flood Resilient Landscapes, which involves integrating flood prevention with spatial planning in urbanizing deltas to create additional public value.

About his expectations of ICRS 2024, Max says: “I am excited to learn from fellow interdisciplinary scholars and as such contribute to the field of flood resilience. Outside of my research, I love traveling and connecting with different cultures – it’s the best way to build personal resilience!”

“I would like to dig deeper in spatio-temporal resilience, human behaviour, and cascading resilience”

Mikhail

Mikhail Sirenko is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Delft University of Technology of Technology and Wageningen University & Research & Research and has a background in applied mathematics and cybernetics. He is also a disaster risk management consultant at the The World Bank. Typical research topics are urban resilience, simulation modelling, uncertainty, science to policy.

Currently, Mikhail works at the intersection of computational modelling, urban planning and policy-making. He studies how complex systems like cities or countries can recover, adapt, and transform given various shocks, e.g., a heatwave or a pandemic, and stresses such as social inequality.

On his participation in the ICRS conference, Mikhail says: “There are a few topics that I would like to dig deeper and introduce, e.g., spatio-temporal resilience, human behaviour, and cascading resilience. I find the community behind this conference very interesting and inspiring.”

“I focus on understanding and measuring the unique characteristics of resilient cities and critical infrastructures”

Nazli

Nazli Aydin is associate professor at Delft University of Technology in the System Engineering group of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. She focuses on understanding and measuring the unique characteristics of resilient cities and critical infrastructures.

On her current work she says: "One of the topics that I am currently interested in is enhancing resilience for communities through investigating land use and transportation network interactions and finding resilient land use configurations and site selection methods for supporting urban resilience." 

“I will co-organize a special session on Factors Shaping Resilience in Socio-Technical Systems and present a case study on Beirut's port explosion recovery”

Omar

Omar Kammouh is an Assistant Professor at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. As an academic in the field of Community and Infrastructure resilience, he focuses on the integrated design, management, and optimization of infrastructure systems in a cross-sectoral and multi-actor setting. 

Omar: "My aim is to connect innovative methodologies and practical applications to stimulate integration and innovation in my field. For me, the key to adding societal value is through developing and sharing transformative knowledge."

Omar Kammouh is co-organizing a special session on "Factors Shaping Resilience in Socio-Technical Systems" and presenting a case study on Beirut's port explosion recovery. Additionally, he mentions, it is a fantastic opportunity for him to reconnect with colleagues, exchange knowledge, and potentially find new collaborators to advance his research.

“I am interested in spatial aspects of resilience, which is ultimately how you see its impact in cities”

Supriya

Supriya Krishnan is a PhD researcher at Delft University of Technology, focusing on urban planning and climate resilience. She studies how planners balance short-, medium-, and long-term goals and how events like disasters can help integrate climate objectives into urban systems.

Supriya's research uses a mix of methods, including surveys, interviews, case studies, and land-use modeling, all based on design thinking. Supriya focuses on resilience principles and strategies to manage uncertainty in urban planning.

On what she hopes to find at ICRS 2024, Supriya says: “I am interest in spatial aspects of resilience, which is ultimately how you see its impact in cities. I would like to explore how other thematic areas contribute to spatial decisions”

“I am determined to better understand how digital technologies drive decision-making of individuals and groups in the context of risk and crises”

Tina

Tina Comes is Scientific Director of the 4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering and full professor in Decision Theory & ICT for Resilience at the Delft University of Technology. Since her PhD, she has been determined to better understand how digital technologies drive decision-making of individuals and groups in the context of risk and crises. Typical research topics are disaster resilience, decision sciences + decision support tools in all forms and shapes. 

Her work on resilience combines behavioural insights and value considerations from the field with computational models and AI. At the Delft University of Technology, she leads the Resilience Lab and heads the disaster resilience theme for the TU Delft | Global Initiative. 

Tina has recently chaired the Evidence Review Report on Strategic Crisis Management in the EU under Science Advice for Policy-Makers by European Academies. She is a member of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (THE ACADEMY OF EUROPE), and she serves as Editorial Board Member for Nature Scientific Reports.

This ICRS edition, Tina is attending in her role as organiser. She looks forward to gaining insights into the latest research agendas, networking with researchers, and contributing to the future of resilience science.