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. His current research focuses on the historical grounding of non-migration (the reasons why people voluntarily remain in place for generations, how the social, environmental and political regime contributes to staying put).

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • University of Colorado Boulder

    University, Boulder, United States
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow

  • Universiteit Utrecht

    Other, Utrecht, Netherlands

  • Utrecht University

    University, Utrecht, Netherlands
    Associate Professor

  • Technische Universität Dresden

    Other, Dresden, Germany
    Marie Curie Global Fellowship

  • University of Colorado Boulder

    University, Boulder, United States
    Marie Curie Global Fellowship

  • Technische Universität Dresden

    Other, Dresden, Germany
    Open-Topic Post Doc

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Research Institute, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Guest Researcher

  • Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung

    Other, Erkner, Germany
    Guest Researcher

  • Vanderbilt University

    University, Nashville, United States
    Foreign Research Fellow

  • University of Oxford

    University, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Visiting Research Fellow

  • Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung

    Other, Erkner, Germany
    Guest Researcher

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Research Institute, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Research Associate

Research

Impact of shifting from rice to shrimp farming on migration aspirations in Bangladesh

Authors Sayantan Samui, Bishawjit Mallick, Ajay Bailey
Year 2024
Journal Name Regional Environmental Change
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1 Journal Article

Environmental migration and non-migration: Learning through an intergenerational lens

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Lori M Hunter
Year 2024
Journal Name Migration Studies
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2 Journal Article

How do migration decisions and drivers differ against extreme environmental events?

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Kelsea Best, Amanda Carrico, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Environmental Hazards
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3 Journal Article

Environmental non-migration: framework, methods, and cases

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Lori Hunter
Year 2023
Journal Name Regional Environmental Change
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4 Journal Article

Environmental non-migration: Analysis of drivers, factors, and their significance

Authors Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2023
Journal Name World Development Perspectives
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5 Journal Article

Correction to: Livelihood diversification as key to long‑term non‑migration: evidence from coastal Bangladesh

Authors Bangkim Biswas, Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2022
Journal Name Environment, Development and Sustainability
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6 Journal Article

In harm’s way: Non-migration decisions of people at risk of slow-onset coastal hazards in Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Kimberly G. Rogers, Zakia Sultana
Year 2022
Journal Name Ambio
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7 Journal Article

A bibliometric review on the drivers of environmental migration

Authors Chup Priovashini, Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2022
Journal Name Ambio
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8 Journal Article

How Does the Rohingya Influx Influence the Residential Satisfaction and Mobility Intentions of the Host Communities in Bangladesh?

Authors Bangkim Biswas, Bishawjit Mallick, Nasif Ahsan, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
Citations (WoS) 4
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9 Journal Article

Staying despite riverbank erosion: evidence of coastal Bangladesh

Authors Afroza Mallick, Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2021
Journal Name SN Social Sciences
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10 Journal Article

Livelihood diversification as key to long-term non-migration: evidence from coastal Bangladesh

Authors Bangkim Biswas, Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2021
Journal Name Environment, Development and Sustainability
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11 Journal Article

How do sustainable livelihoods influence environmental (non-)migration aspirations?

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Zakia Sultana, Christy M. Bennett
Year 2020
Journal Name Applied Geography
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12 Journal Article

Widespread infilling of tidal channels and navigable waterways in the human-modified tidal deltaplain of southwest Bangladesh

Authors C. Wilson, S. Goodbred, C. Small, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
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13 Journal Article

Social, hydro-ecological and climatic change in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh

Authors Kushal Roy, Animesh K. Gain, Bishawjit Mallick, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name Regional Environmental Change
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14 Journal Article

Cyclone shelters and their locational suitability: an empirical analysis from coastal Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2014
Journal Name Disasters
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15 Journal Article

Population displacement after cyclone and its consequences: empirical evidence from coastal Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Joachim Vogt
Year 2014
Journal Name Natural Hazards
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16 Journal Article

The poverty–vulnerability–resilience nexus: Evidence from Bangladesh

Authors Sonia Akter, Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2013
Journal Name Ecological Economics
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17 Journal Article

Cyclone, coastal society and migration: empirical evidence from Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Joachim Vogt
Year 2012
Journal Name International Development Planning Review
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18 Journal Article

Necessity of Acceptance? Searching for a Sustainable Community-Based Disaster Mitigation Approach-The Example of a Coastal City in Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2011
Journal Name Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2011
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19 Journal Article

Coastal livelihood and physical infrastructure in Bangladesh after cyclone Aila

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Khan Rubayet Rahaman, Joachim Vogt
Year 2011
Journal Name Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
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20 Journal Article

Social supremacy and its role in local level disaster mitigation planning in Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Joachim Vogt
Year 2011
Journal Name Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
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21 Journal Article

Social vulnerability analysis for sustainable disaster mitigation planning in coastal Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Khan Rubayet Rahaman, Joachim Vogt
Year 2011
Journal Name Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
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22 Journal Article

“No fish – no fishermen”: staying as a voluntary choice despite environmental risks

Authors Yuan Sun, Bishawjit Mallick, Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak
Year 2024
Journal Name Local Environment
23 Journal Article

Aspirations versus adaptive achievements in the face of climate change in Sri Lanka

Authors Julia van den Berg, Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2024
Journal Name npj Climate Action
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24 Journal Article

Policy challenges and responses to environmental non-migration

Authors Mostafa Mahmud Naser, Bishawjit Mallick, Rup Priodarshini, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name npj Climate Action
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25 Journal Article

“I can migrate, but why should I?”—voluntary non-migration despite creeping environmental risks

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Chup Priovashini, Jochen Schanze
Year 2023
Citations (WoS) 3
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26 Journal Article

COVID-19 Burdens on Livelihood Opportunities: A Study of Easy-Bike Drivers in Rangpur City, Bangladesh

Authors Khan Rubayet Rahaman, Bishawjit Mallick, Rupkatha Priodarshini, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name World
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27 Journal Article

Role of gender and political connectedness after extreme events in coastal Bangladesh

Authors Zakia Sultana, Bishawjit Mallick, Bangkim Biswas, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Climate Action
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28 Journal Article

Key opportunities and challenges for the use of big data in migration research and policy

Authors Lydia H. V. Franklinos, Rebecca Parrish, Rachel Burns, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name UCL Open Environment
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29 Journal Article

Analysis of residential satisfaction: An empirical evidence from neighbouring communities of Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Authors Bangkim Biswas, Md. Nasif Ahsan, Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2021
Journal Name PLOS ONE
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30 Journal Article

Challenges of Testing COVID-19 Cases in Bangladesh

Authors Khan Rubayet Rahaman, Md. Sultan Mahmud, Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2020
Journal Name International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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31 Journal Article

Exploring Vulnerability–Resilience–Livelihood Nexus in the Face of Climate Change: A Multi-Criteria Analysis for Mongla, Bangladesh

Authors Nur Mohammad Ha-Mim, Md. Zakir Hossain, Khan Rubayet Rahaman, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name Sustainability
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32 Journal Article

Trapped or Voluntary? Non-Migration Despite Climate Risks

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Jochen Schanze
Year 2020
Journal Name Sustainability
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33 Journal Article

Climatic Impacts and Responses of Migratory and Non-Migratory Fishers of the Padma River, Bangladesh

Authors Makidul Islam Khan, Goutam Kumar Kundu, Mosammat Salma Akter, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name Social Sciences
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35 Journal Article

Livelihood after Relocation—Evidences of Guchchagram Project in Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Zakia Sultana
Year 2017
Journal Name Social Sciences
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36 Journal Article

Living with the Risks of Cyclone Disasters in the South-Western Coastal Region of Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Bayes Ahmed, Joachim Vogt
Year 2017
Journal Name Environments
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37 Journal Article

Understanding Climate Adaptation Cultures in Global Context: Proposal for an Explanatory Framework

Authors Thorsten Heimann, Bishawjit Mallick
Year 2016
Journal Name Climate
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38 Journal Article

Disaster-Induced Migration and Adaptation Discourse in Bangladesh

Authors Tamanna Siddiqui, Bishawjit Mallick
Book Title Environmental Change, Adaptation and Migration
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39 Book Chapter

Moving Beyond the Focus on Environmental Migration Towards Recognizing the Normality of Translocal Lives: Insights from Bangladesh

Authors Bishawjit Mallick, Benjamin Etzold
Book Title Migration, Risk Management and Climate Change: Evidence and Policy Responses
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40 Book Chapter

Suggested Research

A multicontextual analysis of place attachment, environmental perceptions, and mobility in southwestern Bangladesh.

Authors Kelsea Best, Amanda R. Carrico, Katharine Donato, ...
Journal Name Translational Issues in Psychological Science
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1 Journal Article

Applying machine learning to social datasets: a study of migration in southwestern Bangladesh using random forests

Authors Kelsea Best, Jonathan Gilligan, Hiba Baroud, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Regional Environmental Change
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2 Journal Article

Random forest analysis of two household surveys can identify important predictors of migration in Bangladesh

Authors Kelsea B. Best, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Hiba Baroud, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
Citations (WoS) 18
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3 Journal Article
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