Tina Comes

Professor Dr Tina Comes is Director of the DLR Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures (Sankt Augustin) and Professor of Decision Theory & ICT for Resilience at TU Delft. Her research advances decision-making in crisis and risk management, with particular focus on the role of information technology and AI. She integrates behavioural insights into computational and mode lling approaches, including AI and data analytics, digital twins, and multi-agent systems, to assess infrastructure and systems resilience across multiple temporal scales, from immediate crisis response to disaster risk reduction and long-term preparedness. Her work draws on extensive field research and case studies across Asia, Africa, and Europe. Prof. Comes is a member of Academia Europaea and the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. She served as Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and the Harvard Kennedy School and has received multiple international awards.