Jobs & Appointments

Two five-year positions supported by the National Science Foundation and The Ohio State University for an interdisciplinary research project that examines the environmental conditions that lead to human territorial behavior in pastoral ecosystems as well as how territoriality shapes the environment. Based in the Dhufar highlands of Southern Oman, the project will provide new insights into whether the dynamics of woodland-grassland-woodland cycling are coupled with pulses in human […]

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 […]

Postdoctoral fellowship in computational social sciences Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden http://lnu.se/about-lnu/jobs-and-vacancies?l=en We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher who will contribute to the establishment of a computational social science research group with a main (but not exclusive) focus on environmental issues. We are planning to both exploit the richness of existing data resulting from online interactions and to design and implement web-experiments. We seek candidates […]

The Laboratory of Urban Complexity and Sustainability (LUCAS) at the University of Nottingham has advertised a number of Ph.D opportunities for outstanding students. The following might be of interest: - PhD Studentship in Computer Modelling (Ref: ENG884) - PhD Studentship in Computer Modelling – Social Modelling (Ref: ENG886) This is an exciting opportunity to join LUCAS, to contribute to the research programme supported by the prestigious Leverhulme Research Programme Grant “Sustaining […]

The Chair of Human-Environment Relations at the Department of Geography is recruiting a PhD Researcher in the transdisciplinary research project INOLA (Innovations for a Sustainable Land- and Energy Management on a Regional Scale) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The project’s main aim is to support the transition towards a more sustainable land use- and energy system in a region south of Munich within a transdisciplinary framework. Responsibilities: […]

CLIMATE CHANGE AND REGIME SHIFTS IN FLOOD-PRONE URBAN AREAS: AN AGENT-BASED APPROACH Background: Coupled socio-ecological systems (SES) are known to experience regime shifts. By this we mean fast and usually irreversible changes in systems, like the ones that we observe when ecosystems collapse due to overexploitation, or when economy cannot recover after natural disasters (floods, droughts, etc.), or when societies undergo dramatic changes as in resource-driven conflicts. The topic is of […]

Postdoctoral Position: Cross-scalar adaptation to socio-hydrological risks in the Mexico City Basin The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University Job Description The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to take a leadership role in the development of an agent-based model for an innovative NSF-funded project on urbanization, climate change adaptation and social-hydrological […]

The National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disasters Management (CIGIDEN) started its operation in 2013 and is located at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. The Center is a cross-disciplinary research initiative aimed to mitigate the tremendous and complex impact of natural disasters in the society, considering the physical infrastructure, the human stock, and the economic development. The Center takes advantage of Chile as one of the most active […]

CIGIDEN is a cross-disciplinary research initiative aimed to mitigate the tremendous and complex impact of natural disasters in the society, considering the physical infrastructure, the human stock, and the economic development. The Center takes advantage of Chile as one of the most active natural seismic and geo-hazard laboratories in the world. Faculty members working at CIGIDEN include people from different areas of Civil Engineering, Psychology, Sociology, Urban Studies and Geography […]

Postdoc in Complex Adaptive Systems and Sustainability The Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland solicits applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a 12-month term beginning in July 2014, with a possibility of extension contingent upon external funding. The research topic is improving understanding of the sustainability of human-environmental interactions, broadly construed, with a focus on integrating anthropological, archaeological and environmental data, […]