Dr. Girimallika Borah
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityResearch Interests:
Issues of Population Studies concerning natural disaster and health; Human migration; Life Expectancy at Birth; Mixed methods researchDate of Joining : Jun 17, 2020
Phone: 8800779605
Email: girimallika.borah@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
Research Paper Publication
Borah, G. (2021). Gender gap in life expectancy in India and role of age groups: A comparison between before and after male-female life expectancy at birth crossover. PLoS One, 16(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260657
Borah, G. (2022). Distress migration and involuntary return during pandemic in Assam: Characteristics and determinants. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer, 65, 801–820. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-022-00392-8
Borah, G., Saikia, N., Das, S., Sharma S., (2023). Wellbeing in the aftermath of floods: Findings from a qualitative study in Bongaigaon District of Assam, India. Wellbeing, Space and Society, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2023.100147
Borah, G., (2022). Characteristics of positive and negative mortality outlier states in India, Man & Development
Borah, G. and Saikia, N, (2025). Effects of 'losses' and other secondary stressors on the association between flooding and psychological health outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Bongaigaon District, India. Journal of Biosocial Sciences, Cambridge University Press,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932025000136
Chapters publications in Books (Research Oriented)
Borah, G., Saikia, N. (2024). Changing Population Dynamics, Losses and Adaptation to Recurring Floods in Bongaigaon. In: Biswas, B., Ghute, B.B. (eds) Flood Risk Management. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2688-2_7
News Paper articles
Borah, G. (2012, August 25). Progressive culture and mortality. The Assam Tribune.
Borah, G. (2022, March 2). The “crying wolf” and response to flood warning. The Assam Tribune.
Travel grants received
Awarded International Union for the Scientific Study of Population travel grant to attend the XXVIII International Population Conference held at Cape Town South Africa, 29 October-3 November 2017
Awarded Environmental and Climate Mobility Network (ECMN-24) travel grant to attend the ECMN conference held in Hugo Observatory, Liege, Belgium, 9 July-12 July 2024 to present a paper titled "Between Rock and a Hard Place: Flood-Induced Displacement, (Im)mobility, and Change in Population Dynamics"https://www.climatemobilities.network/ecmn24-agenda/#day3
Research Projects
2021-2022, Health Impacts of Floods: Evidence from Assam, completed, In house research project funded by Cotton University
Research paper publications
2025
1. Girimallika Borah and Nandita Saikia , Effect of 'losses' and other secondary stressors on the association between flooding and psychological health outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Bongaigaon District, India , Journal of Biosocial Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932025000136
2024
1. Girimallika Borah and Nandita Saikia, Changing Population Dynamics, Losses and Adaptation to Recurring Floods in Bongaigaon, In: Biswas, B., Ghute, B.B. (eds) Flood Risk Management. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Singapore. , 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2688-2_7
2. Girimallika Borah , Characteristics of Positive and Negative Mortality Outlier States in India, Man & Development, vol. XLIV , 101-116, No. 1, ISSN0258-0438, 2024
2023
1. Girimallika Borah, Nandita Saikia, Shyamanta Das, and Sanjeev Sharma, Wellbeing in the aftermath of floods: Findings from a qualitative study in Bongaigaon District of Assam, India, Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2023.100147
2022
1. Girimallika Borah , Distress Migration and Involuntary Return During Pandemic in Assam: Characteristics and Determinants, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2022 doi.org/10.1007/s41027-022-00392-8
2021
1. Girimallika Borah, Gender gap in life expectancy in India and role of age groups: A comparison between before and after male – female life expectancy at birth crossover, PLos One, 16, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260657
Research paper publications till 2021
Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)
Borah, G., Saikia, N. (2024). Changing Population Dynamics, Losses and Adaptation to Recurring Floods in Bongaigaon. In: Biswas, B., Ghute, B.B. (eds) Flood Risk Management. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2688-2_7
Other Information
Membership of Institution/ Professional bodies:
1) Globility member, International Geographical Union (IGU) https://www.globility.org/index.php/members-globility
2) International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) - Member
3) Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP) – Lifetime member
4) Association of Population Geographers of India - Lifetime member
5) Environment and Climate Mobility Network (ECMN)