Romain Clercq-Roques
Guest Research Scholar
Health, Ageing and Health Systems Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
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Biography
Romain Clercq-Roques is a research scholar in the Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR) Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Program. His main research interest is in the resilience and sustainability of social-ecological systems, notably the identification of policies co-benefiting human wellbeing and nature. He specializes in participatory mixed-methods, including agent-based modeling and soft system approaches.Clercq-Roques is completing a PhD in public health at the Imperial College London, studying the social-ecological system dynamics connecting biodiversity and nutrition in Madagascar. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in law and political sciences from Pantheon-Sorbonne University, a master’s degree in international law from Pantheon-Assas University, and a master’s degree in public health from King’s College London. He also worked as a humanitarian worker and legal advisor in various countries with the International Committee of the Red Cross for eight years.
Last update: 03 JUL 2024
Publications
Clercq-Roques, R., Chapagain, D., & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2026). Enhancing community flood adaptation by leveraging interdependencies between resilience capitals: A global empirical analysis. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 31 (4) e36. 10.1007/s11027-026-10310-8.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Mechler, R. , Guimaraes, R. , Keating, A., Chapagain, D., Velev, S., Hyun, J.H. , & Clercq-Roques, R. (2026). Validation of latent and realised disaster resilience measurement across the globe. Insights from validating the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) approach. IIASA Report. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA
Mechler, R. , Żebrowski, P. , Clercq-Roques, R., Patil, P. , & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2025). Positive Externalities in the Polycrisis: Effectively Addressing Disaster and Climate Risks for Generating Multiple Resilience Dividends. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 16 575-593. 10.1007/s13753-025-00661-2.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Keating, A., Velev, S., Chapagain, D., Hyun, J.H. , Laurien, F. , Guimaraes, R. , Clercq-Roques, R., & Mechler, R. (2025). Assessing Community Resilience: Validating a Universally Applicable Flood Resilience Measurement Framework and Tool. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 16 891-902. 10.1007/s13753-025-00652-3.
Clercq-Roques, R. (2022). Coupled dynamics of biodiversity loss and undernutrition in eastern Madagascar: a participatory agent-based model. IIASA YSSP Report. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA