Jobs & Appointments

Research Associate at Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, Heriot-Watt University; responsible for leading the agent based modelling activity. The centre has focused on solutions that will deliver net zero carbon emissions and therefore reflect the emerging energy transitions.

Research Associate at Centre for Logistics & Sustainability, Heriot-Watt University; responsible for leading the agent based modelling activity. The Sustainable Cold-Chain project will bring together world leading interdisciplinary researchers to provide a whole systems approach overseeing technology, finances, food security and sociological aspects of how we can deliver demand and climate adaptation, resilience and decarbonisation of the cold-chain in the food industry simultaneously.

The Department of Resilient Energy Systems in the Faculty of Production Engineering - Mechanical and Process Engineering at the University of Bremen is looking for a Research Associate (f/m/d) - subject to vacancy - for the position:
Research Associate (PhD Candidate) (f/m/d) with a focus on socio-technical transition research
(TV-L E 13)

Focus lies on:
- Socio-technical view on resilient transition paths
- Agent-based modeling
- Development of a stakeholder participation

Incorporating decision-making in environmental emergencies into behavioural computational models for crisis planning
https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/incorporating-decision-making/

Abstract.
Environmental disasters are increasing in frequency and severity and require improved mitigation planning. Communication approaches used by first responders and governments towards affected communities impact citizen response by increasing or decreasing citizen trust and well-being. Moreover, co[…]

The successful candidate will conduct research in the field of water resources and extensive field experiments, with several areas in CARC. Will also assist PI with data downscaling, predictions and evaluation.

SLU is recruiting a professor who shares our aspirations to be world leading within the area of weed ecology and management. We are looking for a person with an ecological approach who will work towards solving the applied problems that weedy plants pose in agricultural ecosystems. For this, we welcome applicants with an interest in engaging in trans- and inter-disciplinary research. New EU regulations to ban certain herbicides make sustainable weed management a matter of urgency for Nordic[…]

Institution: Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Location: West Lafayette, IN

Job Category: Graduate Assistantship

Salary: Year-round funding (full tuition waiver and salary of ~$24,005/year is available as a Graduate Research Assistant (PhD level) in the Forestry and Natural Resources Department at Purdue University. Additional funding is available to support research and to attend conferences and training opportunities.

Pertinent Websites: https://www.purdue[…]

PRAEDOC

Duration of employment: 4 year/s

Extent of Employment: 30 hours/week

Job Description:
Participation in research, teaching and administration:
- Participation in research projects/ scientific studies in the field of Computational Communication Science
- Participation in publications/ academic articles/ presentations
- We expect the successful candidate to sign a doctoral thesis agreement within 12-18 months
- Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as define[…]

We are looking for a new permanent team mate in trustworthy multi-agent systems.

Adaptive resilient economy: responding to shocks under boundedly-rational economic expectations

We focus on modeling economy as an adaptive complex system. Heterogeneous economic agents with bounded rationality and imperfect information make decisions and interact with each other giving rise to macroeconomic phenomena. Economies globally become more interconnected and prone to shocks (incl. climate-induced natural hazards). How do networked economies recover and evolve in face of adversities?