Mark Bernhofen

Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Risk Analytics at the University of Oxford and the LSE.

Hello, and welcome to my website! My name is Mark Bernhofen, and I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and the LSE, specializing in climate risk and adaptation analytics for decision-making.

At Oxford, I work as part of the Oxford Program for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems where I do research on climate risk to critical infrastructure and impact inequality in developing countries. I also have a joint (part-time) position at the LSE, working at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. My research here is on climate financial risk and the ethics and responsible use of climate data for decision-making.

My research is fairly multi-disciplinary, I have a background in engineering, my PhD (at the University of Leeds) was in global flood risk modelling, and I now do work at the intersection of climate risk and finance. I’ve listed some of my research interests below, please do get in touch if you are interested on collaborating on anything!

Research Interests

  • The integration of climate risk and adaptation models with social vulnerability data
  • Modelling the impacts of climate extremes on infrastructure systems.
  • Combining global and local data to model climate risk in data scarce regions
  • Understanding and mitigating climate risk to forcibly displaced populations
  • The integration of climate, economic, and financial risk models
  • Flood model validation and evaluation
  • Ethics and responsible use of climate data for decision making

Find Out More

  • Research - Current projects and research interests
  • Teaching - Courses and educational activities
  • CV - Complete academic curriculum vitae

Contact

Oxford: mark.bernhofen@eci.ox.ac.uk
LSE: m.bernhofen@lse.ac.uk