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
Lugeri, N., Kundzewicz, Z.W., Genovese, E., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., & Radziejewski, M. (2010). River flood risk and adaptation in Europe - Assessment of the present status. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (7) 621-639. 10.1007/s11027-009-9211-8.
Mechler, R. , Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Pflug, G.C. , Lotsch, A., & Williges, K. (2010). Assessing the Financial Vulnerability to Climate-related Natural Hazards. Policy Research Working Paper 5232, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA
Aaheim, A., Dokken, T., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Hof, A., Jochem, E., Mechler, R. , van Vuuren, D.P., Neufeldt, H., & Wei, T. (2010). National responsibilities for adaptation strategies: Lessons from four modelling frameworks. In: Making Climate Change Work for Us. Eds. Hulme, M. & Neufedlt, H., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 980521119412
van Vuuren, D.P., Isaac, M., Kundzewicz, Z.W., Arnell, N.W., Barker, T., Bauer, N., Berkhout, F., Hinkel, J., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Hof, A., Kram, T., Lugeri, N., & Mechler, R. (2010). Scenarios as the basis for assessment of mitigation and adaptation. In: Making Climate Change Work for Us. Eds. Hulme, M. & Neufedlt, H., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 980521119412
Mechler, R. , Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Aaheim, A., Kundzewicz, Z.W., Lugeri, N., & Moriondo, M. (2010). A risk management approach for assessing adaptation to changing flood and drought risks in Europe. In: Making Climate Change Work for Us. Eds. Hulme, M. & Neufeldt, H., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521119412