Security and Resilience

Our work is addressing critical questions related to security and resilience in various domains.

The Security and Resilience platform brings together interdisciplinary research to address national and global challenges in security, infrastructure protection, and societal resilience. Grounded in rigorous methodologies and aligned with government research priorities, our work is designed to meet the needs of citizens and public sector stakeholders, ensuring that research translates into real-world impact.

Scope

This platform engages with a wide range of policy and operational challenges across the civil, public, and Crown Services. Key areas of focus include:

• Protection of physical assets and critical national infrastructure (CNI)
• Process safety and resilience to prevent major accidents and environmental harm
• Resilience of onshore and offshore infrastructure systems
• Defence and military capability, aligned with the UK Defence Industrial Strategy.

We also contribute to the UKRI’s Building a Secure and Resilient World (BSRW) strategic theme, with particular interest in:

• Technologies for resilient security and defence
• Resilient and secure supply chains
• Strengthening resilience in the natural and built environment
• National responses to global risks and adaptation to change.

Objectives

1. To grow the platform in terms of breadth and depth, by connecting our work to existing public sector and academic networks such as STEM Futures (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics),and NSEC (Network for Security Excellence and Collaboration).
2. Develop a capability to support key stakeholders working in the security and resilience area. This includes a framework to support researchers seeking to engage with actors in this space, where appropriate.
3. Cooperate and collaborate with other TAI platform and theme leads to contribute to a world class delivery of risk and regulatory research.

Research Platform team

• UoM Lead: Richard Kirkham
• HSE Lead: Matt Clay
• HSE Strategic Science Adviser: David Johnson
• HSE Science Business Partner: TBC
• HSE ERCL lead: Tim Plowright