Redefining infrastructure for a more resilient world.
At the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS), we’re using our expertise to build a more resilient planet.
Our affiliates come from every corner of The University of Georgia and beyond, and our interdisciplinary array of projects shows it. Below, you can get to know IRIS-related work in two different ways, either through our broad-focus topics or the fine details.
Or explore by a specific topic:
news about our work
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Listening In On Levee Setbacks
IRIS researchers are tuning in to how riverine infrastructure shapes the landscape–and soundscape–of ecosystems. As part of a NASA-funded research effort, assistant professor Charles van Rees and his research team have deployed automated recording units, or ARUs, across study sites on the Missouri River to listen in on the local wildlife with the help of…
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Nature-Based Approaches to Disaster Resilience Can Yield Big Returns in States
Story by Kristiane Huber, originally published on the Pew Charitable Trusts website.
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: Disaster Prep in the Big City
What did you do during the COVID-19 social distancing era? Some of us learned to make sourdough, some of us perfected a viral whipped coffee, plenty of us did a whole lot of nothing- but this NYC subculture was busy taking notes. Anna Bounds, a Professor of Sociology at Queens College, has felt called to…
