The RE-CARE network is currently planning its third conference under the title “Resilient Societies in Times of Uncertainty – From Conceptual Foundations to Societal Implementation”.

The conference will take place 17–19 March 2027 at Kyoto University, with the generous support of Prof. Dr. Satoshi Kodama.

It is aimed to connect researchers from a range of disciplines who engage with questions of societal resilience in times of crisis—from conceptual and theoretical foundations to practical implementation in areas such as health, technology, sport, philosophy, science, and communication.

Potential research questions include:

• How can a resilient society be shaped in the face of multiple, overlapping crises such as climate, health, and geopolitical crises?
• What challenges are societies in Japan and Germany facing, and which resilience practices can be observed comparatively?
• How are resilient people, actions, and events classified? How is resilience defined in scholarly debates and operationalized and/or measured empirically?
• How can resilience be distinguished from terms such as vulnerability, adaptation, or robustness?
• How do discursive polarization, misinformation, and the logics of technological platforms shape perceptions of crisis?
• What role do technologies such as AI, data infrastructures, and robotics play for societal resilience—as a resource, but also as a risk and as an object of social, ethical, and legal regulation?
• How can inclusive resilience strategies be developed that systematically take inequalities into account (e.g., age, gender, socioeconomic position, migration background)?

Researchers interested in participating in this exchange are welcome to contact us (kraemer@resilient-healthcare.de).