Hagenlocher, Michael
Associate Academic Officer
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-EHS
- OFFICE:
- Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management & Adaptive Planning Section; Environmental Vulnerability & Ecosystem Services
- E-MAIL:
- hagenlocher@ehs.unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +49-228-815-0250
- NATIONALITY:
- Germany
Research Interests
- Climate change adaptation
- Disaster risk reduction
- Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Education
- Ph.D. (Hons), Applied Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, Doctoral College “Geographic Information Science”, Austria, in collaboration with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
- M.Sc. (Hons), Geography (Minors in Sociology and Geoinformatics), University of Tuebingen and University of Stuttgart, Germany
Appointments
- 2019 to present: Deputy Head of the UNU-EHS Academic Board, Joint Master of Science “Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security”, University of Bonn and UNU-EHS
- 2018 to present: Lead Author in the EU report “Science for Disaster Risk Management: acting today, protecting tomorrow (Science for DRM 2020)”
- 2018 to present: Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
- 2017 to present: Alternate focal point for UNU-EHS in the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR)
- 2017 to present: UNU-EHS representative in the IASC Reference Group on Risk, Early Warning and Preparedness
- 2017 to present: Member of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
- 2016 to present: Arbeitskreis Naturgefahren und Naturrisiken, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie (DGfG)
- 2015 to present: Full Member of the Academic Board, Joint Master of Science ’Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security’, University of Bonn, Department of Geography (GIUB) and United Nations University (UNU-EHS)
Biographical Statement
Dr. Michael Hagenlocher is an Associate Academic Officer in the Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management & Adaptive Planning (VARMAP) and the Environmental Vulnerability & Ecosystem Services (EVES) sections of UNU-EHS. He is currently the ad-interim co-chair of the VARMAP section (together with Dr. Sandholz).
Dr. Hagenlocher has a broad interest in human-environmental interaction, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation. Much of his work focuses on developing novel concepts and methods for the assessment of drivers, hotspots and dynamics of vulnerability and risk associated with natural hazards at different scales, and the evaluation of risk reduction and adaptation options in the context of global environmental and societal change. At UNU-EHS, Dr. Hagenlocher currently manages the UNU contributions to three transdisciplinary research projects (ARIMA, GlobeDrought, GLASCA-V), and is involved in multiple other projects in the field of vulnerability and risk research. In addition, he supports the section heads in the application for new research grants, supervises team members, visiting scientists, and master students.
Dr. Hagenlocher is actively involved in multiple teaching activities at UNU (e.g. at UNU-EHS, UNU-MERIT) and the University of Bonn. He is the Deputy Head and a full member of the Academic Board of the Joint Master’s Programme “Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security” with the University of Bonn.
He is involved in various networks such as the IASC Reference Group on Risk, Early Warning and Preparedness, the GIZ “Climate Risk” Community of Practice, and the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR). Currently, Dr. Hagenlocher serves as a Lead Author in the EU flagship report “Science for Disaster Risk Management: acting today, protecting tomorrow” (Science for DRM 2020, Chapter 2.1).
Prior to joining UNU-EHS, Dr. Hagenlocher has worked as a researcher at the University of Salzburg’s Department of Geoinformatics (Z_GIS) in Austria, expert for UN-SPIDER, visiting scientist at the Harvard University, and lecturer at the University of Tuebingen in Germany. Further, he did consultancy work for the European Commission (DG ECHO, DIPECHO), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the United Nations (UNEP, UNDP).
Dr. Hagenlocher has received multiple awards for his research, including the the “Förderpreis Geoinformatik” by the Technische Universität München (Germany) for his PhD research in 2016, and the “Sustainability Award” for outstanding research in the field of sustainable development within the context of his MSc research by the University of Tuebingen (Germany) in 2011.
Dr. Hagenlocher is author/co-author of 55+ scientific publications, including 21 peer-reviewed journal articles, policy briefs, and op-eds. For more information please refer to his ResearchGate profile.
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Articles
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Meza, Isabel, Anderson, Carl C., Min, Annika, Renaud, Fabrice G., Walz, Yvonne, Siebert, Stefan and Sebesvari, Zita (2019). Drought vulnerability and risk assessments: state of the art, persistent gaps, and research agenda. Environmental Research Letters, 1-23
- Harb, Mostapha, Hagenlocher, Michael, Cotti, Davide, Kratzschmar, Elke, Baccouche, Hayet, Ben Khaled, Karem, Bellert, Felicitas, Chebil, Bouraoui, Ben Fridj, Anis, Ayed, Sonia and Garschagen, Matthias (2019). Simulating Future Urban Expansion in Monastir, Tunisia, as an Input for the Development of Future Risk Scenarios. Journal for Geographic Information Science, 7(1), 3-9
- Anderson, Carl, Hagenlocher, Michael, Renaud, Fabrice G., Sebesvari, Zita, Cutter, Susan L. and Emrich, Christopher T. (2019). Comparing index-based vulnerability assessments in the Mississippi Delta: Implications of contrasting theories, indicators, and aggregation methodologies. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, n/a-n/a
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Renaud, Fabrice G., Haas, Susanne and Sebesvari, Zita (2018). Vulnerability and risk of deltaic social-ecological systems exposed to multiple hazards. Science of the Total Environment, 631-632, 71-80
- Garschagen, Matthias and Hagenlocher, Michael (2017). Assessing and Monitoring Progress towards Risk Reduction: A Case for Indices?. INFORM Global Risk Index Results (2018), 18-19
- Breinl, Korbinian, Di Baldassarre, Giuliano, Girons Lopez, Marc, Hagenlocher, Michael, Vico, Giulia and Rutgersson, Anna (2017). Can weather generation capture precipitation patterns across different climates, spatial scales and under data scarcity?. Scientific Reports (7), 5449-n/a
- Sebesvari, Zita, Renaud, Fabrice G., Haas, Susanne, Tessler, Zachary, Hagenlocher, Michael, Kloos, Julia, Szabo, Sylvia, Tejedor, Alejandro and Kuenzer, Claudia (2016). A review of vulnerability indicators for deltaic social–ecological systems. Sustainability Science (Special Feature), 1-16
- Wannewitz, Sabrina, Hagenlocher, Michael and Garschagen, Matthias (2016). Development and Validation of a Sub-national Multi-hazard Risk Index for the Philippines. GI_Forum 2016, 1, 133-140
- Delmelle, Eric, Hagenlocher, Michael, Kienberger, Stefan and Casas, Irene (2016). A spatial model of socioeconomic and environmental determinants of dengue fever in Cali, Colombia. Acta Tropica, 164, 169-176
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Wei, Chunzhu and Cabrera-Barona, Pablo (2016). Multiscale Evaluation of an Urban Deprivation Index: Implications for Quality of Life and Healthcare Accessibility Planning. Applied Geography, 70, 1-10
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Hölbling, Daniel, Kienberger, Stefan, Vanhuysse, Sabine and Zeil, Peter (2016). Spatial assessment of social vulnerability in the context of landmines and explosive remnants of war in Battambang province, Cambodia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 15, 148-161
Books
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Sebesvari, Zita, Bertram, Mathias, Renner, Kathrin, Renaud, Fabrice G., Wiley, Helen and Zebisch, Marc, Climate Risk Assesment for Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A guidebook for planners and practitioners (Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, 2018).
Book Chapters
- Maini, Rishma, Murray, Virginia, Roth, Cathy, Catchpole, Mike, Ebi, Kristie L., Hagenlocher, Michael, Montesinos Guevara, Camila Margarita, Sellwood, Chloe and Yeung, Tiffany, “Biological risk: epidemics” in Science for disaster risk management 2017: knowing better and losing less, ed. Poljansek, Karmen, Marin Ferrer, Montserrat, De Groeve, T. and Clark, Ian ( Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union,2017), 306-335.
- Schneiderbauer, Stefan, Calliari, Elisa, Eidsvig, Unni and Hagenlocher, Michael, “The most recent view of vulnerability” in Science for disaster risk management 2017: knowing better and losing less, ed. Poljansek, Karmen, Marin Ferrer, Montserrat, De Groeve, Tom and Clark, Ian ( Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union,2017), 70-84.
- Garschagen, Matthias, Hagenlocher, Michael, Sabelfeld, Robert and Lee, Yew Jin, “Infrastructure as a risk factor” in World Risk Report 2016, ed. Jeschonnek, Lars, Mucke, Peter, Walter, Julia and Kirch, Lotte ( Berlin: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft (Alliance Development Works); United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS),2016), 14-21.
Conference Proceedings
- Wannewitz, Sabrina, Hagenlocher, Michael and Garschagen, Matthias ed. GI Forum 2016: open:spatial:interfaces 2016/07/05-08 Salzburg. Salzburg: University of Salzburg, 2016.
- Hagenlocher, Michael ed. Supporting Vector-borne Disease Prevention and Control with Geo-Information 2016/02/24-25 Munich. Berlin: Herbert Wichmann Verlag, 2016.
Reports
- Hagenlocher, Michael and Garschagen, Mattias (2018). Disaster risk and readiness for insurance solutions: InsuRisk Assessment Report 2018. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security.
- Hagenlocher, Michael and Garschagen, Matthias (2018). InsuRisk Assessment Tool 2018 – Annex. UNU-EHS.
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Garschagen, Matthias, Klockemann, Lena, Holzhauer, Manuel and Zwick, Astrid (2017). Disaster risk and readiness for insurance solutions: A novel assessment tool for low to lower middle income countries (InsuRisk Assessment Tool). United Nations University − Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Social Impact Partners (a joint venture between Munich Re & Hollard Group), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
- Hagenlocher, Michael and Garschagen, Matthias (2017). InsuRisk Assessment Tool – Annex. UNU-EHS.
- Garschagen, Matthias, Hagenlocher, Michael, Comes, Martina, Dubbert, Mirjam, Sabelfeld, Robert, Lee, Yew Jin, Grunewald, Ludwig, Lanzendörfer, Matthias, Mucke, Peter, Neuschäfer, Oliver, Pott, Simone, Post, Joachim, Schramm, Stephanie, Schumann-Bölsche, Dorit, Vandemeulebroecke, Bruno, Welle, Torsten and Birkmann, Joern (2016). World Risk Report 2016. World Risk Report. Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft and UNU-EHS.
- Sebesvari, Zita, Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi, Harrison, Ian, Brondizio, Eduardo, Bucx, Tom, Dearing, John A., Ganguly, Dipnarayan, Ghosh, Tuhin, Goodbred, Steven L., Hagenlocher, Michael, Hajra, Rituparna, Kuenzer, Claudia, Mansur, Andressa V., Matthews, Zoe, Nicholls, Robert J., Nilsen, Kristine, Overeem, Irina, Ramachandran, Purvaja, Rahman, Munsur Md., Ramachandran, Ramesh, Renaud, Fabrice G., Robin, R. S., Subba Reddy, Bonthu, Singh, Gulab, Szabo, Sylvia, Tessler, Zachary, van de Guchte, Cees, Vogt, Jürgen and Wilson, Carol A. (2016). Imperatives for sustainable delta futures. Brief for GSDR. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform.
- Garschagen, Matthias, Hagenlocher, Michael, Kloos, Julia, Pardoe, Joanna, Lanzendörfer, Matthias, Mucke, Peter, Radtke, Katrin, Rhyner, Jakob, Walter, Bernhard, Welle, Torsten and Birkmann, Joern (2015). World Risk Report 2015. Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft and UNU-EHS.
- Hagenlocher, Michael (2013). Identifying and evaluating hotspots of climate change in the Sahel and Western Africa. SOURCE. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security.
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Articles
- Taylor David, Hagenlocher Michael, Jones Anne E, Kienberger Stefan, Leedale Joseph, Morse Andrew P, 2016. Environmental change and Rift Valley fever in eastern Africa: projecting beyond HEALTHY FUTURES. Geospatial Health 11: 387.
- Hagenlocher, Michael and Castro, Marcia Caldas de, 2015. Mapping malaria risk and vulnerability in the United Republic of Tanzania: a spatial explicit model. Population Health Metrics, 13, 2.
- Lang, Stefan, Kienberger, Stefan, Tiede, Dirk, Hagenlocher, Michael and Pernkopf, Lena, 2014. Geons – domain-specific regionalization of space. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 41 (3), 214-226.
- Kienberger, Stefan* and Hagenlocher, Michael*, 2014. Spatial-explicit modeling of social vulnerability to malaria in East Africa. International Journal of Health Geographics, 13, 29.(* equal contributors)
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Lang, Stefan, Hölbling, Daniel, Tiede, Dirk and Kienberger, Stefan, 2014. Modeling hotspots of climate change in the Sahel using object-based regionalization of multi-dimensional gridded datasets. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 7 (1), 229-234.
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Kienberger, Stefan, Lang, Stefan and Blaschke, Thomas, 2014. Implications of spatial scales and reporting units for the spatial modelling of vulnerability to vector-borne diseases. GI_Forum – Journal for Geographic Information Science, 197-206
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Delmelle, Eric, Casas, Irene and Kienberger, Stefan, 2013. Assessing socioeconomic vulnerability to dengue fever in Cali, Colombia: statistical vs expert-based modeling. International Journal of Health Geographics, 12, 36.
- Kienberger, Stefan*, Hagenlocher, Michael*, Delmelle, Eric and Casas, Irene, 2013. A WebGIS tool for visualizing and exploring socioeconomic vulnerability to dengue fever in Cali, Colombia. Geospatial Health, 8 (1): 313-316. (* equal contributors)
- Watson, Samantha, Petterson, Mike, Lang, Stefan, Kienberger, Stefan, Hagenlocher, Michael, Rudge, James, Coker, Richard, 2012. Trans-disciplinary research to improve health systems’ disaster readiness and response. Bull World Health Organ, 90 (8): 558-558A.
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Lang, Stefan and Tiede, Dirk, 2012. Integrated assessment of the environmental impact of an IDP camp in Sudan based on very high resolution multi-temporal satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 126, 27-38.
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- World Risk Report
- Catalyzing action towards sustainability of deltaic systems with an integrated modelling framework for risk assessment (DELTAS)
- Changes in Glacier and Snowmelt runoff components in Central Asia and societal Vulnerability (GLASCA-V)
- Water Availability in Central Asia – Vulnerability to Changing Glacier and Snowmelt Runoff Contributions to Central Asian Rivers (GlaSCA)
- Identification of Priority Countries and Topics for Collaborative Disaster Risk Management in Asia and Africa (LAKARI)
- Future-oriented Vulnerability and Risk Analysis as Instrument to Support Urban Infrastructure Resilience (ZURES)
- Urban Disaster Resilience through Risk Assessment and Sustainable Planning (UD-RASP)
- A global scale tool for the characterization of droughts, the quantification of their effects on water resources, crop productivity, trade in food products and the need for international food aid (GlobeDrought)
- InsuRisk Assessment Tool: Disaster Risk and Readiness for Insurance Solutions
- Climate Risk Assessment for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA Guidebook)
- World Risk and Adaptation Futures – Summer Academy
- Assessment and simulation of present and future multi-hazard risk in the Marrakesh-Safi region (ARIMA)
- CLIMAFRI – Implementing Climate-sensitive Adaptation strategies to reduce Flood Risk in the transboundary Lower Mono River catchment in Togo and Benin