Jobs & Appointments

We are about to start a 3-year grant funded by the Qatar National Research Fund on modeling the adoption of residential solar photovoltaic systems in collaboration with the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh. The project will develop a decision-support software platform to test policy scenarios aimed at promoting the adoption of residential solar energy systems in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. We are looking for an expert on agent-based modeling with background in […]

The James Hutton Institute welcomes applications to one of three new TB Macaulay fellowships spanning our computational, social and environmental science areas. The fellowship is based at our Aberdeen (UK) site and comes with 3 years funding plus generous start-up costs. This is an exciting three-year Research Fellowship to expand our activities in sustainability science, with particular focus on investigating ways to implement the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) in Scotland and […]

There are 2 fully funded PhDs being advertised as part of the Europe’s Lost Frontiers project at the University of Bradford, UK. One is specifically focused on computer simulation while the other is mainly seismic mapping, but with an emphasis on using the results within simulations. Deadline is 17th June 2016 with the positions to start in October 2016. Details are available at

The LAMSADE team in Paris-Dauphine is looking for a PhD student to work on a formalization of « threats » : “A formalization of threat for dealing with natural and industrial risks - Integrating Sen’s capability approach in an evaluation of loss and protection within a population » The PhD is funded by Paris-Dauphine University for 3 years. Contact: Juliette Rouchier Detailed subject: attached Required Profile - Master in Computer Science, Mathematics or Economics - Minimal knowledge in […]

We seek a quantitative scientist to drive the development of an integrated computer simulation model that uses innovative generalized agent-based representations of coupled humans and natural system components across scales. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANG825/research-associate/ This work contributes to a broader project bringing together social and natural scientists from four major countries (Brazil, China, UK, and USA), with influential stakeholder organizations, to form the International […]

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 […]

There are the following opportunities for phd Scholarships at the CPM in Manchester on the following topics: Integrating Data Mining and Agent-based simulation – applied to Manchester “Troubled Family” data Modelling the Dynamics of Town Centre Change This is a scholarship competition, so the positions will only give to the best students applying (regardless of the subject you apply for). For the process and conditions see Deadline 9am GMT 21st March 2016.

The Modeling Religion in Norway project invites applications for a full-time, three year post-doctoral position. Expertise in computer modeling and simulation is required, with knowledge of AnyLogic and/or NetLogo preferred. The ideal candidate will also have expertise in one or more of the following areas: mining big data, predictive analysis, cognitive or social scientific study of religion. Click here for a link to a detailed position announcement and online application website. The […]

We have a number of positions open in our Complex Systems research group at USyd the moment (below). I was hoping that you may have or know a soon-to-finish student, postdoc or ECR in your group who might be suitable, or could otherwise help to spread the word? 1. Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Complex Systems (Level B/C). Research areas including information theory and complex networks theory. Sits in our Complex Systems Research Group, led by Prof. Mikhail Prokopenko. This is for a 3 yr […]

Closing date : 15/01/2016 Reference : HUM-07531 Faculty / Organisational unit : Humanities School / Directorate : Manchester Business School Division : Alliance MBS - IMP Division Employment type : Fixed Term Duration : 1 February 2016 until 31 January 2018 Location : Oxford Road, Manchester Salary : £38,896 to £47,801 per annum Hours per week : Full time We seek a highly skilled Research Fellow to work on a cutting-edge research project using agent-based modelling (ABM). This is a two […]