Wir freuen uns im SS 2015 Herrn Dr. Reinhard Mechler (IIASA, Laxenburg) als unseren Gastprofessor begrüßen zu dürfen:
Visiting Professor: Dr. Reinhard Mechler (IIASA, Laxenburg)
Reinhard Mechler is deputy director of the Risk, Policy, and Vulnerability (RPV) research program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). He acted as a lead author on the IPCC’s special report on adaptation to extreme events (SREX) and on the IPCC’s 5th assessment report (working group II). He has been leading and contributing to many international research and consultancy projects.
His research interests comprise catastrophe risk modeling, understanding the nexus between extreme events, climate change and development, the role of resilience in disaster risk management, innovative risk financing mechanisms for sharing disaster risks, and policy instruments for climate mitigation and adaptation.