Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
Senior Research Scholar
Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
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Biography
Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler is a senior research scholar with the Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR) research group at IIASA, 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). Dr. Hochrainer-Stigler 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, 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. He has published widely, including a number of books, book chapters and articles in major peer-reviewed journals such as Nature and Global Environmental Change. Dr. Hochrainer-Stigler is a regularly invited speaker at major scientific conferences and insurance meetings and has also facilitated and participated in high-level workshops in the Caribbean, Madagascar, Turkey, the Philippines, India and Mexico.
Last update: 23 FEB 2021
Publications
Timonina, A., Mechler, R. , Williges, K., & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2013). Catalogue and Toolbox of Risk Assessment and Management Tools. Deliverable 2.1, Working Paper, ENHANCE Project, IVM, Netherlands (16 September 2013)
Aerts, J., Feyen, L., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Jongman, B., Hudson, P., & Veldkamp, T. (2013). Inventory Existing Risk Scenarios. Deliverable 3.1, ENHANCE Project, IVM, Netherlands (20 September 2013)
Yazdanpanah, M., Zamani, G.H., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Monfared, N., & Yaghoubi, J. (2013). Measuring satisfaction of crop insurance - A modified American customer satisfaction model approach applied to Iranian farmers. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 19-27. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2013.04.003.
Yazdanpanah, M., Monfared, N., & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2013). Inter-related effects due to droughts for rural populations: A qualitative field study for farmers in Iran. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 31 (2) 106-129.
Kull, D., Mechler, R. , & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2013). Probabilistic cost-benefit analysis of disaster risk management in a development context. Disasters 37 (3) 374-400. 10.1111/disa.12002.