Jobs & Appointments

We are seeking to appoint 2 Postdoctoral Researchers in the field of Socio-Ecological Systems Modelling for a period of 2 years. Based within the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh, you will join a team of researchers studying the effects of environmental change on land use, the impacts of climate change on rural and urban environments and how people will adapt to these changes. We explore these themes at multiple temporal and spatial scales using different methods such […]

As a part of EPSRC funded Horizon Hub, we have a 9 months fixed term position for a post-doctoral researcher in social network analysis and modelling. The position is based in the Centre for the mathematics of human behaviour (CMoHB, https://www.reading.ac.uk/cmohb/ ), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading and will be focused on analysis and modelling of dynamics and mood on social networks, based on two small human studies and a large online social network […]

Postdoctoral Researcher in Land Use Change Modelling Vacancy Ref: : 012323 Closing Date : 02-May-2013 Contact Person : Professor Mark Rounsevell Contact Email : [email protected] We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Land Use Change Modelling for a period of 2 years. Based within the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, you will join a team of researchers studying the effects of environmental change on land use at multiple temporal and […]

Research Associate neededSocial and environmental transitions: Simulating the past to understand human behaviour. www.simulpast.esDuration of contract: September 2011- August 2015Duration of field work: January 2012-December 2012How and why hunter-gatherer groups persist in arid margins, in spite of available farming technology and proximity of an urban society? In other words, what are the key elements that characterise the differential adaptive performance in arid margin between hunter- […]

As a Research Associate in the Centre for the study of Environmental Change and Sustainability (CECS) you will plan and undertake research on the development of Agent-Based models (ABM) of land use change in urban and rural environments. You will contribute to the conceptual design and implementation of new models that seek to integrate biophysical and human processes of environmental change. The research will contribute to a number of different European Commission funded projects within a […]