SD-WISHEES at the EGU General Assembly 2026 in Vienna
We are pleased to announce that SD-WISHEES will be presenting at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2026, taking place from 3–8 May in Vienna, Austria — and online.
The EGU General Assembly is one of the largest and most authoritative international conferences in climate, risk, and environmental sciences. This year, SD-WISHEES has been accepted to present within the thematic session "Bridging Disciplines for Resilient Heritage: Risk, Co-Creation, and Digital Innovation" — a session co-organised with the Horizon Europe Green Cluster projects RescueME, THETIDA, TRIQUETRA, and STECCI, and highly aligned with SD-WISHEES themes of heritage resilience, co-creation, governance, and digital innovation.
The hybrid format means the presentation can be followed both in person in Vienna and online, maximising outreach and accessibility while enabling engagement with stakeholders from widening countries who may not otherwise be able to participate.
"SD-WISHEES: Innovation Pathways for Uptake of Research and Innovation in Heritage Resilience"
Enhancing the resilience of cultural and natural heritage to climate change and natural hazards requires not only innovative research, but also effective pathways for the uptake, scaling, and long-term use of research and innovation outcomes. Despite advances in risk assessment, decision-support tools, and participatory methods, many results remain underutilised beyond project lifetimes. Addressing this gap is critical for translating knowledge into tangible resilience benefits for diverse heritage contexts.
The presentation introduces the SD-WISHEES innovation pathway framework — a transdisciplinary approach integrating insights from climate risk management, heritage studies, governance research, and social sciences to systematically identify the enablers and barriers influencing the dissemination, exploitation, and scaling of research and innovation outputs. Innovation pathways examined include digital tools and decision-support systems for heritage management, alongside capacity-building, stakeholder engagement, and governance strategies. The project focuses specifically on heritage threatened by hydroclimatic extremes such as flooding and storms, spanning cultural heritage (tangible and intangible), natural heritage, landscapes, and urban heritage across Europe, Africa, and the Balkans.
Central to SD-WISHEES is a co-creation approach that actively engages heritage managers, policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and end users. Through interactive workshops, targeted questionnaires, and participatory exchanges, the project explored challenges and opportunities related to: (i) dissemination and exploitation of tools, methods, and guidelines; (ii) capacity-building and training initiatives; (iii) stakeholder engagement and user ownership; and (iv) governance, policy, and funding mechanisms shaping innovation uptake.
The session also serves as an opportunity to gather expert feedback from an international, interdisciplinary audience to further validate and refine WP6 recommendations, contributing directly to Deliverable D6.6.
You can find the full session listing at egu26.eu/session/57125. If you are attending — in Vienna or online — we would love to connect and exchange ideas on heritage resilience, climate risk, and the future of knowledge co-production.
