The Mare Balticum Fellowship Program promotes interdisciplinarity at the University of Rostock. Every year, at least 4 international researchers (fellows) are invited to spend up to three months at the University of Rostock to conduct research and network (see call for applications).
As a fellow, you will not only enrich the university's research profile with your specialist expertise, but also make an important contribution to the discussion of socially relevant cross-cutting issues such as diversity, interculturality and interdisciplinarity.
The Mare Balticum Fellowship Program at the University of Rostock offers researchers in the early stages of their careers a special opportunity to network with international guests, broaden interdisciplinary perspectives and gain impetus for their own academic development.
Prof. Dr. Nandita Saikia as MARe Balticum Fellow at the University of Rostock
Rostock, 19.05.2025 - The University of Rostock is pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Nandita Saikia as a Mare Balticum Fellow of the Department of Aging of the Individual and Society of the Interdisciplinary Faculty. From May 19 to June 6, 2025, she will be a visiting scholar at the Department of Sociology and Demography and will contribute her expertise in the areas of demography and life expectancy, and research on the topic of social inclusion in terms of religious affiliation, spirituality and love of nature, biophilia, on health.
Prof. Saikia is Professor of Public Health and Mortality Studies at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in Mumbai, where she also heads the Centre for Online and Distance Education. She was previously Professor of Population Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi and at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG). Her academic career has taken her to some of the most prestigious research institutes in the world, including the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Germany and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria.
Her research interests include formal demography, mortality analysis, causes of mortality, health inequalities and the demography of indigenous populations. She has published numerous papers in high-ranking international journals such as Lancet Global Health, WHO Bulletin and Demographic Research and is an editor for scientific journals.
With her stay at the University of Rostock, Prof. Saikia will contribute her internationally recognized research perspective to the academic exchange and provide valuable impulses in demographic and health science research. As part of the Graduate Academy of the University of Rostock, Prof. Saikia will also give two lectures on the positive development of life expectancy in India and on studying and working as a social scientist in India.
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Corina Reinheckel
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