Extended description

This research line focuses on resilience in systems, including social, natural and technical systems. Resilience is defined here as the capacity of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain essentially the same function. It relates to sustainability, aiming at a desirable future state of systems that meet human needs in such a way that future generations may also have their needs met. Systems can be interpreted in the context of MST resilience research program as information or computer systems, environmental or biological systems, and organizational or management systems, as well as inter- or multidisciplinary systems.