McMaster Institute for Multi-Hazard Systemic Risk Studies

The INTERFACE institute is a level VI Knowledge Mobilizer aimed at creating value to its partners by providing unique solutions to complex challenges. The institute is focused on integrating and mobilizing knowledge from different fields to address the most pressing societal problems. As such, INTERFACE constantly creates functioning teams from different fields to tackle wicked problems where system interdependence, cascading vulnerabilities and multiple hazard interactions coexist.