Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
Principal Research Scholar
Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Biography
Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler is a principal research scholar in the Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program, and the leader of the Systemic Risk Analysis and Modeling theme. He is a member of the board of directors of the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Society and the board of directors for the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI). He studied statistics with a focus on mathematical statistics at the Department of Statistics and Decision Support Systems and Sociology, Empirical Branch, at the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna.His main research interests include risk management of systemic risk and extreme events such as natural disasters in developing countries, statistical (stochastic) modeling of rare and systemic events, extreme value theory, dependency of risks using copula approaches, econometrics, and multivariate analysis. His research has been widely published in a number of books, book chapters, and articles in major peer-reviewed journals, such as Nature and Global Environmental Change.
Hochrainer-Stigler is regularly invited to speak at major scientific conferences and insurance meetings. As part of his work, he facilitated and participated in multiple high-level workshops in the Caribbean, Madagascar, Turkey, the Philippines, India, and Mexico.
Last update: 19 FEB 2025
Publications
Hyun, J.H. , Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Velev, S., & Mechler, R. (2026). Resilience-building interventions and their linkages to livelihood capitals and capacities: insights from community-based implementation across 19 flood-prone countries. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 31 (4) e29. 10.1007/s11027-026-10294-5.
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.
Pflug, G.C. , Kittler, V., & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2026). Statistical dependence models for multi-hazard events: an application to the Danube Region. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 10.1007/s10651-026-00721-w. (In Press)
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
Ward, P.J., Buijs, S.L., Ciurean, R., Claassen, J.N., Daniell, J., De Polt, K., Duncan, M., Gottardo, S., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Šakić Trogrlić, R. , Schlumberger, J., Tiggeloven, T., Torresan, S., van Maanen, N., Warren, A., Álvarez-Albelo, C.D., Banks, V., Blanz, B., Casartelli, V., Correa, J., Crummy, J., Daloz, A.S., de Ruiter, M.C., Díaz-Hernández, J.J., Díaz-Pacheco, J., Dorta Antequera, P., Ferrario, D., Geurts, D., García-González, S., Gill, J.C., Hernández-Martín, R., Jäger, W.S., López-Díez, A., Ma, L., Mysiak, J., Ngoc Nguyen, D., Padrón Fumero, N., Petrescu, E.-C., Reiter, K., Sillmann, J., Smale, L., & Stolte, T. (2026). Reducing risk together: moving towards a more holistic approach to multi-hazard and multi-risk assessment and management. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 26 (3) 1325-1345. 10.5194/nhess-26-1325-2026.