Jobs & Appointments

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) for a new interdisciplinary project to build an agent-based model (ABM) to represent the extraction of fish by fishing vessels in open ocean fisheries and the associated effects on ocean ecological systems. The goal of this effort will be to identify pragmatic fisheries management strategies tailored both to the complexity of the ocean ecosystem, and the limitations of the relevant social, economic and regulatory systems. The PDRA […]

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: […]

For a detailed description of the PhD-position: http://www.vu.nl/nl/werken-bij-de-vu/vacatures/2014/296.asp Contents of the research Economic losses due to weather related natural hazards continue to rise rapidly in all regions of the world. For example, extreme flood events and storm surges all have a significant impact on society, and these impacts will increase in the future through climate change and socio economic developments. Much research to date has focused on the assessment and […]

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Agricultural Research Station, through the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, invites applications for a 18 month-2-year post-doctoral appointment as part of the Center for Resilient Landscapes collaboration with the USDA Forest Service (USDA-FS), beginning as soon as February 2015. The appointee will work on developing an applied socio-ecological simulation model of governance and ecological processes to […]

I am seeking one to two Ph.D. students interested in modeling socioecological systems to take part in an NSF-funded interdisciplinary project on participatory-ensemble modeling to study the multiscale social and behavioral dynamics of food security. The project summary can be found here: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1416730. The Ph.D. students will be responsible for the development of agent-based models to simulate the spatial and temporal variability of food access in […]

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 […]

Detailed ad: http://abm-lab.yorku.ca/files/PDF2014.pdf As part of the strategic direction for expansion of the research areas at the Agent-Based Modelling Laboratory (ABM-Lab) at York University, applications are invited for two postdoctoral positions in Disease Modelling for Understanding Health Benefits and Cost Effectiveness. Successful candidates will be expected to play a major role in trans-disciplinary projects applying modelling tools and simulation techniques, data analysis […]

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 […]

Detailed ad: http://abm-lab.yorku.ca/files/postdoc.pdf Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in Computational Modelling of Vaccination at the Agent-Based Modelling Laboratory (ABM-Lab). The successful candidate will be expected to play a major role in trans-disciplinary projects involving university-industry partnership. The research will apply computational techniques and simulations, data analysis and visualization, and health economics to develop novel agent-based models […]

PhD-candidate MODELLING COMBINATIONS OF STRATEGIES FOR HIV PREVENTION at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands Job number: AT I&V-EPI-273/OIO-04 The project In the Netherlands, the majority of new HIV diagnoses occurs among men who have sex with men (MSM). Despite the availability of successful treatment for HIV infection and the employment of numerous interventions, the risk of HIV transmission remains high among MSM. Recent efforts […]