Jobs & Appointments

Postdoctoral Scientist (social-ecological spatial analysis, modeling, and visualization) – Alaska The Resilience and Adaptive Management Group at the University of Alaska Anchorage invites applications for a Post Doctoral Fellow for interdisciplinary research related to spatial analysis, modeling, and visualization of social-ecological systems. The successful candidate will work with social and environmental scientists in analyzing and visualizing social and ecological data as part of an […]

We have recently been awarded a National Science Foundation, Coupled Natural and Human Systems project titled “Strengthening Resilience of Arid Region Riparian Corridors: Ecohydrology and Decision-Making in the Sonora and San Pedro Watersheds.” See http://udallcenter.arizona.edu/wrpg/cnh/. We are looking for a PhD candidate with background as programmer/systems developer specializing in agent-based modeling, particularly related to water and landuse decision-making. This position requires […]

Research Fellow Sustainable Industrial Ecosystems University of Surrey - Department of Sociology Grade Level 4 Ref. 7613 Salary Range - From £28,983 Salary Range - To £32,620 Close Date Sunday, June 20, 2010 The Evolution and Resilience of Industrial Ecosystems programme (ERIE) is a new project funded by EPSRC under its ‘Complexity Science for the Real World’ theme that will address a series of fundamental questions relating to the application of complexity science to social and economic […]

The Institute for Environmental Systems Research at Osnabrück University has an opening for a Research Associate (100% A13) Societal Transformation Processes and Modelling of Social Systems from the 1st of September 2010 for an initial duration of three years with the possibility of extension for another three years. The tasks comprise research and teaching in the area of complex dynamics and modelling of social systems. This should include both the development of general concepts and […]

Postdoctoral Scientist (social-ecological modeling) – Alaska The Resilience and Adaptive Management Group at the University of Alaska Anchorage in conjunction with the Institute of Northern Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks invites applications for a Post Doctoral Fellow to perform computational research related to computer visualization, modeling, and development of social-ecological assessment tools. The successful candidate will work with social and environmental […]

CALL FOR APPLICATION: PhD PROPOSAL Resilience of water supply systems in semi-arid environment. Location: UMR G-EAU (Cirad, Cemagref, IRD, AgroParisTech) in Montpellier (France) with field work in Ceara, Brazil, in connection with Ceara Federal University . PhD supervision Advisor: Olivier Barreteau, social simulation and water management, Cemagref Co-supervisor: Raphaèle Ducrot, water management, Cirad, visiting scholar at Funceme–Fortaleza Bresil. Funding: Subject to selection by […]

Institution: ETH Zurich, Team of Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dirk Helbing, Chair of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation Salary or grade: Postdoc or PhD Start date and contract length: March 1st 2009. Up to 4 years contract. Announcement at www.jobs.ethz.ch Description of position: The successful candidate will develop his/her research in collaboration with other members of the Chair of Sociology, in particular Modeling and Simulation (SOMS) at ETH Zurich. SOMS is a young, […]