NEW RELEASE

FEMA-Sponsored, Sector-Specific Special Investigation Reports Focused on Economic Recovery in New England

We are excited to share the release of 10 Sector-Specific Special Investigation Reports as part of an effort supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide regional recommendations for COVID-19 economic recovery in New England. Written by expert public policy researchers from Northeastern’s Global Resilience Institute and MIT Lincoln Labs this past summer, these reports bring together analysis and policy recommendations in 10 cross-cutting critical areas including municipal and state budgets, housing, food, healthcare, K-12 education, childcare, higher education, small business, energy, and fisheries.

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FROM THE EXPERTS

Community Recovery in the Time of COVID

Our communities are going through tough times right now. All have seen disease and death damage their social fabrics. Some are experiencing physical devastation due to nature’s wrath and men’s anger. Sadly, we know that more death and destruction is inevitable. Our response to this has led to economic and educational chaos, and stunted lives.

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STAY SAFE, STAY RESILIENT

“COVID-19: How to be Safe & Resilient” Course

In collaboration with experts from Northeastern University, including GRI affiliated faculty, and leading experts in the public health sector, GRI launched an English, Spanish, Creole, and Chinese online course to provide people with the practical tools and information to support them during these trying times. There is no more urgent imperative than to communicate effective methods and tools that will inform and empower individual, households, and communities to be safe and resilient – and this course provides with most efficient and effective way to get the information you need.

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Global Resilience Solutions

Discover GRI's research-driven efforts to build resilience in communities and organizations across the globe.

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Integrated Resilience Enhancement Solution

The Integrated Resilience Enhancement Solution (I-RES) is a research-based methodology and set of supporting processes, tools, and related services designed to analyze vulnerabilities to stress and disruption, identify and prioritize effective multi-dimensional resilience enhancing initiatives, and support the effective realization, funding, and performance validation of those initiatives. Learn More

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Cyber Resilience

The Global Resilience Institute (GRI) is at the forefront of developing the concept of Cyber Resilience and applying the relevant principles in the real world. Our mission includes developing and integrating leading innovations and best practices to create practical and affordable cyber security solutions for enterprises and government. Learn More

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Enterprise Continuity and Recovery Solutions

GRI works with organizations of all types to define, refine, and test comprehensive all-hazard Enterprise Continuity and Recovery Plans that minimize impact of disruption and speed time to operational recovery. Additionally, GRI offers comprehensive Post-Incident Assessment to support building back “better and stronger.”Learn More

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Executive Education & Training

GRI offers customized executive, management, and staff level resilience training to companies, non-profit organizations, and public-sector entities. The result is a workforce that is empowered to understand, prioritize, and apply best resilience principles and solutions for managing multi-dimensional risks. Learn More

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Vetted Technology Resilience

GRI identifies, assesses, and advises on resilience supporting technology solutions of all types. These solutions encompass decision-support and communication tools tailored for mitigating and managing hazards, as well as state-of-the-art analysis tools based on new approaches in artificial intelligence, and data and network science. Learn More

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Critical Infrastructure Resilience

GRI has a deep understanding of how infrastructure systems provide critical functions to communities and enterprises, and how cascading failures of these systems caused by disasters can threaten communities and societies. We leverage our extensive experience leading efforts to investigate these disasters for lessons that support communities in preparing for these events. Learn More

Post-Disaster Assessment and Advisory

GRI maintains an extensive network comprised of experts with deep operational experience in disaster response. When disaster strikes, we have a unique capability to tap into this network to assemble and deploy a select group of experts to serve as an operational assessment and advisory team to help communities recover and build back better and stronger. Learn More

Supply Chain, Transportation & Distribution System Resilience

GRI brings deep expertise to the business-critical nexus of Supply Chain, Transportation, and Distribution System security and resilience. We provide comprehensive resilience analysis and best practices and innovations from across the world to bear on design and operation of these critical systems. Learn More

Programs

Global Resilience Research Network

Launched in 2018, GRRN is a membership network of leading universities, institutes, non-profit organizations, and companies engaged in resilience research that informs the development of novel tools and applications.

Funded Resilience Research

GRI and Northeastern University are pioneering resilience-related initiatives that contribute to our primary focus areas.

Corporate Partnerships

GRI seeks private-sector collaborators who share the same commitment to advancing resilience best practices around the world by developing and deploying new tools, applications, and solutions.

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