As part of a Master’s thesis at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), a study is currently being conducted on the cross-border resilience of Critical Infrastructures (CI) to flood-related cascading effects. The research focuses on the trinational region of Liège–Maastricht–Aachen, where emergency response, supply, and crisis management systems are closely interconnected across national borders.
The aim of the study is to gain a better understanding of how cooperation between actors in emergency and crisis management, fire services, hospitals, and flood risk analysis is currently structured and organised, particularly with regard to natural hazards. The findings will be used to support the modelling of an emergency supply network and contribute to more robust and reliable risk analysis results.
For this purpose, practitioners, public authorities, and researchers are invited to contribute their expertise. The exchange is designed to be low-threshold and time-efficient, either through a short interview of approximately 10 minutes (by phone or online) or via an email exchange consisting of three targeted questions on the CI network, requiring only a brief written response. The exchange can take place in German, English, French, or Dutch.
Interested parties are welcome to contact the researcher directly: arthur.debelle@tum.de
Responses are appreciated by 1 March 2026.