Master of Science - Risk, Resilience & Sustainability (W464)

Risk, Resilience and Sustainability are three keywords of today's time. A deeper understanding of risk, the ways in which it is generated, experienced and managed is fundamental to addressing many of the pressing societal issues. Concepts such as ‘critical infrastructure’ underpin government initiatives to prepare, and manage for, global challenges such climate change, natural disasters, ecological uncertainty, and extreme social inequity. The concept of sustainability is heavily enshrined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which have been widely taken up as a road map for future development around the world. The key objective of the course is to explore how sustainability and resilience work together in the safeguarding of ecosystem services, the economy, construction, transportation and political systems.