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Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler

Senior Research Scholar

Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group

Advancing Systems Analysis Program

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

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Lal, P.N., Mitchell, T., Mechler, R. , & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2012). National systems for managing the risks from climate extremes and disasters. In: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. Eds. Field, CB, Barros, V, & Stocker, TF, UK pp.339-392: Cambridge University Press.

Narasimhan, H., Faber, M.H., Remaitre, A., Malet, J-P., Eidsvig, U., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Cascini, L., & Ferlisi, S. (2012). Quantitative risk-cost-benefit analysis of selected mitigation options for two case studies. Deliverable 5.3, FP7 SafeLand Project - Living with Landslide Risk in Europe, WP 5.1 (February 2012)

Kumar, A., Arambepola, N.M.S.I., Mechler, R. , & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2012). Approach for national scale earthquake risk assessment: Case study from Nepal. In: Proceedings, 15 WCEE, 24-28 September 2012.

Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2012). Financial and Economic Disaster Risk Estimation in Madagascar for the Implementation of CatSim. Summary Report, "Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in Economic Development," Technical Assistance to the Republic of Madagascar, Cellule De Prevention Et Gestion Des Urgences (CPGU)

Braeuninger, M., Butzengeiger-Geyer, S., Dlugolecki, A., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Koehler, M., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Mechler, R. , Michaelowa, A., & Schulze, S. (2011). Application of Economic Instruments for Adaptation to Climate Change. Final Report (Contract CLIMA.C.3./ETU/2010/0011), Brussels, Belgium (27 September 2011)