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An Equitable, Clean Energy Recovery for New England

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the need for massive federal investment to stimulate a recovery. Government investment will either integrate considerations of climate change and transition to renewable energy or thwart transformation by reinforcing the status quo of fossil fuel-based system.

An Indigenous Group’s Objection to Geoengineering Spurs a Debate About Social Justice in Climate Science

The Risks of Stopping Research While the Saami Council said that conducting any research on solar geoengineering presented high risks,…

An Infrastructure Expert weighs in on the Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Mary Louise Kelly speaks with critical infrastructure expert Stephen Flynn about the bridge collapse in Baltimore during a live interview for NPR's All Things Considered.

An Interview with GRI Global Development Coordinator, Daniela Rincón Reyes

Daniela Rincón Reyes Global Development Coordinator d.rincon@northeastern.edu What are you studying at Northeastern and when is…

An Interview with GRI Global Development Coordinator, Kathleen Fleischauer

Kathleen Fleischauer Global Development Coordinator k.fleischauer@northeastern.edu What you are studying at Northeastern and when is your…

An Interview with GRI Marketing and Communications Assistant, Ade Obayomi

Adeoluwa Obayomi Marketing and Communications Assistant a.obayomi@northeastern.edu What you are studying at Northeastern and when is…

An Interview with GRI Research Assistant, Sarah Caldwell

Sarah Caldwell Graduate Research Assistant s.caldwell@northeastern.edu What are you studying at Northeastern and when is your…

Anchorage demonstrates rapid recovery after earthquake

Less than two weeks ago, Alaska was struck by a major 7.0 magnitude earthquake, which caused extensive damage to Alaskan infrastructure, and particularly to its roads. Photos of broken asphalt and slumped sediments brought concern to other parts of the nation, particularly those prone to earthquakes, about their own preparedness levels for the next big earthquake.

Ann Lesperance and Daniel Aldrich in News@Northeastern: How to Rebound from Disasters? Resilience Starts in the Neighborhood.

The Beatles might have gotten it right. When disaster strikes, you truly do get by with a little help from…

Answers sought in wake of deadly pipeline explosion in central Mexico

On January 18, a gas pipeline in central Mexico exploded, killing at least 95 people as of January 23. Authorities report that the explosion was located in Tlahuelilpan in the Mexican State of Hidalgo, where a gasoline pipeline had been tapped illegally.

AOS Higher Rewards Speaker Series: Undertaking a Comprehensive Resilience Approach to Asymmetric Threats

This event featured GRI Founding Director, Stephen Flynn, who facilitated a discussion focused on on undertaking a comprehensive resilience approach…

Application period for FY19 Global Resilience Institute seed grant funding has closed

The Global Resilience Institute (GRI) has opened the application period for its next round of seed grant funding. Faculty from all nine colleges at Northeastern University who are committed to building interdisciplinary resilience research capacity are eligible to apply. During the first round of seed grant funding launched in early 2017, a diverse group of proposals were submitted for consideration -- and the 11 selected teams were notified in May. The funded inaugural teams incorporate researchers from Northeastern's College of Engineering; College of Social Science and Humanities; College of Science; College of Computer and Information Science; College of Arts, Media and Design; Bouvé College of Health Sciences; School of Law; and D’Amore-McKim School of Business. Two projects also include researchers from the Network Science Institute, and The George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security.