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<br>Conference - Interconnected: Resilience Innovations for Sustainable
<br>Development Goals
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<br>Jointly organized by the 4TU Centre for Resilience
<br>Engineering and the Future Resilient
<br>Systems programme of the
<br>Singapore-ETH Centre.
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<br>As part of the online Joint International Resilience Conference, we are
<br>hosting a
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<br>Special Session: Governing Systemic Risks with Morally Sensitive Resilience
<br>Strategies
<br>Emerging realities, such as climate change or an increased social
<br>connectivity, lend increased relevance to systemic risks -uncertain threats,
<br>or threats with uncertain outcomes, affecting complex systems interconnected
<br>at various scales. According to an influential OECD report (2003), systemic
<br>risks pose challenges to traditional management methods, thus demanding new
<br>approaches that combine a qualitative analysis of interdependencies,
<br>decentralized capabilities, and greater emphasis on learning and remaining
<br>adaptable through emergencies and recovery.
<br>Resilience has increasingly become a dominant concept in grounding these new
<br>strategies for systemic risk management, in domains from national security to
<br>development. Such strategies, however, raise important risk-related moral
<br>concerns. First, a one-sided focus on adapt-and-recovery may lead to a neglect
<br>of other phases in the risk management cycle, and even foster greater
<br>tolerance to harms inflicted on the most vulnerable; yet, there is little
<br>reflection on how resilience may improve disaster prevention or vulnerability
<br>reduction.
<br>Such justice issues are especially pressing when one considers that the urban
<br>functions typically deemed "critical" need not be located in vulnerable areas.
<br>Further, resilience and sustainability may involve opposing epistemological
<br>assumptions and normative orientations, which raises questions on whether -and
<br>how- resilience building can converge with the Sustainable Development Goals.
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<br>Session organizers:
<br>Jose Caizares Gaztelu, Samantha Copeland, and Neelke Doorn (Delft University
<br>of Technology)
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<br>Relevant dates:
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<br>- Deadline for abstract submission: 1 Augustus, 2020
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<br>- Decision on acceptance: Mid-September, 2020
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<br>- Deadline registration: 15 November, 2020
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<br>- Conference: 23 - 27 November, 2020
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<br>The complete call for abstracts can be found here:
<br>https://www.aanmelder.nl/resilience-conference-2020/callabstracts.
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<br>Prof.dr.mr.ir. Neelke Doorn
<br>TU Delft
<br>Professor Ethics of Water Engineering
<br>Director of Education Faculty Technology, Policy and Management
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<br>Department of Values, Technology and Innovation
<br>Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
<br>Jaffalaan 5
<br>2628 BX Delft
<br>P.O. Box 5015
<br>2600 GA Delft
<br>The Netherlands
<br>+31 (0) 15 2788059
<br>N.Doorn@tudelft.nl
<br>www.ethicsandtechnology.eu/doorn
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