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International Centre for Critical Infrastructure Decision-Making

Research

Our research follows four forces acting on every critical infrastructure decision, with decision-making as the constant lens.

Four drivers of change

Three stacked translucent layers, each with its own small network, linked by vertical lines glowing from blue at the bottom to pink at the top.

Technology

New capabilities, new dependencies and new points of failure.

A network of nodes crossed by parallel guide lines, with some connections aligning to the guides and glowing blue to pink.

Policy and regulation

The obligations operators must meet, and whether they reach the people who depend on them.

A soft wave of navy and pink light pressing into a network from the right, bending the lines nearest to it.

Threats and hazards

From interference and attack to space weather and a changing climate.

Clusters of tiny dots gathered around larger nodes, connected by straight lines, some glowing blue to pink.

Society

The people and services that depend on infrastructure working.

The decision lens

DRAFT R01

Whatever the driver, we ask the same question: how does the decision actually get made? Economics sits inside that lens, as one of the forces shaping what decision-makers can and cannot do.

Current study

Running Blind

Our first report, Running Blind, examines how prepared organisations are for disruption to positioning, navigation and timing. It will be published here.

Decision events

See the events changing what decision-makers must weigh

Planned work

DRAFT R02

Alongside research reports, we plan to publish:

  • Obligations Watch
  • Decision events
  • Consultation responses
  • Decision post-mortems
  • Evidence reviews
  • Readiness Index
  • Resilience Posture Index
  • The Schematic report series