Jobs & Appointments

Posts in Economics/Geography & Geography/Sociology University of Maryland, College Park. The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences is seeking (3) computational social scientists to expand Maryland’s strengths in the computational aspects of global environmental change through interdisciplinary joint appointments. Rank will start at associate professor and tenure will be in the department closest to the applicant’s background. Applicants should have disciplinary backgrounds in the […]

Impact of pesticides on phytoplankton communities: agent-based modeling approach Contact persons (send detailed resume and cover letter): - Orlane ANNEVILLE, UMR CARRTEL, INRA , 75 Av. de Corzent, 742032, Thonon, FRANCE Tél (33) 4 50 26 78 04. E-mail : [email protected] - Agnès Bouchez, UMR CARRTEL, INRA , 75 Av. de Corzent, 742032, Thonon, FRANCE Tél (33) 4 50 26 78 60. E-mail : [email protected] This work is part of a larger project which aims to assess the […]

I work for Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Systems Analysis Group, which is an international leader in the development of large-scale simulation models of transportation and land-use systems. Our Portland Oregon team is looking to add someone with excellent software development skills to work on state-of-the-art travel demand forecasting and land use models for public agencies around the world. We develop a variety of computer models, with many of the models running across multiple […]

NEW FACULTY POSITIONS IN COMPLEXITY SCIENCE University of Miami, Florida, USA The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami seeks applicants and nominations for four faculty appointments in Complexity Science, including complex networks and complex systems, from disciplines across the physical, biological, computational, mathematical, statistical, medical, economic and social sciences. Successful candidates will join a vigorous research program already underway across […]

The School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) at the University of Michigan is seeking for a motivated PhD student to work on a National Science Foundation funded research project focusing on understanding and modeling the dynamics of bioenergy supply chain and its environmental implications using life cycle analysis, GIS, and agent-based modeling. The project will investigate how agents in the bioenergy supply chain are interacting with each other and are responding to market and […]

Profile The chair of Human-Environment Interactions at the Department of Geography, University of Mu­nich, has an inter- and transdisciplinary orientation and studies the question of transition towards sustainability. Key issues thereby are the processes in Human-Environment Systems which are at the interface of individual decision-making, social structure, governance, and environment. The research fields tackled include sustainable resource management (e.g., energy, water, phosphorous); […]

Postdoctoral Scientist Position The Resilience and Adaptive Management Group (http://ram.uaa.alaska.edu/) at the University of Alaska Anchorage invites applications for a Post Doctoral Fellow for interdisciplinary research related to spatial analysis, modeling, and visualization of social-ecological systems. The successful candidate will work with social and environmental scientists in analyzing and visualizing social and ecological relationships as part of an NSF-funded study on water and […]

It is available a two year postdoc position at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy). The position is funded by an European project on Complex Systems and Air Traffic Management. The positions should start in the fall 2011 (negotiable). The applicants are expected to work on the data analysis and statistical modeling of the European Air Traffic Management system and the development of an agent based model calibrated on the real data. For questions and information, please contact […]

Sustainable Solutions Initiative Postdoctoral Fellows Program - Positions available The University of Maine is conducting a search for Sustainability Science Postdoctoral Fellows. The successful candidates will join Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) funded in part by a 5-year, $20 million NSF EPSCoR grant. SSI includes a team of 50+ faculty and 25 doctoral students from a range of disciplines and multiple academic institutions statewide. SSI’s innovative research program […]

Oregon State University, Department of Biological & Ecological Engineering Position: The Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University (OSU) announces the availability of a full-time position for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to develop coupled human/natural systems models supporting alternative futures assessments. The emphasis of this position is on developing models and associated datasets addressing coupled human/natural systems, including land […]