Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler

Principal Research Scholar

Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group

Advancing Systems Analysis Program

Biography

Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler is a principal research scholar in the Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program, 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). He 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 at the 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. His research has been widely published in a number of books, book chapters, and articles in major peer-reviewed journals, such as Nature and Global Environmental Change.

Hochrainer-Stigler is regularly invited to speak at major scientific conferences and insurance meetings. As part of his work, he facilitated and participated in multiple high-level workshops in the Caribbean, Madagascar, Turkey, the Philippines, India, and Mexico.

Last update: 19 FEB 2025

Publications

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

Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Mechler, R. , & Kull, D. (2010). Micro-insurance against drought risk in a changing climate: Assessing demand and supply considerations. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 2 (2) 148-166. 10.1108/17568691011040407.