 ihrssf ihrssf welcome to the institute for human resilience strategic security and the future ihrssf  in 2018 the university of guyana hosted 4 days of blueprinting sessions in which 4 aspirational goals emerged these goals emerged from a thorough analysis and discussion of several studies and policy documents as well as future modelling around threats risks needs and opportunities in guyana over the next 20 years the objective of the blueprinting process was to reform ug to make it more responsive and relevant to the rapidly changing now hyperdisrupted times ahead learn more introduction to the institute in 2018 the university of guyana hosted 4 days of blueprinting sessions in which 4 aspirational goals emerged these goals emerged from a thorough analysis and discussion of several studies and policy documents as well as future modelling around threats risks needs and opportunities in guyana over the next 20 years the objective of the blueprinting process was to reform ug to make it more responsive and relevant to the rapidly changing now hyperdisrupted times ahead goal 2 of the ug blueprint 2040 is to make ug a centre of excellence in teaching and research in 8 strategic areas one of those areas is human resiliency systems the only issue is that in the history of resilience work there is no such thing at this moment known as human resiliency systems in 2021 ug again hosted its follow up blueprint encounter 3 in which the university began to focus on how it would achieve the aspirational goals indicated and how and if the global covid 19 pandemic would impact on the blueprint and the university in all its contexts six imperatives emerged from that conversation 1 need for work and earn 2 modular 3 mobile 4 self directed 5 microdegrees 6 speed 7 accessibility 8 inclusivity and student centeredness 9 high value for money 10 market and future responsiveness indeed the next 10year programmatic cycle 20222032 for the un contains 4 pillars two of which speak to resilience and two to safety and security resiliency courses and inclusion of content on resiliency is also popping up all over the world especially in ivy league university s which have their focus firmly set on the future however so far the framing of a discipline which can emerge to study and create a process of observing and recording what systems exist how they work how they can be sustained and developed or replicated as well as what threatens and challenges them is rare therefore this is what ug is setting out to carve out a single multidisciplinary entity which will have very strong international support to study and develop the discipline of human resiliency systems why human resiliency is important now is because given the myriad of continuous multifaceted and complex threats facing the earth resilience is most likely a key differentiating factor in the survival of the human species and life on this planet and possibly off it henceforth about ihrssf vision of ihrssf to create an international multidisciplinary entity which will research and develop the discipline of human resiliency systems this will contribute to the future human survival and sustainability of the human species mission of ihrssf to seek understand and support development of resilient humans and resilient systems that support human life objectives of ihrssf  to observe and study human resilience globally to perhaps develop the discipline of human resiliency systems to generate research disseminate knowledge teaching and policy around the question of human resiliency to generate research disseminate knowledge teaching and policy around the question of strategic human security to generate research disseminate knowledge teaching and policy around the question of guyana s future in the context of humanity s future and the future of planet earth to provide a common academic space for international multiand cross disciplinary partnerships to galvanize funding and intellectual resources who will work across disciplines space time and dimensions in regard to human resilience to systematize and institutionalize resilience as a human attribute and practice at all levels of society through teaching and action research especially amongst the young and those perceived as historically vulnerable email us  ihrssf uogedugy call us 592 6241311 andydindial wed 9212022 22  