The aim of this monograph is to examine the impact of a new set of uncertainties on the socio-economic situation of people and societies and to provide research-based innovative approaches and methods for building socio-economic resilience in order to reduce vulnerability and promote the resilience of people and societies to shocks. To achieve its objective, the monograph aims to reduce human and societal vulnerability and build resilience in the face of uncertainty and shocks.

The authors of this monograph propose a new approach to address the problem of vulnerability not by focusing on traditional social policies but by strengthening the resilience of social groups in the face of uncertainty and shocks, by developing a strong person who (1) pursues goals, who is responsible for his or her life and actively participates in shaping it; (2) can respond and adapt to stressful situations; and (3) uses the experience and resilience gained for further human development and flourishing. The proposed understanding of resilience is a relatively innovative approach to dealing with human and societal vulnerability.

This book is helpful for many researchers and academics dealing with related fields, policymakers on all levels, as well as practitioners and entrepreneurs. A large scientific and academic community is involved in studies of society’s resilience to various shocks, and they might be interested in new and important topics related to their work and addressed in this book.

Ona Grazina Rakauskiene is Professor at Mykolas Romeris University. Her main area of research is gender and income inequalities and vulnerability and resilience. She is an author of numerous monographs in the field of inequalities and policies to deal with problem. She is an author of many papers published in international journals referred at Web of Science (WoS).

Dalia Streimikiene is Leading Researcher at Mykolas Romeris University. Her main areas of research are sustainable development, sustainability assessment, and corporate social responsibility. She is an author of more than 400 papers in international journals referred at WoS. She is invited Editor for several special issues of sustainability journal and editor-in-chief of international journal Transformations in Business & Economics referred at WoS.

Lina Volodzkiene is Lecturer at Mykolas Romeris University. In 2020, she defended the dissertation “Assessment of the Impact of Economic Inequality on Socio-Economic Progress in the EU Countries”. The focus of her scientific research is economic inequality: income, consumption and wealth distribution among the age groups, as well as such relevant issues and the distinction between unjustifiable (excessive) inequality and justifiable (normal) inequality, economic inequality expression in terms of social–economic progress, concentration of wealth in the groups, and imbalance of material living conditions, also energy justice, energy poverty, energy vulnerability, and climate-neutral society. She is a co-author of one monograph, one scientific study, and several papers peer-reviewed publications in recognized international databases.