Jobs & Appointments

job opening at the University of Oxford (INET): Job Opening for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant for an agent-based modelling project at the Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. The job is for 15 months (fixed term) and is available from 1st June 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter. The application deadline is 12.00 noon on Wednesday 12th April 2017. For detailed information, please see https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/24989

Opening of a PhD position at the Department of Economics, University of Torino in cooperation with Eurac. The PhD position is thought as resource in a H2020 project that studies social, economic, behavioral aspects of energy transitions – smart grids, technology innovation, adoption of renewable resources, etc. We are looking for motivated candidates with a strong mathematical, programming background, and/or specific agent based modelling experience and social network analysis. The […]

Please share the following widely (full advert at: https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=75125 ) The Department of Geography, King’s College London, invites applications for the post of Professor of Geocomputation to further our investment in strengthening and deepening our research profile in this area, and in the student experience. We seek internationally-distinguished applicants with an outstanding track-record in research, publications, funding, leadership and […]

VIRTUAL LITHICS: DEVELOPING AN INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL (IBM) FOR THE SIMULATION OF STONE ASSEMBLAGES The aim of this research is to is to develop a new approach, based on simulation models to strengthen inferences from prehistoric stone tool assemblages. The work of the Research Assistant will be to develop and test the simulation models. The project will use a modelling approach to simulate the formation and survival of stone tools. The primary aim is to create model assemblages under […]

The Helmholtz Association is providing long-term investment for the establishment of a new Research Group on Land Use Change at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s Campus Alpin (IMK-IFU) located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (). This Group aims to advance knowledge of the causes and consequences of change in socio-ecological systems from local to global scales by: a) understanding the fundamental principles that underpin the interactions between people and their environment and encoding these […]

At the Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig, Germany, a new research project will be launched with funds from the German Research Foundation: SEEMI (Social-Ecological Effects of Microinsurance). It focuses on microinsurance, i.e. insurance products that are specifically targeted at low-income people in developing countries, and its potential adverse effects. Case studies include drought insurance in Kenya and Ethiopia and health insurance in Cambodia. The main research […]

Empirical PhD The empirical PhD candidate will focus on the use of the RoboFalcons for understanding predator-flock interactions. The RoboFalcons provide a unique opportunity to study predator-prey interactions in real time through a camera on the back of a RoboFalcon that films the prey. While investigating RoboFalcons during attack of bird flocks at airbases, the empirical- PhD candidate will: - analyze empirical data of collective escapes related to attacks by RoboFalcons on flocks at […]

The CASCADE project, funded by the US National Institutes of Health, aims to develop calibrated and validated agent-based models of alcohol use behaviours in the populations of the UK and US. The project has a new vacancy for a Research Scientist available at the Public Health Institute in California. Further details of the vacancy, including how to apply, are available here: http://phi.org/work-with-us/employment/position-description/index.php?id=18126

The Rowett Institute at the University of Aberdeen are seeking a highly motivated and ambitious research fellow to join a multidisciplinary research team of nutritionists, social scientists, computer modellers, environmental scientists and statisticians to work on a Scottish Government funded project modelling cultural, non-cultural and social influences on dietary choices in the context of healthy, environmentally sustainable diets. More details at […]

Dear all, the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig is offering a PostDoc position for modelling environmental change and human migration in the tropics. The PostDoc shall design, develop and apply a human decision making model simulating human decisions regarding natural resource use in response to environmental change and human migration. Details regarding the position and the application procedure can be found on the following website: […]