Robert Sakic Trogrlic
Senior Research Scholar
Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Biography
Robert Sakic Trogrlic is a Senior Research Scholar in the Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program, where he leads a thematic research line on co-production, engagement, and experiential learning. His research explores multi-hazards and their interactions within multi-risk frameworks, people-centered disaster risk reduction, and knowledge co-production, with a particular emphasis on bridging physical and social sciences to strengthen evidence for disaster and climate policy and practice.He leads IIASA’s involvement and work packages across several international initiatives, including Pathways2Resilience on regional climate resilience, UNDERPIN on measuring adaptation outcomes, ANTICIPATE on multi-hazard early warning systems, and REACH on qualitative analysis of resilience to floods and heat within maternal and child health systems in Brazil and Zambia.
Sakic Trogrlic serves on the Steering Committee of the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events (RISK KAN), co-coordinating a working group on Early Warning Systems, and is on the editorial board of Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS). Previously, he worked at King’s College London and with an international development NGO Practical Action. He has also consulted and collaborated with organizations such as the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and the Netherlands Red Cross 510 Data Initiative. He holds a PhD from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, and master’s degrees in flood risk management (IHE Delft, Netherlands and TU Dresden, Germany) and civil engineering (University of Split, Croatia).
Last update: 16 FEB 2026
Publications
Schlumberger, J., Šakić Trogrlić, R. , Aerts, J.C.J.H., Hyun, J.-H., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , de Ruiter, M., & Haasnoot, M. (2025). A Pathways Analysis Dashboard prototype for multi-risk systems. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 25 4089-4113. 10.5194/nhess-25-4089-2025.
Simpson, N.P., Sparkes, E., de Ruiter, M., Šakić Trogrlić, R. , Passos, M.V., Schlumberger, J., Lawrence, J., Mechler, R. , & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2025). Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation. npj Climate Action 4 (1) e74. 10.1038/s44168-025-00281-y.
Buskop, F.E., Weiland, F.S., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Šakić Trogrlić, R. , & van den Hurk, B.J.J.M. (2025). Beyond the Floodplain: Integrating Probabilities and Storylines to Explore Regional Uncertain Direct and Cascading Climate Risks in Multi‐Sectoral Systems. Earth's Future 13 (8) e2025EF006499. 10.1029/2025EF006499.
Higuera-Roa, O. , Bachmann, M. , Mechler, R. , Šakić Trogrlić, R. , Reimann, L., Mazzoleni, M., Aerts, J.C.J.H, Buskop, F.E., Pirani, A., & Mysiak, J. (2025). Challenges and opportunities in climate risk assessment: future directions for assessing complex climate risks. Environmental Research Letters 20 (5) e053003. 10.1088/1748-9326/adc756.
Budimir, M., Šakić Trogrlić, R. , Almeida, C., Arestegui, M., Chuquisengo Vásquez, O., Cisneros, A., Cuba Iriarte, M., Dia, A., Lizon, L., Madueño, G., Ndiaye, A., Ordoñez Caldas, M., Rahman, T., RanaTharu, B., Sall, A., Uprety, D., Anderson, C., & McQuistan, C. (2025). Opportunities and Challenges for People-Centred Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems: Perspectives from the Global South. iScience 28 (5) e112353. 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112353.