GEOLAB has successfully built a robust and multi-dimensional communication ecosystem that has significantly expanded its reach and influence across academia, industry, SMEs, and government agencies. Through its user-friendly and regularly updated project website, the GEOLAB project showcases innovation, research outcomes, and collaborative activities, while the Knowledge Platform offers a secure, interactive space for sharing data, publications, and training resources. Social media channel, particularly LinkedIn, have amplified visibility and engagement, with tailored content promoting events, research outputs, and opportunities for early-stage researchers. The LinkedIn group alone has grown to over 900 members, reflecting strong community interest. Complementing these efforts, the GEOLAB network database (garnered through transnational research activities, networking events and trainings) enables targeted outreach and event promotion. Sustainability is ensured through strategic planning, including the migration of the Knowledge Platform to ELGIP, ongoing training for future hosts, and continued content updates. Together, these channels have created a vibrant, enduring ecosystem for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation in geotechnical research.
Worth noting is our good reach of the scientific research community, which currently constitutes an active and vibrant part of our User Community that still continuously engages with us in the social media and our activities. A substantial proportion of this community are NG researchers who shall carry into their future work the knowledge and skills they acquired in GEOLAB. Our dedicated effort to reach out to female researchers resulted in a sizeable number of them participating in our activities, bringing them at par with their male counterparts. Although not as wide reach as the research community, involvement and support of the industry (SME), CI network managers and policymakers remain also strong. This guarantees the practical applications of GEOLAB outputs on the one hand and catalysing additional innovative approaches to assessing and attaining CI Resilience on the other hand. Active, interaction among the varied groups and sectors ensures that the multi-faceted aspects of Critical Infrastructure Resilience are considered and addressed.
