Jobs & Appointments

The School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine is seeking a to enroll a student as early as May or June 2010 in the dual masters degree in marine science and policy. The student will study and work on a strongly interdisciplinary research project funded by the Coupled Natural and Human Systems program within NSF. A competitive stipend, tuition, health and student fees will be provided for three years. The project combines the work of social, biological and computer scientists and […]

A Land Use Change Modeller is required for an interdisciplinary team working in a new EU Framework 7 project (www.redd-alert.eu) aimed at evaluating bottom-up approaches to reduce net global greenhouse gas emissions through avoided deforestation in the tropics. The post will focus on evaluating mechanisms for ensuring national-level benefits are distributed equitably, effectively and sustainably to stakeholders at a range of levels. You will possess a PhD in a relevant subject, together […]

Health Scientist Administrator-NIGMS-CR-DE Additional Duty Location Info: 1 vacancy - Bethesda, MD MAJOR DUTIES: If selected for this position you will perform the following duties: Serves as a Health Scientist Administrator for research and training grants and applications in the area of social and behavioral modeling. Advises scientists and professional staff on research aspects of proposals and grants and servers as a source of knowledge about important scientific developments in these […]

CNRS – National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, France Three Post-doctoral Positions – Modeling of social networks/complex systems Three post-doctoral positions are offered in the field of social network and complex system modeling, including one 3-year position on “quality collectives” and two 1-year positions on blog networks and opinion diffusion. Herebelow are short descriptions of each of the positions – for more details, including application and employment details, please […]

I have been accepted to an Interdisciplinary PhD to study Agent Based Modeling for Stock Market Prediction. The studies begin in January 2010. I am seeking a scholarship to pursue my dream of obtaining a PhD in ABM. I have a MBA in Finance and a MSc in Computer Information Systems from Northwestern University (Illinois). I have an impressive committee and an outstanding chairperson. I would appreciate if you could forward any relevant scholarship contacts to me. My e-mail is […]

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne, Germany PhD Position in Social and Cultural Anthropology We offer a PhD position (salary scale E13/2) for three years (January 2010 – December 2012) as part of the sub project “Anthropological Models for a Reconstruction of the First African Frontier” in the framework of the new Collaborative Research Centre (CRC)”Our way to Europe”. The CRC is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, […]

As a Research Associate in the Centre for the study of Environmental Change and Sustainability (CECS) you will plan and undertake research on the development of Agent-Based models (ABM) of land use change in urban and rural environments. You will contribute to the conceptual design and implementation of new models that seek to integrate biophysical and human processes of environmental change. The research will contribute to a number of different European Commission funded projects within a […]

I would like to bring to your attention the 30 PhD studentships we offer and they are now on our web site: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research/the-graduate-school/vice-chancellors-phd-scholarships.cfm In Particular, I would like to bring to your attention the PhD studentship (fees plus cost-of-living stipend of £13,290 p.a) for the following project: Energy Scenario Planning: An Agent-based model of the availability of global conventional oil supply (Code: LMBS/03) Description: Scenario […]

********** ** MoS Modeling and Simulation Center, Orebro University: ** ** PhD Opportunity ** ** Learning for Model Design Support in Multi-Agent Simulation ** ********** A new 3-years PhD position is immediately available at the MoS Modeling and Simulation Center, University of Örebro, Sweden under the supervision of Dr. Franziska Kluegl. The major part of the PhD studies can […]

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 […]