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
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.
Hudson, P. & Thaler, T. (2023). Defining affordability and adaptation resource prioritisation. Climate Risk Management 42 e100569. 10.1016/j.crm.2023.100569.
Schirpke, U., Tasser, E., Borsky, S., Braun, M., Eitzinger, J., Gaube, V., Getzner, M., Glatzel, S., Gschwantner, T., Kirchner, M., Leitinger, G., Mehdi-Schulz, B., Mitter, H., Scheifinger, H., Thaler, S., Thom, D., & Thaler, T. (2023). Past and future impacts of land-use changes on ecosystem services in Austria. Journal of Environmental Management 345 e118728. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118728.
Thaler, T., Hanger-Kopp, S., Schinko, T. , & Nordbeck, R. (2023). Addressing path dependencies in decision-making processes for operationalizing compound climate-risk management. iScience 26 (7) e107073. 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107073.
Thaler, T. & PenningâRowsell, E.C. (2023). Policy experimentation within flood risk management: Transition pathways in Austria. The Geographical Journal 189 (4) 701-714. 10.1111/geoj.12528.