Areas of Expertise

SoReCC works across seven connected areas, spanning climate, security, environment and society. They are not separate silos but facets of a single question: how do societies stay functional, fair and forward-looking in the face of accelerating change. Each area reflects the expertise of our multi-disciplinary network and the problems our research sets out to understand.

How communities, infrastructure and institutions absorb, adapt to and recover from a changing climate, treated as a whole-of-society question rather than a single-sector fix.

Turning broad climate scenarios into evidence based, equitable and place-based adaptation pathways, with attention to the human side of adaptation.

Foresight, horizon scanning and systems thinking to anticipate the systemic, interconnected and cascading risks that define the coming decade.

Embedding environmental intelligence, nature based solutions and resilience thinking into the way places are planned, built and managed.

Strengthening the social conditions of resilience: cohesion, trust, inclusion and the capacity of communities to act together under stress.

Deploying artificial intelligence in ways that are trustworthy, accountable and robust, and governing the systems on which society increasingly depends.

Working at the environment, climate and health nexus to design urban strategies that protect health and raise quality of life, especially for those most exposed.

If you are building a Horizon Europe consortium, our For Consortia page sets out the roles we take, our readiness and how to engage us.