About
The subject of resilience has gained increasing attention across a range of contexts and fields of application over the last decade, to include infrastructure, climate change, natural hazards, cyber security, public health, personal health and wellbeing, supply chains, and social and/or community resilience. The Resilient Futures Podcast (formerly the Future Cities Podcast) explores the nature, characteristics, and factors contributing to the resilience of systems. The role of nature in supporting system resilience will be one of multiple foundational themes which will also include systems thinking, interdisciplinarity, integrative solutions, etc., and fostering ideas across sectors and perspectives.
Hosted by Alysha Helmrich and Todd Bridges
Produced by Sarah Buckleitner
To learn more, suggest a topic or get in touch, contact production manager Sarah Buckleitner: sarah.buckleitner@uga.edu
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In IRIS News
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Protecting Georgia from Disasters Requires State-Led Coordination
New University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems report provides steps to make Georgia more resilient ATHENS, GA – When Hurricane Helene swept across Georgia in 2024 and left devastation in its wake–including an estimated $6.4 billion in agricultural and timber losses–it underscored a fine point: that communities are increasingly threatened by natural hazards…
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: How America’s Historical Calamities Inform Emergency Response Today
Cynthia Kierner, historian, self-declared “non-21st century person,” and Mets fan, is deeply interested in the role of disturbances across American history- hurricanes, earthquakes, and disease, oh my. In her book, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood, she reviews the history of natural disasters and how we respond…
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Resilience Research Abroad: IRIS in Qatar
A key aspect of resilience is consistency—which is why IRIS researchers are working towards proactive, nature-based solutions all year long. University of Georgia College of Engineering Assistant Professor Alysha Helmrich recently attended the Qatar Resilience Symposium, which hosted over 150 representatives from key government agencies, academic institutions, utility companies, and more from all over the…