Jobs & Appointments

See http://www.duncanrobertson.com/2017/11/27/phd-studentship-modelling-dynamic-responses-dynamic-threats-loughborough-university/ I am co-supervising the following PhD project – the application link and further details can be found here: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/funded/modelling-dynamic-responses/ . The closing date is 14 December 2017. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this opportunity. One of the most challenging issues for policy makers […]

We are offering a 100% PhD researcher position on housings environmental footprint at the Laboratory for Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS), ENAC, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The research focus of HERUS is on transitions of urban systems towards sustainability. HERUS is an interdisciplinary team, consisting of social scientists and natural scientists. We combine social science methods with material and energy flow models, […]

Applicants should have significant practical experience for conducting cost-effectiveness, analyzing data and simulation results, and performing statistical inference. The successful candidate will have excellent English language communication skills (both written and verbal). Previous experience working in an interdisciplinary research environment, and writing scientific articles, would be an asset. The candidate will be responsible for summarising outcomes of the projects for […]

3 year stipend available for a PhD in Computer Modeling (ICT) in Norway. Deadline for applications is 21 August 2018. See here for information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/140816/phd-research-fellow-in-modelling#.WYBb_tGoUbg.facebook For more information: leron.shults@uia.no

The National Laboratory of Public Policy (LNPP) is hiring two research assistants for its simulation unit (USim). The simulation unit is dedicated to the development and active use of simulation models for the analysis, evaluation and improvement of public policies. The goal is to develop models that are as close as possible to the context of the study and allow us to analyse effects of public policies ex-ante. The unit specialises in agent-based modelling but is open to other techniques […]

Working environment: The post-doctorate will be hosted in the Laboratoire d’Ingénierie pour les Systèmes Complexes (LISC) at Irstea (http://www.irstea.fr/en/accuei l) Center of Clermont-Ferrand (France). Researchers of LISC are specialized in computer sciences and applied mathematics, with a solid experience of interdisciplinary projects. They develop individual based models of ecological and social dynamics. The post-doctorate is funded by the FuturICT 2.0 project (http://futurict2.eu/) […]

PhD position on computational models of collective escape of bird flocks 1.0 fte (217006H) • « Back to the overview Organisation Founded in 1614, the University of Groningen enjoys an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative center of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Flexible study programmes and academic career opportunities in a wide variety of disciplines encourage the 30,000 students and researchers alike to develop their own individual talents. […]

The James Hutton Institute Location: Aberdeen Salary: Hutton band E Circa £37,500 to Hutton band F Circa £48,000 per annum Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract Placed on: 25th April 2017 Closes: 21st May 2017 The James Hutton Institute is an international research centre based in Scotland, focusing on the key global challenges, of climate change and food and environmental security. Collaborating with colleagues within the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable […]

A Post-Doctoral fellowship position is available at the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) in Brazil. The researcher will be involved in the project “Employing computational intelligence techniques and big data analytics in a multi-agent system experiment of finance”, a collaboration between ITA and the University of Essex, UK. This project and the PD fellowship are funded by FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation, fapesp.br/en/postdoc). This research intends to employ different […]