Thomas Thaler

Guest Senior 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

Thaler, T. & Gugerell, K. (2026). Challenges and Opportunities for Integrating Intersectionality Into Social Vulnerability Assessment for Flood Risk Analysis. WIREs Water 13 (2) e70068. 10.1002/wat2.70068.

Winkler, C., Seebauer, S., Dreisiebner-Lanz, S., Thaler, T. , Mitter, H., Posch, E., Gorbach, T., Steiger, R., & Kropf, B. (2026). The long and winding road of climate-resilient development: a case study–driven analysis of shocks, policy strategies, and individual reactions in Austria. Regional Environmental Change 26 (1) e36. 10.1007/s10113-025-02473-y.

Thaler, T. , Gaube, V., Pfefferkorn, W., & Egger, C.-C. (2026). Abschlussbericht für das Forschungsprojekt Multi-hazards in Biosphere Reserves: Management of multiple hydro-climatic risks to improve the social-ecological resilience (Multibios). Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften , Vienna. 10.1553/MultiBios.

Thaler, T. , Hutter, G., & Seher, W. (2026). Strategic flood risk management over time. Applying a temporal lens to see how flood risk management measures are (or are not) implemented. International Journal of River Basin Management 24 (1) 79-87. 10.1080/15715124.2024.2379886.

Mitrofanenko, A., Thaler, T. , Radinger-Peer, V., Fiala, V., Penker, M., & Gugerell, K. (2025). Understanding science-society interactions (SSI): diverse viewpoints from mountain biosphere reserves. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences 22 (1) e2537242. 10.1080/1943815X.2025.2537242.