International Centre for Infrastructure Futures (ICIF)
Infrastructure systems include things such as electric power, oil and gas, water and wastewater, communications, transportation, and the collections of buildings that make up urban and rural communities. These systems are increasingly relying on each other in order to operate – also known as interdependency. The University of Bristol is part of this centre which will enable social scientists, engineers, industrialists, policy makers and other stakeholders to research and learn together to understand how better to exploit the technical and market opportunities that emerge from the increased interdependence of infrastructure systems.