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., Mechler, R. , Linnerooth-Bayer, J., & Suarez, P. (2009). Report on identified developing country regions for study of novel development assistance options, and characterization of risk profiles. Deliverable D-A2.6b, ADAM (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting European Climate Policy)
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. & Pflug, G.C. (2009). Natural disaster risk bearing ability of governments: Consequences of kinked utility. Journal of Natural Disaster Science 31 (1) 11-21.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. & Mechler, R. (2008). Assessing financial and economic vulnerability to natural hazards: Bridging the gap between scientific assessment and the implementation of disaster risk management with the CatSim model. In: Assessing Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change. Eds. Patt, A. & Schroeter, D., UK pp.173-194: Earthscan. ISBN 9781844076970
Mechler, R. , Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Kull, D., Chopde, S., Singh, P., & Wajih, S. (2008). Uttar Pradesh Drought Cost-Benefit Analysis. [[From Risk to Resilience]] Working Paper 5, Moench M, Caspari E, Pokhrel A (eds), ISET, ISET-Nepal and ProVention, Kathmandu, Nepal 32pp
Mechler, R. , Hochrainer-Stigler, S., & Williges, K. (2008). The special nature of natural disaster risk in Asian megacities. A case for megacity risk pooling? Conference Paper, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Conference on Natural Catastrophe Risk Insurance Mechanisms for Asia and the Pacific, 4-5 November 2008, Tokyo, Japan