Infrastructure systems around the world are increasingly exposed to compounding threats — from climate extremes and cascading failures to geopolitical disruptions and cyber-physical risks.
To address these challenges, we have launched the Centre for Global Infrastructure Resilience at UCL, a platform dedicated to redefining how infrastructure systems are designed, analysed, and managed in an era of uncertainty.
The Centre brings together two major initiatives:
MetaInfrastructure.org
Developing threat-agnostic resilience frameworks for future infrastructure ecosystems. Our work integrates AI, digital twins, and generative design to support adaptive, sustainable, and people-centric infrastructure aligned with the UN SDGs and Net Zero goals.
BridgeUkraine.org
Supporting sustainable post-conflict reconstruction through data-driven approaches that combine satellite imagery, digital twins, AI decision frameworks, and community engagement. The initiative already brings together 70+ institutions and more than €2.25M in funding to support Ukraine’s resilient recovery.
Across these initiatives, the Centre focuses on:
• AI-enabled infrastructure resilience and digitalisation
• Climate adaptation and compound risk modelling
• Circular and sustainable reconstruction strategies
• Infrastructure stress-testing through counterfactual engineering
• Capacity building and global training programmes
Together, these efforts have already secured over £9M in competitive funding and built an international network of researchers, engineers, policy experts, and institutions.
Our mission is simple but ambitious:
To redesign infrastructure resilience for a world of complex, cascading risks.
We look forward to collaborating with researchers, governments, industry partners, and international organisations to accelerate resilient and sustainable infrastructure worldwide.
