Nikola Sander
Info
Research Group: Demography and Education
Job Title: Research Scientist
Phone: +43 1 515 81 7738
Fax: +43 1 515 81 7730
E-mail: Nikola.Sander@oeaw.ac.at
Private Website: www.nikolasander.net
Education
- PhD in Geography at The University of Queensland, Australia. Dissertation title: “Retirement Migration of the Baby Boomers in Australia: Beach, Bush or Busted?”(2006 – 2010)
- International Max Planck Research School for Demography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany (2007 – 2008)
- Young Scientists Summer Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), World Population Program, Laxenburg, Austria (2007)
- Diplom in Geography at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany, degree awarded with distinction “mit Auszeichnung” (1999 – 2005)
Professional Career
- Research Scientist at the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since Nov 2010)
- Associate Research Scholar, World Population Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria (Aug-Oct 2010)
- Guest lecturer and Teaching Assistant, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland, Australia (2006-2008)
- Research Assistant at the Queensland Centre for Population Research, The University of Queensland, Australia (2006-2007)
- Research Assistant at the School of Environmental and Applied Sciences, Griffith University, Australia (2004 – 2005)
Research Interests
- International and internal migration
- Multi-regional population projections
- Population ageing and the retirement transition
- Spatial modelling of population dynamics
- Cohort and life-course analysis
Selected Publications
- Sander, N. and Bell, M. (2010): Migration and Retirement in the Life Course: An event history approach (subm.)
- Sander, N. and Bell, M. (2010): Retirement migration among the baby boomers: cohort dynamics and spatial structure in Australia (in prep.)
- Sander, N., Skirbekk, V., KC, S. and Lundevaller, E. (2010): Prospects for later-life migration in urban Europe. Peri-urban land use relationships – strategies and sustainability assessment tools for urban-rural linkages, integrated project, contract no. 036921.
- Buckley, R.C., Sander, N., Ollenburg, C. and Warnken, J. (2006): Green Change: Inland Amenity Migration in Australia. In: Moss, L.A.G. (ed.): The Amenity Migrants: Seeking And Sustaining Mountains And Their Cultures. CABI, Oxford.