Jobs & Appointments

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 […]

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, […]