Mikhail is a Researcher at the Delft University of Technology and Wageningen University & Research and has a background in applied mathematics and cybernetics. He is also a Disaster Risk Management Consultant at the World Bank. Currently, Mikhail works at the intersection of computational modelling for policy-making. He studies how complex systems like cities or countries can recover, adapt, and transform given various shocks, e.g., a heatwave or a pandemic, and stresses such as social inequality.