Jobs & Appointments

Center for Mind and Culture, Boston The Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC) is a non-profit think tank conducting non-partisan research into aspects of the mind-culture nexus (see www.mindandculture.org). CMAC is seeking a post-doctoral research fellow expert in modeling and simulation and interested in applying those techniques to religious cognition and behavior, immigration and integration, and related areas. Java and NetLogo are the principle coding languages in use on this project. […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Modeling Religion in Norway project invites applications for a full-time, three year post-doctoral position. Expertise in computer modeling and simulation is required, with knowledge of AnyLogic and/or NetLogo preferred. The ideal candidate will also have expertise in one or more of the following areas: mining big data, predictive analysis, cognitive or social scientific study of religion. Click here for a link to a detailed position announcement and online application website. The […]

We are seeking two post-doctoral researchers for a three year ESRC funded project that aims to make it easier and more productive for social researchers to use the fixed and mobile digital sensors (including energy and ambient fixed sensors, and sensors in mobile phones) that are becoming available from the Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing. The project, ‘HomeSense: digital sensors for social research’ has recently been funded under the National Centre for Research Methods’ call […]

The Laboratory of Urban Complexity and Sustainability (LUCAS) at the University of Nottingham has advertised a number of Ph.D opportunities for outstanding students. The following might be of interest: - PhD Studentship in Computer Modelling (Ref: ENG884) - PhD Studentship in Computer Modelling – Social Modelling (Ref: ENG886) This is an exciting opportunity to join LUCAS, to contribute to the research programme supported by the prestigious Leverhulme Research Programme Grant “Sustaining […]

Modelling Household Energy Demand Salary: up to £37,394 The WholeSEM project is a four-year, £5.7 million collaboration between the Universities of Surrey and Cambridge, UCL and Imperial College funded by EPSRC to develop, integrate and apply models of future energy supply and demand in collaboration with stakeholders in academia, government and industry in the UK and internationally. For further information about the consortium please visit . The work at Surrey focuses on understanding […]

The Social Simulation group from the Computer Applications & Engineering Department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center is offering a postdoc position (2 years) and two fully funded PhD studentships (4 years each) available in the ERC-project “EPNet. Production and Distribution of Food during the Roman Empire: Economic and Political Dynamics” (http://www.roman-ep.net/epnet/). Additional information provided here: Postdoc: http://www.bsc.es/about-bsc/employment/vacancies/post- […]

Fully-funded PhD opportunity at The James Hutton Institute, which has a substantial social simulation component: “Sustainable development: Why is it not delivering on its promises?” Supervisors: Prof. Iain Gordon (The James Hutton Institute) Prof. Terry Dawson (University of Dundee) Dr. Rosemary Hill (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Dr. Gary Polhill (The James Hutton Institute) The position is open to candidates worldwide, and the application deadline is 28 […]

The James Hutton Institute Information and Computational Sciences Social Systems Simulation Modeller Salary Band E £35,282-£37,534 or Band D £27,792-£29,566 * Applications are invited for a Social Systems Modeller to join a small team of researchers applying agent-based social simulation to lifestyles, renewable energy and the low carbon economy. You will be developing and working with agent-based social simulation model(ler)s to feed into policy deliberation and complex multi-stakeholder […]