Jobs & Appointments

You will work on a new project, funded by the European Research Council, called Data Assimilation for Agent-Based Models: Applications to Civil Emergencies (DUST). The utilmate aim of the project[…]

At the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at the University of Glasgow we’re now recruiting for a full-time two-year postdoctoral position (£28,098 to £31,604/annum) in agent-based modelling for population health applications. The post holder will work as part of the Complexity in Health Improvement and Neighbourhoods and Communities research programmes within the SPHSU. For further information and an application form, please check the job advert here: […]

The Department of Medicine and the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination announces a post-doctoral position at the University of Chicago, focusing on quantitative data sciences and HIV/STI prevention research. The position is under the direct supervision of John Schneider MD, MPH, Aditya Khanna PhD, and in collaboration with other Center faculty (http://hivelimination.uchicago.edu/people/faculty) to support a skilled computational social/health scientist interested in developing a career in […]

I am now accepting applications for a funded 4-year Ph.D. degree program in environmental economics at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The selected student will conduct research on the economics of managing invasive plants in forests with heterogeneous landownership. The position is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Click here for more details on the project. The selected student will complete their Ph.D. in Economics at the […]

Applicants should have significant practical experience for conducting cost-effectiveness, analyzing data and simulation results, and performing statistical inference. The successful candidate will have excellent English language communication skills (both written and verbal). Previous experience working in an interdisciplinary research environment, and writing scientific articles, would be an asset. The candidate will be responsible for summarising outcomes of the projects for […]

Center for Mind and Culture, Boston The Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC) is a non-profit think tank conducting non-partisan research into aspects of the mind-culture nexus (see www.mindandculture.org). CMAC is seeking a post-doctoral research fellow expert in modeling and simulation and interested in applying those techniques to religious cognition and behavior, immigration and integration, and related areas. Java and NetLogo are the principle coding languages in use on this project. […]

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 […]

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 Deparmtne of Environment and Society at Utah State University is seeking highly qualified candidate who are commited to pursuing a PhD focused on understanding human-environmental interactions. More information can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/jacopobaggio/students ### Social-Ecological Networks and Agent Based Modelling Students should be interested in agent-based modelling (ABM), network analysis, and participatory modelling. The successful candidate will work under […]

The Computational Epidemiology Laboratory seeks an exceptional postdoctoral researcher with interdisciplinary interests and a passion for using complex systems models (e.g., agent-based, microsimulation, system dynamics) to improve human health and well-being. The current focus of the group is on developing complex systems models in the following areas: 1. Food access, food insecurity and health 2. Pediatric asthma healthcare utilization 3. Predicting asthma attacks due to multipollutant […]