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., Lavalle, C., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Bindi, M., & Moriondo, M. (2009). An assessment of weather-related risks in Europe. Deliverable D-A2.1b, ADAM (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting European Climate Policy)

Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Mechler, R. , & Pflug, G.C. (2009). Climate change and financial adaptation in Africa: Investigating the impact of climate change on the robustness of index-based microinsurance in Malawi. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 14 (3) 231-250. 10.1007/s11027-008-9162-5.

Mechler, R. , Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Singh, P., Chopde, S., & Wajih, S.A. (2009). Combining innovative strategies for effective drought risk management: Costs and benefits of insurance and irrigation in Uttar Pradesh, India. In: [[Catalyzing Climate and Disaster Resilience]], ISET-Nepal, Kathmandu pp.223-250

Moench, M., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Mechler, R. , Kull, D., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., & Patnaik, U. (2009). Rethinking the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction under changing climate conditions. In: [[Catalyzing Climate and Disaster Resilience]], ISET-Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal, pp.1-34

Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Mechler, R. , & Pflug, G.C. (2009). Climate change and climate insurance. The case of Malawi (Abstract). [[IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science]], 6(42):422003 (1 February 2009) 10.1088/1755-1307/6/42/422003.