Jobs & Appointments

AVAILABLE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION NETWORK MODELING OF HOUSEHOLD SOLAR ENERGY ADOPTION UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Dr. Adam Henry, Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, will be hiring a postdoctoral research associate to work on a project funded by the Department of Energy to apply computational, agent-based network models to understand the adoption of residential solar energy in major U.S. solar markets. Applicants should […]

The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, research group „Future Energy and Mobility Structures“, is currently looking for a Research fellow on a part-time basis for a doctoral position initially limited to 3 years in the research field „Agent-based modelling of measures increasing the energy efficiency of buildings“ - Reference number 051/13/1 - The position of a research fellow, which is envisaged as a part-time job (19,92 hours per week) and will be remunerated […]

Centre for Research in Social Simulation University of Surrey, Guildford, UK 2 Research Fellows for the Whole System Energy Modelling Consortium: (a) Agent-based modelling of household energy demand (b) Social practices of energy consumption (Ref: 9385) Posts available from July 2013 Salary: up to £37,382 per annum Two positions are available in the Centre for Research in Social Simulation to work with Professor Nigel Gilbert in the new four-year, £5.7 million WholeSEM (Whole Systems […]

AI-Econ Research Center (www.aiecon.org) is an interdisciplinary research and professional service unit at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. Our aim is to support research and provide policy and strategy analytical services based on agent-based simulation and human experiments to the society. We are looking for a highly enthusiastic and fully devoted expert in experiments to operate and expand the functions of our experimental economics laboratory (EEL, http://eel.nccu.edu.tw/ ). This […]

Postdoctoral Researcher in Land Use Change Modelling Vacancy Ref: : 012323 Closing Date : 02-May-2013 Contact Person : Professor Mark Rounsevell Contact Email : mark.rounsevell@ed.ac.uk We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Land Use Change Modelling for a period of 2 years. Based within the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, you will join a team of researchers studying the effects of environmental change on land use at multiple temporal and […]

The Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig is offering several PhD positions on ecosystem services. One of the positions aims at an agent-based model on the relationship between residential mobility and urban ecosystem services (topic 4). Details regarding the positions and the application procedure can be found on the following website: http://www.ufz.de/escalate/

Applications are invited for a 3-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Studentship based at CoDE under the supervision of Professor James Nazroo, Dr Laia Becares, and Dr Nick Shryane. The studentship covers UK/EU tuition fees, an annual tax-free stipend at Research Council rates (£13,590 in 2012/13), plus the Advanced Quantitative Methods supplement (£3,000 per year) for a total of £16,590. Funding will be for three years of full-time study (+3 Scheme), starting in October […]

This +3 ESRC PhD Studentship is attached to the new ESRC Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) at the University of Manchester. The studentship-holder will use agent-based models to examine the dynamic relationships between ethnicity, neighbourhood characteristics and health. The deadline for applications is January 31st 2013. Candidates may be called for interview in early February 2013. Details at: http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/CoDE/CoDE_ABM_Studentship.pdf

The Public Research Center Henri Tudor (www.tudor.lu) is recruiting a Scientific Programmer (M/F) Reference : CRTE/EEM-12/039 Type of professional profile: Researcher (R&D Engineer) Type of contract: Temporary Duration: 2 years (with possibility of extension) Place: Esch sur Alzette - LUXEMBOURG The successful candidate will support the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) team on the development of a practical and comprehensive methodology for the integration of Multi Agent Systems (MAS) and LCA. […]

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 […]