Jobs & Appointments

Dr. Owen Petchey at the University of Sheffield and colleagues have available funding for a PhD student to perform computational modelling of the collapse of ecological communities. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with mathematical and computational experience to explore and research how networks of interacting individuals fail via extinctions. The funding is a prestigious Scholarship from Microsoft Research. For further information about the research and scholarship see […]

San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Job Opening: Economic/Demographic Research Analyst http://www.sandag.org/index.asp?jobid=226&fuseaction=jobs.detail Close Date: 3/12/10 With its suite of highly-sophisticated tools, including the Demographic and Economic Forecasting Model (DEFM), the Interregional Commute Model (IRCM), the Urban Development Model (UDM), TransCAD, and ESRI’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the Regional Models team supports numerous research and planning […]

A research position is available in the Sciences for Action and Sustainable Development (SAD) Department of INRA (France) at the Unit頍ixte de Recherche Dynamiques agricoles et foresti貥s dans les paysages ruraux (UMR 1201 DYNAFOR) to work on the Participatory Assessment and Modelling of change in livestock farming systems at the farm and the landscape level. The recruited scientist will join an interdisciplinary research group involved in long term social-ecological research on rural […]

Post-Doctoral Research Position in Agent-based Computational Economics and Experimental Economics AI-Econ Research Center (www.aiecon.org) at National Chengchi University (Taiwan) is looking for applicants for one post-doctoral position sponsored by National Science Council Project “Emergent Complexity of Cognitive, Psychological and Cultural Factors: An Integrated Framework of Agent-Based Computational Economics, Experimental Economics and Neuroeconomics”. The position is for 2.5 years […]

Two Assistant or Associate Professors Arizona State University’s Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative (CASI) invites applications for two tenure-track or tenured positions at the rank of assistant or associate professor. The successful candidate will have a tenure-track or tenured appointment in the academic unit most suitable in view of his/her background, skills and interests, and may fulfill all or part of his/her teaching duties as part of the Applied Mathematics in the Life and Social […]

One funded Marie Curie PhD Fellowship position is being offered by the Innovation Research Unit, University College Dublin, for commencement in September 2010. The project is entitled ‘The Management of Emergent Technologies for Economic Impact’. Please read the attached for further information regarding the project, application process and deadlines.

The University of Maine is launching a national search for Postdoctoral Sustainability Science Fellows. The successful candidates will join a new Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) funded by a 5‐year, $20 million NSF EPSCoR grant. SSI includes a team of 30 faculty from a range of disciplines and multiple academic institutions statewide. SSI’s transformative research program integrates coupled natural and human systems modeling, stakeholder engagement, and solutions‐oriented research […]

The University of Maine has launched the Sustainable Solutions Initiative with a $20 million, five‐year grant from the National Science Foundation’s EPSCOR program (SSI: www.umaine.edu/SustainabilitySolutions). SSI’s mission is to create an integrative research program and strong stakeholder partnerships that generate improved solutions to intersecting ecological, social, and economic challenges in and beyond Maine. SSI is supporting interdisciplinary research of coupled natural‐human […]

The School of Economics (SOE) and the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the University of Maine invite applications from social scientists for a tenure-track faculty position in SOE at the assistant or associate professor level. The successful candidate will join a new Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) funded by a 5-year, $20 million NSF EPSCoR grant. The position is one of four new hires supported by SSI, an innovative program in sustainability science. The successful candidate […]

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 […]