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Resilience is the capacity to withstand, prepare for, recover from, and adapt following disruption. It is a central tenet of the Sustainable Development Goals, from safe settlements and built structures to the secure supply of energy, water and food. This Collection from Communications Engineering presents News, Comment, Analysis and Research exploring various ways in which engineering researchers are engaging with the challenge of building and maintaining resilient infrastructure. Themes include (but are not limited to) built environment, energy, communications, transport networks and water.