Change or be changed : understanding resilience in socio-technical systems

This research was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through a Doctoral Training Award. In addition, conference travel costs were supported by the EPSRC from Dr Crilly’s fellowship grant (EP/K008196/1).

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