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Thomas Schinko

Research Group Leader and Principal Research Scholar

Equity and Justice Research Group

Population and Just Societies Program

Biography

Thomas Schinko is Principal Research Scholar and Research Group Leader of the Equity and Justice (EQU) Research Group in the IIASA Population and Just Societies Program. He is a regular lecturer at the University of Graz and the Joint Vienna Institute.

His main research interests at IIASA are in the areas of comprehensive climate risk management and just transitions. He focuses on the assessment of socioeconomic impacts of climate-related risks and their distributional effects, the identification of just and inclusive climate risk management strategies, the understanding of risks and risk perceptions connected with climate change mitigation and adaptation options, and the ethical and politico-economic aspects in the context of a just transition towards a sustainable future.

His areas of expertise include quantitative economic modeling as well as qualitative social science methods with a particular focus on mixed-methods approaches involving participatory processes. He studied economics and environmental system sciences at the University of Graz, Austria, and Uppsala University, Sweden.





Last update: 24 APR 2026

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Leitner., M., Glas, N., Babcicky, P., & Schinko, T. (2019). Klimarisikomanagement (KRM) in Österreich: Bestandsaufnahme der Stakeholder-Landschaft und der Governance-Strukturen für die Klimarisiken Hochwasser & Trockenheit/Dürre. RESPECT Working Paper No.1. Umweltbundesamt, Wegener Zentrum für Klima- und globalen Wandel (Universität Graz), IIASA

Sieg, T., Schinko, T. , Vogel, K., Mechler, R. , Merz, B., & Kreibich, H. (2019). Integrated assessment of short-term direct and indirect economic flood impacts including uncertainty quantification. PLoS ONE 14 (4) e0212932. 10.1371/journal.pone.0212932.

Komendantova, N. , Schinko, T. , & Patt, A. (2019). De-risking policies as a substantial determinant of climate change mitigation costs in developing countries: Case study of the Middle East and North African region. Energy Policy 127 404-411. 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.023.

Schinko, T. , Bohm, S., Komendantova, N. , Jamea, El M., & Blohm, M. (2019). Morocco’s sustainable energy transition and the role of financing costs: a participatory electricity system modeling approach. Energy, Sustainability and Society 9 (1) 1-17. 10.1186/s13705-018-0186-8.

Lintschnig, M., Schinko, T. , Ortner, S., Kienberger, S, Leitner, M., & Glas, N. (2019). Rollen und Verantwortlichkeiten im lokalen Klimarisikomanagement. Handbuch zum Rollenspiel-Workshop Klimarisikomanagement. Graz, Austria: Wegener Center Verlag. ISBN 978-3-9504501-9-4