Thomas Thaler
Research Scholar
Equity and Justice Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Biography
Thomas Thaler is a research fellow in the Equity and Justice Research Group of the IIASA Population and Just Societies Program. He is also a senior scientist at the Institute of Landscape Planning at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.His research at IIASA focuses on governance and social justice in flood risk management, with a particular emphasis on the design and effectiveness of governance systems, as well as the integration of different environmental policies into national and local institutions. He holds a PhD from the Flood Hazard Research Centre at Middlesex University London in the UK.
Last update: 12 SEP 2023
Publications
Dong, X., Fresolone-Caparrós, A. , Schinko, T. , Thaler, T., Kienberger, S., Mainetti, L., Spiekermann, R., Altmann, M.O., Heller, H., Deubelli-Hwang, T., Leitner, M., & Offenzeller, M. (2025). Handbuch für die Ko-Kreation eines Klimarisikoservice in Österreich. IIASA , Laxenburg, Austria. 10.5281/zenodo.14869739.
Thaler, T. & Kaufmann, M. (2024). Implementing catchment-wide flood risk management plans: futures and justice conflicts. Futures 164 e103480. 10.1016/j.futures.2024.103480.
Seebauer, S., Friesenecker, M., Thaler, T., Schneider, A.E., & Schwarzinger, S. (2024). Feeling hot is being hot? Comparing the mapping and the surveying paradigm for urban heat vulnerability in Vienna. Science of the Total Environment 945 e173952. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173952.
Weber, K., Damyanovic, D., & Thaler, T. (2024). Impacts of social contracts for citizens in the austrian flood risk management system. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 102 e104266. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104266.
Gaube, V., Schneider, S., Thaler, T., Borsky, S., Kirchner, M., Loibl, W., Mehdi-Schulz, B., Schirpke, U., & Zuvela-Aloise, M. (2024). Kapitel 3. Sozioökonomische und klimatische Treiber der Änderung der Landnutzung in Österreich. In: APCC Special Report: Landnutzung und Klimawandel in Österreich. Eds. Jandl, R., Tappeiner, U., Foldal, C., & Erb, K., pp. 163-216 Springer. 10.1007/978-3-662-67864-0_5.