Kilian Kuhla is a postdoctoral researcher in Research Department 3 - Transformation Pathways. After studying physics at TU Berlin, he graduated with a doctoral degree under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Anders Levermann at PIK. During his PhD, he examined the impacts of weather extremes on the global trade network.
His current research focuses on systemic risks to global and regional food security from local crop failures or unilateral policy measures. His model-based analyses aim to reflect inter and intra-regional food inequalities as well as to assess short-term systemic risks to the world food system in the 21st century.
He is member of the working group Event-based Modeling of Economic Impacts of Climate Change. and a co-developer of the agent-based agricultural market model Agrimate. Furthermore, he has partner projects with Numerical analysis of global economic impacts and he co-developed loss-propagation model Acclimate.
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- since 2022
- Postdoctoral researcher
- at Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research
- 2021 - 2022
- Research assistant
- with Dr. Christian Otto
- at Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research
- 2017 - 2022
- PhD student
- with Prof. Dr. Anders Levermann
- at Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research
- 2017 - 2021
- PhD scholarship
- awarded by Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- 2016 - 2017
- Research assistant
- with Dr. Katja Frieler
- at Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research
- 2010-2016
- Studies of physics
- at Technical University of Berlin, Germany
2024
8. K. Kuhla, M.J. Puma & C. Otto. International cooperation was key to stabilize wheat prices after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Communications Earth Environment 5, 481 (2024)
2023
7. R. Middelanis, S. N. Willner, K. Kuhla, L. Quante, C. Otto and A. Levermann
Stressed economies respond more strongly to climate extremes
Environmental Research Letters 18 (2023). 10.1088/1748-9326/acec5e
6. K. Kuhla, S. N. Willner, C. Otto, A. Levermann
Resilience of international trade to typhoon-related supply disruptions
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2023). 10.1016/j.jedc.2023.104663
5. C. Otto*, K. Kuhla*, T. Geiger, J. Schewe, K. Frieler * with equal contribution
Better insurance could effectively mitigate the increase in economic growth losses from U.S. hurricanes under global warming
Science Advances 9 (2023). 10.1126/sciadv.add6616
2021
4. R. Middelanis, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, K. Kuhla, L. Quante, A. Levermann
Wave-like global economic ripple response to Hurricane Sandy
Environmental Research Letters 16 (2021). 10.1088/1748-9326/ac39c0
3. K. Kuhla, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, T. Geiger, A. Levermann
Ripple resonance amplifies economic welfare loss from weather extremes
Environmental Research Letters 16 (2021). 10.1088/1748-9326/ac2932
2. K. Kuhla, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, L. Wenz, A. Levermann
Future heat stress to reduce people's purchasing power
PLoS one 16(6) (2021). 10.1371/journal.pone.0251210
2020
1. L. Wenz, A. Levermann, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, K. Kuhla
Brexit no-trade-deal scenario: short-term consumer benefit at the expense of long-term economic development
PLoS one 15 (2020). 10.1371/journal.pone.0237500
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Doctoral Dissertation
K. Kuhla
Impact, distribution, and adaptation – how weather extremes threaten the economic network
[University Potsdam] (2022). 10.25932/publishup-55266
K. Kuhla, P. Kubiczek, C. Otto (under review)
Understanding agricultural market dynamics in times of crisis: the dynamic agent-based network model Agrimate
Preprint: 10.2139/ssrn.4393720
