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. , Pflug, G.C. , & Lotsch, A. (2008). Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on the Robustness of Index-Based Microinsurance in Malawi. The World Bank , Washington, DC, USA.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. & Mechler, R. (2008). Assessing long-term socioeconomic adaptation strategies to extreme events in Europe. In: Proceedings, Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Long-Term Policies: Governing Social-Ecological Change, 22-23 February 2008.
Mechler, R. , Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., & Pflug, G.C. (2007). Public Sector Financing of Disaster Risk. Final Report submitted to the Austrian National Bank
Cardenas, V., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Mechler, R. , Pflug, G.C. , & Linnerooth-Bayer, J. (2007). Sovereign financial disaster risk management: The case of Mexico. Environmental Hazards 7 (1) 40-53. 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.04.005.
Mechler, R. , Hochrainer-Stigler, S., & Linnerooth-Bayer, J. (2006). Public sector financial vulnerability to disasters. In: Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies. Eds. Birkmann, J., Tokyo: United Nations University Press. ISBN 92-808-1135-5