Jobs & Appointments

Postdoctoral Fellow in Mountain Social-Ecological Systems Modeling Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability at Colorado State University The Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability at Colorado State University seek candidates for a postdoctoral fellow position for synthesis and modeling of mountain social-ecological systems as part of a NSF-funded research coordination network (RCN). […]

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 Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science (http://beyond.asu.edu), the School of Life Sciences (http://sols.asu.edu), and the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (http://cidse.engineering.asu.edu) at Arizona State University invite applications for a postdoctoral research position investigating mechanisms of emergent computation in collectivedecision making by eusocial insects. The anticipated research will combine techniques from information […]

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 […]

Computational modeling of spatial and temporal dynamics of responsive governance in aquatic systems PIs: Kathy Cottingham, Mark Borsuk, and D.G. Webster Faculty in the Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems, and Society (EEES) Program at Dartmouth College are seeking applications for a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher with interest in spatially-explicit computational modeling of dynamic social-ecological systems. Led by an interdisciplinary team of researchers, this project will examine […]

This is a PhD position available at MAPIX technologies, UK & Utrecht University, The Netherlands, through the EU European Training Network SAF21. The candidate should have an MSc in Computational Linguistics, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Science, or Computer Science. Research domain: To uncover the potential wealth within unstructured and semi-structured textual data relevant to the multi-stakeholder fisheries market, this PhD research topic investigates the […]

1. Uses a high degree of concentration to plan, develop, build, test, validate and operate multiscale agent-based simulation models for a variety of nonlinear, time-based problems within ALSAC, drawing on a current inventory of predictive models as well as exploratory work. Multiscale agent-based simulation models for strategic and/or tactical applications in Java or C++ produce system-level financial and other outputs (metrics, forecasts) based on (a) consumer econometrics, algorithms, […]

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 […]

Dear all, The Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Institute for Urban Futures is seeking a predoctoral researcher in a two-year project in the field of „computational social psychology“, starting in October 2015. The Institute for Urban Futures is a recently founded interdisciplinary research institute studying strategies of sustainable urban transformations by combining research approaches from social and computational sciences, urban planning, and information visualization. […]

The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to take a leadership role in the modeling interacting networks of water, power and roads to evaluate the resilience of coupled infrastructure systems. The position is part of an innovative NSF-funded project on Resilience Simulation for Water, Power & Road Networks. The candidate will be encouraged to develop his/her own research program within the broad aims of the […]