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
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2011). Book Review: Vulnerable India: A Geographical Study of Disasters, by Ana Kapur (Sage Publications India). [[IDRiM Newsletter]], Issue 2, International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (July 2011)
Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Mechler, R. , & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2011). Insurance against losses from natural disasters in developing countries: Evidence, gaps and the way forward. Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management 1 (1) 10.5595/idrim.2011.0013.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Patnaik, U., Kull, D., Singh, P., & Wajih, S. (2011). Disaster financing and poverty traps for poor households: Realities in Northern India. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 29 (1) 57-82.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. & Mechler, R. (2011). Natural disaster risk in Asian megacities: A case for risk pooling? Cities 28 (1) 53-61. 10.1016/j.cities.2010.09.001.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Kunreuther, H., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., & Mechler, R. (2011). The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Risk from Natural Hazards to Residential Structures in Developing Countries. Working Paper #2011-01, Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA (January 2011)