Critical Infrastructure Resilience

Building resilience is a common objective of public institutions, businesses, and the society at large. As we all struggle with the negative impact of natural and man-made hazards, whether they are climatic events, the pandemic or other. Events such as forest fires, Covid-19 pandemic, supply chain disruption are just a few of the most recent events affecting our daily lives. The broad span of these events allows us to differentiate and compare various resilience strategies deployed by governments and businesses, and to see which strategies performed better.

Course leader

Erdem Ergin, Tor Vergata University of Rome

Target group

Professionals, officials and graduate students already working on the topic or thinking their work may benefit from it. Ability to read and write fluently in English is a must.

Course aim

The course consists of a mix of theoretical knowledge, case studies/projects and hands-on exercises. This course will discuss the concept of CI and aims to provide the participants with (i) a clear understanding of the framework and tactical tools, (ii) a series of existing decision-making tools used by public entities, businesses and international organizations, and (iii) peer learning from participant’s experiences.

Credits info

2 EC
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued at the end of the course.

Fee info

EUR 350: Participants of VIU member universities.
EUR 650: Participants of other universities/professionals.
Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Venice and local transportation and accommodation.

Scholarships

PhD candidates and post-docs from EU universities may be eligible for Erasmus+ mobility grant support. Contact VIU Erasmus office: erasmus@univiu.org