Infrastructure Risk & Resilience Group

Welcome to the webpage of the Infrastructure Risk & Resilience Group! We are part of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) and have close collaborations with Deltares, the Weather & Climate Risk Group at ETH Zurich and the Oxford Programma for Sustainabable Infrastructure Systems (OPSIS) at the University of Oxford.

Together we enjoy working on Infrastructure Risk Modelling, ranging from improving exposure information through object-based detection on satellite imagery, to network interdependency modelling and large-scale risk assessments.

Talk to us when you are interested in these topics or our work.

Maria Colmenares, BSc
Maria Colmenares, BSc
Joël J.-F. G. De Plaen
Joël De Plaen, M.sc.
Siyu Gao
Siyu Gao, MSc
Dr. Elco Koks
Dr. Elco Koks
Sadhana Nirandjan
Sadhana Nirandjan, MSc
Daniel Peregrina
Daniel Peregrina, MSc
Shadi Shirazian
Dr.-Ing. Shadi Shirazian
Dr. Kees van Ginkel
Dr. Kees van Ginkel
Surender Raj V
Surender Raj V, M.Tech
Mengqi Ye, MSc
Mengqi Ye, MSc

News

Apr 19, 2024 New article published led by Evelyn Mühlhofer, in which Elco Koks collaborated: Infrastructure failure cascades quintuple risk of storm and flood-induced service disruptions across the globe.
Mar 1, 2024 New article published in which Elco Koks collaborated: An Empirical Social Vulnerability Map for Flood Risk Assessment at Global Scale (“GlobE-SoVI”).
Feb 12, 2024 New article published led by Jasper Verschuur, in which Evelyn Mühlhofer, Sadhana Nirandjan and Elco Koks collaborated: Quantifying climate risks to infrastructure systems: A comparative review of developments across infrastructure sectors.
Feb 12, 2024 New article published in which Evelyn Mühlhofer and Elco Koks collaborated: Data for critical infrastructure network modelling of natural hazard impacts: Needs and influence on model characteristics.
Jan 25, 2024 New article published in which Elco Koks collaborated: Exposure of Global Rail and Road Infrastructures in Future Record-Breaking Climate Extremes.
Jan 16, 2024 New article published led by Evelyn Mühlhofer: OpenStreetMap for multi-faceted climate risk assessments .
Jan 12, 2024 New article published in which Elco Koks collaborated: Uncovering the Dynamics of Multi-Sector Impacts of Hydrological Extremes: A Methods Overview.
Jan 10, 2024 New article published led by Henrique Goulart, in which Elco Koks collaborated: Compound flood impacts from Hurricane Sandy on New York City in climate-driven storylines.
Aug 28, 2023 New article published led by Judith Claassen, in which Elco Koks collaborated: A new method to compile global multi-hazard event sets.
Jun 30, 2023 New article published led by Jasper Verschuur: Systemic risks from climate-related disruptions at ports.