Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Nikola Sander

Education

• 1993–1999: Studies in Geography, Law and Geographic Information Systems, Universität Regensburg, University of Tübingen, both Germany, and University of Adelaide, Australia (Diplom Degree)
• 2008: International Max Planck Research School for Demography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
• 2010: PhD in Human Geography, University of Queensland, Australia
  Doctoral Thesis: “Retirement Migration of the Baby Boomers in Australia: Beach, Bush or Busted?”

Professional Background

• 2004–2005: Research Assistant at the School of Environmental and Applied Sciences, Griffith University, Australia
• 2006–2007: Research Assistant at the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland, Australia
• 2010: Associate Research Scholar for World Population Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
• 2010–2016: Scientific Assistant at the Vienna Institute of Demography, Austria
• 2016–2017: Assistant Professor of Population Geography, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
• Since 2017: Research Director, Head of the Area “Migration and Mobility” at the Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany

Memberships and Activities in Scientific Associations

• Since 2008: Member of the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS)
• Since 2009: Member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
• Since 2011: Member of the International Geographical Union
• Since 2011: Member of the Population Association of America (PAA)
• Since 2015: Member of the Asian Population Association

Publishing Activities

• Since 2015: Member of the International Advisory Board “Population, Space & Place”
• Since 2016: Member of the International Advisory Board “Comparative Population Studies”

Reviewing Activities

• Scientific Journals: Comparative Population Studies; Demographic Research; European Journal of Population; Geoforum; International Migration Review; Journal of Population Research; Journal of the Royal Society; PLOS One; Population and Environment; Population, Space & Place; Science; Urban Geography
• Granting Bodies: Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France; National Science Centre, Poland

Consulting Experience

• 2011: European Commission, during a discussion round on the scientific analysis of migration and global environmental change
• 2014: World Bank, at the workshop on “Modelling Migration in Population Projections” hosted at the United Nations in New York, USA
• 2016: German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, discussion round on “Migration, Integration and Development” in Berlin, Germany
• 2016–2017: Global Forum on Migration and Development, at the workshop “What Future for International Migration and Human Mobility?”, organised by the International Organisation for Migration and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Geneva, Switzerland

Scholarships, Grants and Awards

• 2003: Baden-Württemberg Exchange Program Award, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
• 2006–2010: PhD fellowship “UQ International Scholarship (UQI)” of the University of Queensland, Australia
• 2006–2010: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant “Understanding the Structure of Internal Migration in Australia”
• 2007–2010: European Commission Grant “Peri-urban Land Use Relationships: Strategies & Sustainability Assessment Tools for Urban-Rural Linkages (PLUREL)” (PI Prof. Vegard Skirbekk)
• 2010–2014: Modelling international migration in global population projections. ERC Advanced Grant “Forecasting Societies` Adaptive Capacities to Climate Change” (PI Prof. Wolfgang Lutz)
• 2014–2016: Coordinator of the case study on student mobility in Austria. Economic and Social Research Council, UK (PI Prof. Allan Findlay)

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