Jobs & Appointments

The Department of Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology at University of Potsdam is currently advertising fully funded PostDoc positions (3 years) in modelling in biodiversity research: - 1 PostDoc: Spatially-explicit modeling of rapid transitions in community dynamics - 1 PostDoc: Modelling the resilience of coupled plant-soil community dynamics Deadline for application: Jan 27 !!

For more information, see: http://www.hutton.ac.uk/careers/scientific-computing-specialist-1-year-fixed-term

We have a number of positions open in our Complex Systems research group at USyd the moment (below). I was hoping that you may have or know a soon-to-finish student, postdoc or ECR in your group who might be suitable, or could otherwise help to spread the word? 1. Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Complex Systems (Level B/C). Research areas including information theory and complex networks theory. Sits in our Complex Systems Research Group, led by Prof. Mikhail Prokopenko. This is for a 3 yr […]

Postdoctoral Research Assistant for agent-based modelling project Vacancy Reference: 121606 Grade: 7 Salary Range: £30,738 - £37,768 p.a. Appointment Term: 2 years Closing Date: Monday, February 8, 2016 - 12:00 Applications are invited for a 24 month postdoctoral research assistant for an agent-based modelling project in collaboration with Professor Doyne Farmer and the INET research team. The post is available from 1 April 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate […]

Closing date : 15/01/2016 Reference : HUM-07531 Faculty / Organisational unit : Humanities School / Directorate : Manchester Business School Division : Alliance MBS - IMP Division Employment type : Fixed Term Duration : 1 February 2016 until 31 January 2018 Location : Oxford Road, Manchester Salary : £38,896 to £47,801 per annum Hours per week : Full time We seek a highly skilled Research Fellow to work on a cutting-edge research project using agent-based modelling (ABM). This is a two […]

The Department of Environment and Society at Utah State University is seeking a highly qualified candidate who is committed to pursuing a MS focused on understanding how the spatial and temporal availability of freshwater resources affect where, when and how individuals choose to participate in outdoor recreation or nature-based tourism. Depending upon the student’s background, interests and future career goals, he/she will have the opportunity to pursue a MS degree in Environment and […]

The IRIS Design Lab (macdlab.stanford.edu) is looking to hire an agent-based modeler, with experience using Repast or other agent-based programming preferred. The ideal candidate will also have familiarity with the subject area: modeling the design, distribution, and sales of solar photovoltaic panels and/or cost-of-energy estimation. This will be a two-year commitment as postdoctoral researcher with possible extension for a third year. If interested, please send CV, one pdf of a paper, […]

The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) offers a three-year Post-doctoral COFUND grant (part of the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions programme) in the area of agent-based simulation of socio-cognitive systems. Research theme The applicant is expected to contribute to the development of conceptual and technological foundations for agent-based simulation of socio-cognitive systems (i.e., systems where the interplay between the behaviour of the individuals and […]

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 […]

We are looking for really excellent candidates to apply to fill two Permanent academic posts at the School of Sociology, University College Dublin.I would especially encourage early stage scholars with strong data analytical skills, including analysis of large scale and complex data, to consider applying for these posts: Ref: 007851 UCD College of Social Sciences and Law UCD School of Sociology Lecturer (s) in Comparative Sociology and Sociology (2 Permanent Posts) Applications are invited […]