In the era of increasingly defined ontological insecurity and uncertainty driven by the ravages of COVID-19, urban informal settlement has emerged as a source of resilience. Indeed, the effects of a pandemic transcends its epidemiological characteristics to political economy and societal resilience. If resilience is the capacity of a system to adapt successfully to significant challenges that threaten the function or development of the human society, then ontological insecurity is about the lack of such capacity. Drawing on Keith Hartian’s understanding of ‘informality’ of spaces, this policy brief attempts to identify and frame a research agenda for the future. The agenda would assist future researchers and policymakers provide responses that appropriately recognize groups and actors that define the urban informal space.

在COVID-19遭到破坏而导致本体论不安全和不确定性日趋明确的时代，城市非正式住区已成为恢复力的来源。实际上，大流行的影响已超越其流行病学特征，超越了政治经济学和社会适应力。如果复原力是系统成功适应威胁人类社会功能或发展的重大挑战的能力，那么本体论上的不安全就是缺乏这种能力。利用Keith Hartian对“非正式性”的理解在空间方面，本政策简介试图确定并制定未来的研究议程。该议程将有助于未来的研究人员和政策制定者提供相应的答复，以适当地认可界定城市非正式空间的团体和参与者。