Eva Preinfalk
Researcher
Equity and Justice Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Biography
Eva Preinfalk joined the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in February 2022 as a researcher in the Equity and Justice Research Group of the Population and Just Societies Program. Her work at IIASA includes the evaluation and design of disaster risk management strategies in the context of wildfire. Her main research interest lies in the socioeconomic assessment of climate risk and the design of sustainable and equitable management options in line with the concept of a Just Transition.Preinfalk is a doctoral student in economics at the University of Graz, Austria, where she studied empirical economics and environmental system sciences. In her previous research, she combined stakeholder engagement with economic modeling. Her expertise lies in the macroeconomic assessment of climate change impacts and the evaluation of adaptation strategies, focusing especially on public sector action.
Last update: 16 FEB 2022
Publications
Preinfalk, E. & Handmer, J. (2024). Fueling the fires – An exploration of the drivers and the scope for management of European wildfire risk under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Climate Risk Management 45 e100638. 10.1016/j.crm.2024.100638.
Beier, J., Preinfalk, E., & Hanger-Kopp, S. (2024). Exploring social vulnerability through narratives: A mixed-methods approach to develop storylines of vulnerability for heat and flood related risk in Austria. In: 3rd International Conference Natural Hazards and Risks in a Changing World- Addressing Compound and Multi-Hazard Risk, 12-13 June 2024, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Beier, J., Preinfalk, E., & Hanger-Kopp, S. (2024). Building quantitative and qualitative archetypes of households to assess vulnerability to flood and heat-related risks in Austria. In: Klimatag 2024, 02-04 April 2024, Vienna, Austria.
Beier, J., Preinfalk, E., & Hanger-Kopp, S. (2024). Identifying archetypes of climate vulnerability: A mixed-methods approach for heat and flood related risk in Austria. In: EGU General Assembly 2024, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna.
Schinko, T. , Berchtold, C., Handmer, J., Deubelli, T. , Preinfalk, E., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Scolobig, A., Serra, M., & Plana, E. (2023). A framework for considering justice aspects in integrated wildfire risk management. Nature Climate Change 13 788-795. 10.1038/s41558-023-01726-0.