Resilience has been explored
in many disciplines that deal with systems operating under
conditions of uncertainty. What has been lacking is
communication and cooperation among these disciplines and
with the people who must actually make decisions in high
risk environments. We seek to bring together both academics
and practitioners
who can lay the groundwork for specific new capabilities to:
1. Identify and confirm the identification of dynamic
resilience attributes and variables.
2. Modify data collection in order to accurately
reflect these attributes and variables.
3. Develop culturally sensitive metrics that will allow
planners to determine the capacities of local communities to
withstand stress, and which can be used for planning,
response, and rebuilding.
4. Implement new methods and resources for teaching
this important concept in higher education and professional
training.
5. Enable multidisciplinary scholarship that uses the
data and experience of the U.S. government in post-conflict
and disaster settings for creating viable solutions to
critical national problems.
