Samir K.C.
Senior Research Scholar
Migration and Sustainable Development Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Senior Research Scholar
Multidimensional Demographic Modeling Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
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Biography
Samir KC joined IIASA in 2005, and is currently leader of the Multidimensional Demographic Modeling (MDM) Research Group, in the IIASA Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Program. KC is a founding member of and Professor at the Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI) at Shanghai University. KC leads ADRI's research pillar on Human Capital and Development. He is also a founding member of a new initiative in Nepal called "Digital Data Systems for Development." Since 2020, KC has been affiliated with the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, as a 'Distinguished Visiting Professor'.KC's primary research interests are: developing and applying multi-dimensional multi-state population models in demographic analysis and projections, focusing on modeling human capital formation (education and health) and urbanization. He has co-developed an R package (MSDem) that can simultaneously model multi-dimensional population dynamics at sub-national levels by age, sex, and educational attainment. KC has published in Science magazine (2011, 2014) and other peer-reviewed journals (e.g., GEC in 2014, PNAS in 2016 and 2018), and has co-edited and written several chapters in the book "World Population and Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century," published by Oxford University Press in 2014.
KC's master's degree in statistics is from Tribhuvan University, Nepal (1997). Subsequently, he taught university statistics in Kathmandu and worked as a biostatistician at the Nepal Health Research Council. KC received his PhD. (specialized in demography and health) from the department of spatial science at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands (2009).
Last update: 23 AUG 2023
Publications
Goujon, A. & K.C., S. (2008). The past and future of human capital in South-east Asia: From 1970 to 2030. Asian Population Studies 4 (1) 31-56. 10.1080/17441730801966428.
Lutz, W. , K.C., S., & Goujon, A. (2008). Asian Demographic and Human Capital Data Sheet 2008. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis , Laxenburg, Austria.
Lutz, W. , Goujon, A. , K.C., S., & Sanderson, W.C. (2007). Reconstruction of populations by age, sex and level of educational attainment for 120 countries for 1970-2000. In: Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. pp. 193-235 Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 10.1553/populationyearbook2007s193.
Lutz, W. , K.C., S., Khan, H.T.A., Scherbov, S. , & Leeson, G.W. (2007). Future Ageing in Southeast Asia: Demographic Trends, Human Capital and Health Status. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-07-026
Skirbekk, V., Prommer, I., K.C., S., Terama, E., & Wilson, C. (2007). Report on methods for demographic projections at multiple levels of aggregation. PLUREL Report D1.2.1, Module 1: Driving forces and global trends (June 2007)