The rewarded proposals:
1. Talking about Risk and Resilience – Workshop 28-30 October
Lead applicant: Bruce Edmonds, Umeå University, Sweden, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Centre for Policy Modelling, UK, and George van Voorn, Wageningen University and Research.
Whilst there is a lot of academic discussion concerning how ‘Risk’ and ‘Resilience’ should be defined and/or understood, how non-academics actually talk and think about these is relatively under-studied. These could include people at risk in crisis situations, first responders, planners, and policy actors. This two-and-a-half-day workshop aims to bring people together to foster discussion, facilitate synergy, start further initiatives, and help foster a community. A secondary aim is to bring social scientists and more traditional risk and resilience researchers together for better mutual understanding. The plan is to build upon the connections formed in this workshop in order to be in the best position to apply for a Lorenz Workshop on the same topic (or very similar) in 2027. Register for this workshop on the 4TU.RE website. Please note that places on this workshop are limited.
2. A Dutch–U.S. Dialogue on Governance Capacity for Extreme Heat – Workshop 4 November
Lead applicant: Sean Vrielink, University of Twente (UT), and Namkyung Oh, Auburn University. Co-applicant: Srijith Balakrishnan, TU Delft.
Local governments in both the Netherlands and the United States face a rapidly growing challenge: building governance capacity for extreme heat, a hazard with low institutional maturity compared to flooding. The core objective is to identify which governance-capacity factors most influence local ability to assess heat vulnerability and implement adaptation measures. This will be achieved through a structured Dutch–U.S. workshop bringing together stakeholders from both countries to share insights and best practices. Three researchers from Auburn University are visiting the Netherlands, and you are invited to join them at this workshop.
The workshop will take place at the University of Twente on Wednesday 4 November, the day after the UT Climate Event. Registration will be announced in due course.
3. Resilience of Decarbonising Transport Futures: Energy Supply, Infrastructure Risk, and the Maritime Transition – Workshop 19-20 November
Lead applicant: Jasper Verschuur, TU Delft. Co-applicants: Sonia Yeh, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Pedro Linares and Manuel Pérez-Bravo, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain, Iñigo Losada, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
The transition from fossil-fuel-based transportation to low- and zero-emission technologies marks one of the most profound socio-technical shifts of our time. Decarbonisation requires a diverse portfolio of new energy carriers, yet the energy system is prone to disruptions often unaccounted for in transition pathways. A major knowledge gap exists on maintaining transport system resilience amid digitalisation, decarbonisation, climate change, and geopolitical instability. Existing research addresses pieces of this puzzle in isolation. Therefore, this two-day interdisciplinary workshop aims to build a cross-disciplinary community, clarify new interdependencies, identify priority research questions, and produce a joint research agenda.
The workshop will take place at the University of Cantabria on 19 and 20 November 2026. Participation from the 4TU Resilience Engineering delegation has been confirmed and registration is now closed.
4. ReSCoRe: Resilience Systems Collaborative Residency – Workshop December 2026
Lead applicant: Diana Reckien, UT, Irene Manzella, UT. Co-applicants: Marcello Arosio, IUSS Pavia, Italy and Eleonora Panizza, CIMA Research Foundation, Italy.
ReSCoRe’s three-day Sprint residency unites PhD and postdoctoral researchers to advance quantitative resilience assessment across socio-technical systems. Together with the municipality of Enschede, we explore policymaking needs and citizen interests in climate adaptation, focusing on data availability and researcher contributions. Using digital tools developed by the University of Napoli, we will model adaptation scenarios and their impacts.
Adopting a cross-domain perspective, the Sprint leverages shared resilience challenges. Through a contribution-driven collaborative model, participants co-create reusable resources, aiming to develop reproducible, measurable approaches for quantitative resilience assessment via hands-on experimentation and interdisciplinary exchange. Registration will be announced in due course.
5. Mangrove Resilience for Disaster Risk Reduction – Spring 2027
Lead applicant: Erik Horstman, UT and Daphne van der Wal, UT. Co-applicants: Daniël Vink, Netherlands Red Cross, Marc van den Homberg, UT.
Mangrove forests act as natural coastal defenders, reducing the impact of waves, storm surges, and flooding. This is unlike rigid dikes, which can fail under extreme conditions. However, mangroves themselves can be damaged by strong storms, and their ability to recover is not yet fully understood. This project focuses on the east coast of the Philippines, a region frequently hit by typhoons, to study: How much damage mangroves can withstand before failing. How quickly they recover after a storm, either naturally or with human help (like replanting). By analysing satellite images and collecting field data, the team wants to determine: The thresholds at which mangroves are damaged by storms. The recovery rates of mangroves after typhoons. This knowledge will help coastal communities and organisations like the Red Cross decide where to restore mangroves most effectively, ensuring they continue to protect coastlines from future storms and rising sea levels. Fieldwork will begin in spring 2027.