Jobs & Appointments

Old Dominion University invites applications for the position of Executive Director of the Virginia Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Center (VMASC), who also will serve as Associate Vice President for Data Sciences in the Office of Research. VMASC is a multidisciplinary modeling and simulation research institution with current projects in the areas of medical/healthcare, transportation, education, human behavior, and defense among others. The Executive Director/AVP will be expected to […]

The Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt is seeking to make an appointment for a PreDoc Scientist at the Department of Controlling and Strategic Management, Institute of Business Management, Faculty of Management and Economics (100% employment, limited for 4 years). The desired starting date is Nobember 2nd, 2016. The deadline for applications is September 14th, 2016. The position will involve computer modeling and Agent-based simulation in the area of management accounting with the […]

We are about to start a 3-year grant funded by the Qatar National Research Fund on modeling the adoption of residential solar photovoltaic systems in collaboration with the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh. The project will develop a decision-support software platform to test policy scenarios aimed at promoting the adoption of residential solar energy systems in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. We are looking for an expert on agent-based modeling with background in […]

The James Hutton Institute welcomes applications to one of three new TB Macaulay fellowships spanning our computational, social and environmental science areas. The fellowship is based at our Aberdeen (UK) site and comes with 3 years funding plus generous start-up costs. This is an exciting three-year Research Fellowship to expand our activities in sustainability science, with particular focus on investigating ways to implement the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) in Scotland and […]

There are 2 fully funded PhDs being advertised as part of the Europe’s Lost Frontiers project at the University of Bradford, UK. One is specifically focused on computer simulation while the other is mainly seismic mapping, but with an emphasis on using the results within simulations. Deadline is 17th June 2016 with the positions to start in October 2016. Details are available at

The LAMSADE team in Paris-Dauphine is looking for a PhD student to work on a formalization of « threats » : “A formalization of threat for dealing with natural and industrial risks - Integrating Sen’s capability approach in an evaluation of loss and protection within a population » The PhD is funded by Paris-Dauphine University for 3 years. Contact: Juliette Rouchier Detailed subject: attached Required Profile - Master in Computer Science, Mathematics or Economics - Minimal knowledge in […]

We seek a quantitative scientist to drive the development of an integrated computer simulation model that uses innovative generalized agent-based representations of coupled humans and natural system components across scales. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANG825/research-associate/ This work contributes to a broader project bringing together social and natural scientists from four major countries (Brazil, China, UK, and USA), with influential stakeholder organizations, to form the International […]

Postdoctoral fellowship in computational social sciences Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden http://lnu.se/about-lnu/jobs-and-vacancies?l=en We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher who will contribute to the establishment of a computational social science research group with a main (but not exclusive) focus on environmental issues. We are planning to both exploit the richness of existing data resulting from online interactions and to design and implement web-experiments. We seek candidates […]