Our new open-access paper, “Large language model agents capture heterogeneous occupant behaviors in building energy simulation of shared office spaces”, has been published in Building and Environment. The study demonstrates that building energy use is influenced not only by technology, but also by personality, social …
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Our New Paper Explores Governance and Resilience in Ageing Metro Systems
Our new open-access paper, “Governance transitions in underground infrastructure: Coordinating resilience enhancement of ageing metro systems”, has been published in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. The study introduces a lifecycle-informed, tripartite evolutionary game framework to examine how governments, infrastructure operators and the public collectively shape …
New Open-Access Paper Published in Communications Engineering, a Nature Portfolio Journal
A new paper titled “Operationalizing resilience for sustainable infrastructure governance across the life cycle” has been published in Communications Engineering, part of Nature Portfolio. The study presents a decision-oriented framework integrating resilience and recovery assessment, Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Costing and multi-criteria decision analysis. …
From isolated risks to systemic resilience at the 5th Built4People Stakeholders Forum in Brussels
Professor Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis presented at the 5th Built4People Partnership Stakeholders Forum in Brussels, which brought together the European Commission, CINEA, policymakers, industry and researchers under the theme Building Europe’s Resilient Future. Representing The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction at UCL and the UCL Centre for …
Sustained Resilience for Future Cities at the Resilience World Nexus (RWN) Summit 2026
Professor Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis, Founding Director of the Centre for Global Infrastructure Resilience at UCL, will join a distinguished panel exploring how resilience can be embedded throughout urban planning, design, infrastructure, investment and adaptation. Moderated by Savina Carluccio, the session will also feature Ignasi Fontanals and …
Inventing the Resilient Cities of the Future
The Centre for Global Infrastructure Resilience (GIROS) at UCL brought together researchers, practitioners and collaborators for a stimulating discussion on the future of cities and infrastructure. The event welcomed Professor Sir Alan Wilson, Professor Michael Batty and Dr Anastasiya Yurchyshyna, with discussions covering artificial intelligence, …
Registration Now Open: First PORTAL Hybrid Workshop at UCL
Building Resilience in Port-City Systems: From Threat-Agnostic Thinking to Practical Action The workshop will explore how threat-agnostic resilience thinking can be translated into practical approaches for strengthening complex port-city systems. Event details Those wishing to attend are invited to register in advance.
New Paper Introduces Sustained Resilience
A new Perspective from the MetaInfrastructure team, titled “Sustained resilience as a unifying property of cities and the built environment”, has been published in npj Urban Sustainability, part of Nature Portfolio. Led by Professor Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis and developed with Nadiia Kopiika, Roberta Di Bari and …
BridgeUkraine Featured in Royal Society Report
The Royal Society has published its report on the UK–Ukraine ResearchBridge, featuring BridgeUkraine.org as its first project showcase. BridgeUkraine promotes a vision of reconstruction that goes beyond restoring what was lost. By connecting research, innovation, skills development, institutional partnerships and practical implementation, the initiative aims …
STRONGER Horizon Europe success
STRONGER Horizon Europe success We are delighted to announce that STRONGER – Strengthening Infrastructure Resilience through EU–Ukraine Research Collaboration has been selected for €1.5 million in funding under the Horizon Europe WIDERA Twinning Programme. Starting in 2027, the three-year project will strengthen EU–Ukraine collaboration in …