Natural catastrophe risk assessment models; risk management; economics of climate change adaptation. Steering commitee member of Proclim; member of the industry advisory board of the Competence Center Energy and Mobility, ETH Zurich and of the Department of Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich. Scientific advisor to the Center for Climate Systems Modeling, ETH Zurich and lecturer on economics of climate change adaptation. Support the advancement of sustainability matters in research and management education as steering board member of NCCR climate.