Thomas Schinko
Research Group Leader and Senior Research Scholar
Equity and Justice Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
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Biography
Thomas Schinko is Senior 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: 23 FEB 2023
Publications
Irshaid, J., Mochizuki, J. , & Schinko, T. (2021). Challenges to local innovation and implementation of low-carbon energy-transition measures: A tale of two Austrian regions. Energy Policy 156 p. 112432. 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112432.
Hanger-Kopp, S., Birk, S., Burek, P. , Guillaumot, L. , Jauck, M., Kahil, T. , Karabaczek, V., Lindinger, H., Nauman Kurshid, A., Offenzeller, M, Reheis, W., Sahu, R.K. , Sailer, C., Schinko, T. , Schläffer, A., Sedy, K., Steidl, T., Waltl, P., & Wawra, C. (2021). WaterStressAT - Climate change induced water stress - participatory modeling to identify risks and opportunities in Austrian regions. In: Österreichischer Klimatag 2021, 12-13 April 2021.
Mechler, R. , Stevance, A.-S., Deubelli, T. , Scolobig, A., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Handmer, J., Irshaid, J., McBean, G., Zapata-Marti, R., Gordon, M., Ivanova, M., Srivastava, L., Gomez Echeverri, L., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Schinko, T. , & Olukoshi, A. (2021). Transformations within reach: Pathways to a sustainable and resilient world - Enhancing Governance for Sustainability. IIASA Report. IIASA-ISC
Mintz-Woo, K. , Dennig, F., Liu, H., & Schinko, T. (2021). Carbon Pricing and COVID-19. Climate Policy 21 (10) 1272-1280. 10.1080/14693062.2020.1831432.
Mechler, R. , Schinko, T. , Hanke, N., Baldrich, R., Frey, L., Högl, M., Petersen, A.-K., & Siebert, M. (2021). Integrating slow onset processes into climate risk management. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)