Jobs & Appointments

For a detailed description of the PhD-position: http://www.vu.nl/nl/werken-bij-de-vu/vacatures/2014/296.asp Contents of the research Economic losses due to weather related natural hazards continue to rise rapidly in all regions of the world. For example, extreme flood events and storm surges all have a significant impact on society, and these impacts will increase in the future through climate change and socio economic developments. Much research to date has focused on the assessment and […]

CLIMATE CHANGE AND REGIME SHIFTS IN FLOOD-PRONE URBAN AREAS: AN AGENT-BASED APPROACH Background: Coupled socio-ecological systems (SES) are known to experience regime shifts. By this we mean fast and usually irreversible changes in systems, like the ones that we observe when ecosystems collapse due to overexploitation, or when economy cannot recover after natural disasters (floods, droughts, etc.), or when societies undergo dramatic changes as in resource-driven conflicts. The topic is of […]

Detailed ad: http://abm-lab.yorku.ca/files/PDF2014.pdf As part of the strategic direction for expansion of the research areas at the Agent-Based Modelling Laboratory (ABM-Lab) at York University, applications are invited for two postdoctoral positions in Disease Modelling for Understanding Health Benefits and Cost Effectiveness. Successful candidates will be expected to play a major role in trans-disciplinary projects applying modelling tools and simulation techniques, data analysis […]

Postdoctoral Position: Cross-scalar adaptation to socio-hydrological risks in the Mexico City Basin The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University Job Description The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to take a leadership role in the development of an agent-based model for an innovative NSF-funded project on urbanization, climate change adaptation and social-hydrological […]

Detailed ad: http://abm-lab.yorku.ca/files/postdoc.pdf Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in Computational Modelling of Vaccination at the Agent-Based Modelling Laboratory (ABM-Lab). The successful candidate will be expected to play a major role in trans-disciplinary projects involving university-industry partnership. The research will apply computational techniques and simulations, data analysis and visualization, and health economics to develop novel agent-based models […]

The National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disasters Management (CIGIDEN) started its operation in 2013 and is located at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. The Center is a cross-disciplinary research initiative aimed to mitigate the tremendous and complex impact of natural disasters in the society, considering the physical infrastructure, the human stock, and the economic development. The Center takes advantage of Chile as one of the most active […]

CIGIDEN is a cross-disciplinary research initiative aimed to mitigate the tremendous and complex impact of natural disasters in the society, considering the physical infrastructure, the human stock, and the economic development. The Center takes advantage of Chile as one of the most active natural seismic and geo-hazard laboratories in the world. Faculty members working at CIGIDEN include people from different areas of Civil Engineering, Psychology, Sociology, Urban Studies and Geography […]

Postdoctoral fellowship (OT-Med, Aix-Marseille University, France) : Adaptation to Environmental Change : A Social Learning Process We are looking for a candidate for a post doctoral fellowship who will be part of a project (AMENOPHYS) devoted to analysing the adaptation of societies and economies to their changing environment particularly with reference to the Mediterranean and North African areas. The candidate would be expected to collaborate in the development of models to explain how […]

The Human-Environment Relations Group, Department of Geography, at LMU Munich is looking for another Post-Doc / Senior Scientist. Deadline 8th September 2014. Please feel free to forward the details to anyone you think may be interested. Agent-based modellers are welcome to apply! See the advert at: http://www.geographie.uni-muenchen.de/department/fiona/aktuelles/stellenangebote/index.php?stelle_id=572&kontakt_id=197 Post-doctoral Position (100%; Part-time possible) The Chair of Human- […]

The Chair of Human-Environment Relations at the Department of Geography, University of Munich, has an inter- and transdisciplinary orientation and studies the question of transition towards sustainability. Key issues thereby are the processes in Human-Environment Systems which are at the interface of individual decision-making, social structure, governance, and environment. Our research fields include sustainable resource management (e.g., energy, water, phosphorous); sustainable regional […]