Ph.D.
P.C: S. Jana 2019
Biography
Bishawjit Mallick is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at University of Colorado Boulder, USA and holds a researcher position at Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management at TU Dresden, Germany.
He has obtained a PhD in Regional Planning from Graduate School of Climate and Environment (GRACE) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), a master's degree in Regional Planning from Institute of Regional Science (IfR) of KIT, and a bachelor degree from Urban and Rural Planning Discipline of Khulna University, Bangladesh.
His background includes research into the field of environmental (non-)migration, refugee and rehabilitation, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate culture, vulnerability and resilience, good governance, COVID and Public health planning, and social science research methodology.
His current research focuses on the historical grounding of non-migration: why people voluntarily remain in place; how the social, environmental and political regime contributes to staying put; why and when do people perceive (non-)migration as an individual or family strategy to better their livelihoods?
He has published over 20 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. His recent research has appeared in Applied Geography; Environment, Development and Sustainability; Ecological Economics; Sustainability; Journal of Computational Social Science, and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Dr. Mallick is an associate editor of the academic journal SN Social Sciences and SN Business and Economics, and scientific coordinator of ‘Environmental Non-Migration Network (EnNoMig Network)’, and founding chairperson of Coastal Research Center (CRC), Bangladesh.
His leisure time priorities are playing and watching cricket, reading books, and writing poem/drama.
Education
2013
Doctor of Philosophy
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Graduate School for Climate and Environment (GRACE)
Dissertation:
Der gesellschaftliche Umgang mit zunehmender Verwundbarkeit: Eine Analyse der sozialen Bedingungen für vulnerabilitätsorientierte räumliche Planungen in der Küstenzone von Bangladesch. [in English: The societal dealings with increasing vulnerability. An analysis of social relationships for vulnerability oriented spatial planning in coastal areas of Bangladesh]
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Joachim Vogt
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Carolina Kramer
Grade: “Excellent” (summa cum laude)
https://books.openedition.org/ksp/335
2007
M.Sc.
University of Karlsruhe
Institute of Regional Science (IfR)
Thesis: Korruption im Managementsystem der „Holding Tax" in Bangladesch: Das Beispiel der Gemeinde Mymensingh [in English: Corruption in holding tax management in Bangladesh: Example of Mymensingh Municipality]
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Joachim Vogt | Grade: 1.0 (in German scale)
1998
B.Sc.
Khulna University
Urban and Rural Planning
Thesis: Resource Base of Village- A case Study of Shovna Village, Bangladesh
Professional Training
01/03/2007–30/04/2007
Internship|Transparency International Bangladesh, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
01/11/2006–28/02/2007
Internship| Regionalverband Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (Germany)
01/10/2006–31/10/2006
Internship| Landratsamt Karlsruhe (District Office - Karlsruhe), Karlsruhe (Germany)
01/03/1996–30/04/1996
Internship| Grameen Bank, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
Awards & Fellowships
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow | Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA | Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Dresden, Germany, May 2020 - April 2023
Visiting Researcher Fellowship of International Migration Institute of University of Oxford, United Kingdom, October 2016 – March 2017
Guest Researcher Fellowship of Leibniz Institute of Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS), Berlin, Germany, August – September 2016
Foreign Research Fellow of Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, USA, April 2013 – September 2017
Enrichment Funds of American Association of Geographers (AAA) Award, April 2007
King Buckman Initiative Grant for Environmental Leadership Project, UC Berkeley, 2016
BEAHRS Environmental Leadership Fellow 2015, UC Berkeley, California, USA
Summer Institute Fellowship, Disaster Risk Reduction, Beijing Normal University, Peking, China
Emerald Literati Network Excellence Award 2012, Highly Commended Paper on: Mallick, B. & Vogt. J. (2011): Social Supremacy and Its Role in local level Disaster Mitigation Planning in Bangladesh, in Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol.20 Issue 5. pp 543-556. https://doi.org/10.1108/09653561111178970
Climate Change Award 2011, Brown Advanced Research Institute (BIARI), Brown University, USA
PhD scholarship of KAAD (Catholic Academic Exchange Program), for doctoral study in Regional Planning at the Institute of Regional Science (IfR) of University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany, October 2010 – September 2012
M.Sc. scholarship DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) for master study in Regional Planning at the Institute of Regional Science (IfR) of University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany, October 2005 – October 2007
Training Fellowship on “Social Mobilisation” in Sri Lanka, by Stromme Foundation, Norway, December 2002
Departmental fellowship for bachelor study in Urban and Rural Planning at Urban and Rural Planning Discipline of Khulna University, Bangladesh, July 1994 – November 1998
Experience
May 2020 – Present
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow | Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA | Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Dresden, Germany
November 2019 –April 2020
Research Associate|Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Dresden, Germany.
November 2017 – October 2019
Open Topic Post-Doc | Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Dresden, Germany.
April 2017 – October 2017
Research Associate | Institute of Regional Science (IfR), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
October 2016 – March 2017
Visiting Research Fellow | International Migration Institute (IMI), University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
August 2016 – September 2016
Visiting Researcher | Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Spatial Planning, Erkner, Berlin.
April 2013 – July 2017
Foreign Research Fellow | Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, USA
October 2012 - December 2005
Research Associate | Institute of Regional Science (IfR), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
July 2010 – September 2012
CAD-Assistant (part-time), GI-Consult, Karlsruhe (Germany)
December 2008 – September 2010
Research Assistant, Institute of Regional Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe (Germany)
March 2008 – June 2008
Research Assistant, Institute of Regional Science (IfR), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe (Germany)
October 2003 – March 2005
Senior Officer (Research, Advocacy, Communication), Bandhu Social Welfare Society (BSWS), Dhaka Bangladesh
July 2002 – September 2003
Research Officer, SHETU Bangladesh, Tala, Satkhira, Bangladesh
October 2001 – June 2002
Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation), Nari Uddog Kendra (NUK), Dhaka Bangladesh
December 1998 – September 2001
Officer (Planning and Documentation), Satkhira Unnyan Sangstha (SUS), Tala, Satkhira (Bangladesh)