Jobs & Appointments

An Agent-Based Model approach to understanding changes in ethnic relations: applications to neighbourhood ethnic composition and health. Applications are invited for a 3-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Studentship based at the new ESRC-funded Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) under the supervision of Professor James Nazroo, Dr Laia Bécares, and Dr Nick Shryane. The project provides a studentship covering UK/EU tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend at […]

Institutions: The James Hutton Institute (JHI) & Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University (CPM) JHI PhD Supervisor: Dr G Polhill, JH Co-Supervisor: Dr A Girmona CPM/MMU PhD Director of Studies: Dr Bruce Edmonds Application Deadline: 15 January 2013 Funding Availability: Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only) Context In a landscape managed by multiple owners varying from homeowners and non-agricultural businesses through to estates and agri- […]

Contract available for 2 years from February 2013 Salary: up to £35,938 per annum TELL ME (Transparent communication in Epidemics: Learning Lessons from experience, delivering effective Messages, providing Evidence) is a 36 month project funded by the European Commission within Framework 7, which aims to provide evidence and to develop models for improved risk communication during infectious disease crises. TELL ME combines public health, social sciences, behavioral sciences, political […]

We are happy to announce a fully funded PhD position on developing an economic agent-based model. The projects aims to study non-marginal changes and non-linear behavior in energy markets under different scenarios of climate change mitigation policies (please see details in the attachment). Candidates with a background in economics, mathematics or computer science and modeling are welcome to apply.

Task: Development of a dynamic energy flow model considering the resource system, dynamics in the buildings and infrastructure sector, and cooperation in linking the model with an agent based model on decision-making processes. Working place: Chair for Human-Environment Relations (HER), Dep. of Geography, University of Munich Employment duration: Nov 2012 – March 2014 Project Homepage: http://www.uni-graz.at/terim PostDoc in the Project TERIM – Transition Dynamics in Energy Regions: An […]

The Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK, invites applications for three PhD studentships associated with the interdisciplinary research project ERIE (Evolution and Resilience of Industrial Ecosystems), a joint venture with the Departments of Mathematics and Computing and the Centre for Environmental Strategy . The doctoral students will be part of the ERIE team that is using two case studies to explore a crucial aspect of the UK economy: the […]

Impact of pesticides on phytoplankton communities: agent-based modeling approach Contact persons (send detailed resume and cover letter): - Orlane ANNEVILLE, UMR CARRTEL, INRA , 75 Av. de Corzent, 742032, Thonon, FRANCE Tél (33) 4 50 26 78 04. E-mail : orlane.anneville@thonon.inra.fr - Agnès Bouchez, UMR CARRTEL, INRA , 75 Av. de Corzent, 742032, Thonon, FRANCE Tél (33) 4 50 26 78 60. E-mail : agnes.bouchez@thonon.inra.fr This work is part of a larger project which aims to assess the […]

The projects will be conducted in the Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy (CSAP) which is a leading research cluster for spatial analysis and agent-based modelling. The research council deadline for applications is in early February, so if you are interested please get in contact soon so that we have time to help with the application. For more information, please contact myself (n.malleson06@leeds.ac.uk), Andrew Evans (A.J.Evans@leeds.ac.uk) or Alison Heppenstall […]

e-Policy is a new project funded by the European Commission under its Framework 7 programme that aims to equip policymakers with integrated models, visualization, simulation and opinion mining techniques that improve the outcomes of complex decision making. The project will involve expertise from computational social science, environmental engineering, optimization, machine learning and visualization. It will use the formation of a regional energy plan in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy […]

It is available a two year postdoc position at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy). The position is funded by an European project on Complex Systems and Air Traffic Management. The positions should start in the fall 2011 (negotiable). The applicants are expected to work on the data analysis and statistical modeling of the European Air Traffic Management system and the development of an agent based model calibrated on the real data. For questions and information, please contact […]