Samir KC

Senior Research Scholar
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

kcsamir@gmail.com

Field of Study: Demographie, Population et développement, Statistique
 
Specialization: Structure par âge et par sexe, Démographie appliquée, Education et scolarisation, Estimations et projections, Fécondité, Migration Interne, Migration internationale, Mortalité, santé et longévité, Population et développement, Population et environnement, State and Local Demography, Urbanization, Vulnerability and Human Rights
 
Regional focus: Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Etats Unis et Canada, Europe centrale et orientale, Europe occidentale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord (MENA), Asie centrale, Asie du Sud, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania
 
Education: Doctorat (Ph.D, MD), University of Groningen, Démographie, 2009
 
Working languages: Anglais
Nepali
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Asian Population Association (APA)


Personal web page:
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/staff/staff.php?type=auto&visibility=visible&search=true&login=kc
Curriculum Vitae:
CV Samir KC November 2016.pdf
Professional web page:
http://cms.shu.edu.cn/Default.aspx?tabid=37913  
 
Professional Summary:

I am a founding member of Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI) at Shanghai University. I lead ADRI’s research pillar on Human Capital and Development. In parallel, I work at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) since 2005 and currently lead a research group 'Modelling Human Capital Formation' at the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, IIASA, Austria. My major research interests are: developing and applying multi-dimensional/multi-state population models in demographic analysis and projections with a particular focus on modeling human capital formation in education and health; and differential vulnerability at national and sub-national levels. I completed master's degree in Statistics from Tribhuvan University, Nepal (1997). Subsequently, I taught university statistics in Kathmandu and worked as a biostatistician at the Nepal Health Research Council. I received my PhD degree from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands (2009).

 

Publications:

·  Abel G.J., Barakat B., KC S., and Lutz W. 2016. Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals leads to lower world population growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1611386113 (Authors listed in alphabetical order)

·  KC S & Lutz W (2014). The human core of the shared socioeconomic pathways: Population scenarios by age, sex and level of education for all countries to 2100. Global Environmental Change, published online (4 July 2014).

·  Lutz W & KC S (2011). Global human capital: Integrating education and population. Science, 333(6042):587-592.

·  KC S, Barakat B, Goujon A, Skirbekk V, Sanderson WC & Lutz W (2010). Projection of populations by level of educational attainment, age, and sex for 120 countries for 2005-2050. Demographic Research, 22(15):383-472.

 

·  KC S & Lentzner H (2010). The effect of education on adult mortality and disability: A global perspective. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2010, 8:201-235.

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
Professor, Shanghai University
Research grants: