Jakub Bijak
Associate Member

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Curriculum vitae

Born: 1977 in Warsaw, Poland

 

Education

In 2008 obtained a doctoral degree in economics from the Warsaw School of Economics (WSE).

In 2002 graduated from the WSE obtaining an MSc degree with merit in Quantitative Methods and Information Systems.

Back in 1996, finished a mathematical class at the Stanisław Staszic High School in Warsaw.

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Work experience

Between October 2003 and January 2009 worked as a Researcher in the Central European Forum for Migration and Population Research in Warsaw. Since 2009 is an Associate Member of CEMFR.

In the period 2001-2003 employed in the Demographic Unit of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), initially as a research assistant and later as a demographer, analysing population consequences of the 1990s conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.

 

Professional and other associations

  • Member of the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS)

  • Member of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)

  • Member of the Editorial Committee of Studia Demograficzne

 

Awards and Scholarships

  • 2007: Jerzy Z. Holzer Award of the Committee of Demographic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, for works on Bayesian forecasting of international migration;

  • 2005-2006: Annual Stipend of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP);

 

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Research interests

  • Application of quantitative methods in demography, in particular in migration and population forecasting, international migration studies, research on population ageing, mortality, and demography of conflict and violence.

  • Methods of mathematical statistics, especially in the Bayesian approach, including econometric modelling and stochastic processes.

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Selected publications (2003-2008)

  • 2008

    • J. Bijak (2008), Bayesian Methods in International Migration Forecasting. In: J. Raymer and F. Willekens (eds.), International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates, John Wiley, Chichester: 255-281.

    • J. Bijak, D. Kupiszewska, M. Kupiszewski (2008), Replacement Migration revisited: Simulations of the effects of selected population and labour market strategies for the ageing Europe, 2002-2052. Population Research and Policy Review, 27(3): 321-342.

    • M. Kupiszewski, J. Bijak, B. Nowok (2008), The Impact of Future Demographic Trends in Europe, 2005-2050. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research XLIII (2007-2008):147-183. Earlier (unabridged) version available as: CEFMR Working Paper 6/2006 (pdf 0.97MB).

    • J. Bijak, A. Kicinger, D. Kupiszewska, M. Kupiszewski (2008), Long-term international migration scenarios for Europe, 2002-2052. In: C. Bonifazi, M. Okólski, J. Schoorl, P. Simon (eds.), International Migration in Europe: New Trends and New Methods of Analysis. IMISCOE Research, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam: 129-151.

  • 2007

    • J. Bijak, D. Kupiszewska, M. Kupiszewski, K. Saczuk, A. Kicinger (2007), Population and labour force projections for 27 European countries, 2002-2052: impact of international migration on population ageing. European Journal of Population, 23(1): 1-31.

  • 2006

    • E. Tabeau, J. Bijak (2006), War-related Death in the 1992-1995 Armed Conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: H. Brunborg, E. Tabeau, H. Urdal (eds.), The Demography of Armed Conflict, International Studies in Population, Vol. 5, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg.
      Also available as:
      E. Tabeau, J. Bijak (2005), War-related Deaths in the 1992-1995 Armed Conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Critique of Previous Estimates and Recent Results, European Journal of Population 21(2-3): 187-215.

  • 2005

    • J. Bijak (2005), Estimation of a Relative Mortality Risk by Cause of Death: A Comparison of a Traditional Method and the Empirical Bayes Approach as Applied to the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Poland, 1994-1996, Studia Demograficzne 147(1): 3-29 [in Polish].

  • 2003

    • J. Bijak (2003), International Comparability of Cause-of-Death Statistics in the Studies of the Regional Differences of Mortality on the Example of Czech Republic, Poland and the Netherlands, 1994-1996, Studia Demograficzne 144(2): 3-53 [in Polish].

    • Co-author of several analytical demographic reports, including five expert reports, prepared for trial-related purposes in the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague, among others:

      • E. Tabeau, J. Bijak, N. Lončarić (2003), Death Toll in the Siege of Sarajevo, April 1992 to December 1995: A Study of Mortality Based on Eight Large Data Sources. Expert report prepared for the case of Milošević / Bosnia (IT-02-54).
      • E. Tabeau, M. Żółtkowski, J. Bijak, A. Hetland (2003), Ethnic Composition in and Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from 47 Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1991 to 1997 . Expert report prepared for the case of Milošević / Bosnia (IT-02-54).

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