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
Bachner, G., Knittel, N., Poledna, S., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , & Reiter, K. (2023). Revealing indirect risks in complex socioeconomic systems: A highly detailed multi‐model analysis of flood events in Austria. Risk Analysis 44 229-243. 10.1111/risa.14144.
van den Hurk, B., Baldissera Pacchetti, M., Ciullo, A., Coulter, L., Dessai, S., Ercin, E., Goulart, H., Hamed, R., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Koks, E., Kubiczek, P., Levermann, A., Mechler, R. , van Meersbergen, M., Mester, B., Middelanis, R., Minderhoud, K., Mysiak, J., Nirandjan, S., Otto, C., Sayers, P., Sillman, J., Schewe, J., Shepherd, T.G., Stuparu, D., vogt, T., & Witpas, K. (2023). Climate Impact Storylines for Assessing Socio-Economic Responses to Remote Events. Climate Risk Management 40 e100500. 10.1016/j.crm.2023.100500.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Deubelli, T. , Mechler, R. , Dieckmann, U. , Laurien, F. , & Handmer, J. (2023). Closing the ‘operationalisation gap‘: Insights from systemic risk research to inform transformational adaptation and risk management. Climate Risk Management 41 e100531. 10.1016/j.crm.2023.100531.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Zhu, Q., Reiter, K., & Ciullo, A. (2023). Challenges of instruments that should tackle multi-hazard and multi-risk situations: an assessment of the recent reforms of the European Solidarity Fund and the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 28 (8) e41. 10.1007/s11027-023-10075-4.
Sakic Trogrlic, R. , Ward, P., de Ruiter, M., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. , Torresan, S., Gottardo, G., Daloz, A., Ma, L., Tatman, S., Fumero, N., Ciurean, R., Jager, W., Daniell, J., Stuparu, D., Reiter, K., & Duncan, M. (2023). Cross-European challenges for multi-risk assessment and management: insights from the first two years of MYRIAD-EU. In: NEEDS, 31 October-2 November 2023, Twente, Netherlands.