Event platform: ESS26 Project Call Resilience & Crisis

Societies are facing growing uncertainty and recurring, intensifying crises that require new societal approaches. Resilience is understood as an active practice, and social sciences playing a key role in generating knowledge and networks.

The WWTF Resilience & Crises Call puts social scientists at the helm of interdisciplinary research exploring how societies can strengthen their resilience.

This matchmaking event aims to bring together researchers from diverse disciplines. Also invited: Practitioners from security and emergency agencies, civil society organizations, public authorities and administration, and other institutions for potential collaboration.

Browse profiles. Book meetings. Network and create collaborations.

Take advantage of several rounds of structured 1-on-1 networking designed to help you find potential collaborators before the June 17 proposal deadline. Alternatively, use the event to exchange ideas and thoughts around the call's topic.

Whether you have a fully formed project idea or are still exploring possibilities, this is where partnerships begin.

Need more information still? Check out our WWTF Wiki page, where all relevant details on the project call's scope and specifications can be found. Have questions about the technical and procedural aspects of the call? Join our dedicated online info event on April 24, 2026.

Find Your Interdisciplinary Team
This call uniquely positions social scientists as principal investigators leading interdisciplinary research. Use the matchmaking platform to identify potential co-PIs from complementary disciplines — wherever you need expertise to strengthen your proposal.

Include Perspectives from Practitioners Into Your Research
Actionable solutions - additionally to the creation of scientific knowledge - will be the focus of the second funding phase of this call. This requires the inclusion of practitioners and their conceptualizations of resilience into your research. Practitioners can discover new scientific insights and approaches that help to engage with challenges ahead. Whether you're testing a hypothesis or sharing frontline experience, these cross-sector conversations strengthen both research design and real-world applicability.

Efficient, Structured Networking
Browse participant profiles in advance, schedule your meetings, and make the most of dedicated 30-minute conversations at designated meeting points throughout the venue.

Create and Refine Your Ideas
Whether you have a developed project idea or are still exploring which crises to address and which methodologies to employ, this event welcomes researchers at all stages of proposal development. Come and discuss approaches, test ideas, and discover new perspectives.

Meet the WWTF Team
Connect directly with the call managers and WWTF staff. Please note that for more technical and procedural questions of the call, there will be a separate online info event on April 24, 2026.

Social Scientists
This call places you at the helm of interdisciplinary research on resilience. Whether you're from sociology, political science, psychology, economics, anthropology, or related fields—if you're exploring how societies respond to crises, this event is for you.

Researchers from All Disciplines
Interdisciplinary collaboration is at the heart of this call. If your expertise complements social science-led resilience research — from engineering and natural sciences to humanities, health sciences, and beyond — join us to explore potential partnerships.

Practitioners with Real-World Insights
Your experience matters. Professionals from security and emergency agencies, civil society organizations, public authorities and administration, and other institutions working on crisis response and resilience are essential voices in shaping research that creates real impact.

Postdocs and Established Researchers Alike
Whether you're developing your first major project proposal as a postdoc or bringing years of experience to a new challenge, the event welcomes researchers ready to take on a PI or co-PI role.

See you at WWTF Project Call Resilience & Crises Event!