Karina Reiter
Researcher
Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Biography
Karina Reiter joined IIASA as a researcher in January 2020 and is currently associated with the Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group of the Advancing Systems Analysis Program. She has worked on the MacroMode project with the goal of developing policy-relevant risk management options to decrease indirect risks from extreme flood events. She is currently contributing to the MYRIAD-EU project, which aims to enhance risk assessment and management by developing a unified framework for multi-hazard, multi-sector, and systemic risk management. She is mainly involved in the stakeholder process and qualitative research within the project.
She holds an MSc in conservation biology and biodiversity management and an MA in Anglophone literature and cultures from the University of Vienna, Austria. She also studied transcultural communication. Her research interests are manifold, but currently geared toward the social effects of natural disasters.
Last update: 06 APR 2023
Publications
Bachner, G., Knittel, N., Poledna, S., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Reiter, K., & Pflug, G. (2022). Revealing the indirect risks of flood events: A multi-model assessment for Austria. Wegener Center Verlag, University of Graz , Austria.
Reiter, K., Knittel, N., Bachner, G., & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2022). Barriers and Ways Forward to Climate Risk Management Against Indirect Effects of Natural Disasters: A Case Study on Flood Risk in Austria. Climate Risk Management 36 e100431. 10.1016/j.crm.2022.100431.
Reiter, K., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Bachner, G., Knittel, N., & Poledna, S. (2022). Indirect flood risk management in Austria: Challenges and ways forward. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz
Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Zhu, Q., Ciullo, A., & Reiter, K. (2022). Research for REGI Committee – EU tools to respond to natural disasters. European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies , Brussels.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. & Reiter, K. (2021). Risk-Layering for Indirect Effects. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 12 770-778. 10.1007/s13753-021-00366-2.