Jobs & Appointments

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 […]

http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/index.cfm?action=job_Details&JobID=46466 NYU - Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE Post-doctoral position: Agent-based modeling of alcohol regulations DESCRIPTION: This 12 month full-time post- doctoral position would entail working with the project PIs, James Macinko (NYU Public Health) and Maurizio Porfiri (NYU Poly/Engineering),and joining a multidisciplinary research team […]

More information below, or for full details, and how to apply, see the website. The deadline is 31st March. http://www.lida.leeds.ac.uk/phd.html The University of Leeds is seeking talented and highly motivated doctoral researchers to join the Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) which is being established with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Big Data Network. Deadline for applications: 31st March New data relating to both the social and physical world are […]

The Quantitative Fisheries Center and Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory at Michigan State University seek a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to participate in a study of vaccination as a method for protecting Lake Michigan fishes against the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus. The hired Post-Doc will take a lead role in developing an agent-based model to evaluate the feasibility/costs in eliciting a herd immune response in a Great Lakes fish population via vaccination. Lake Michigan will […]

The Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity (http://csid.asu.edu/) at Arizona State University invites applications for an exciting post-doctoral position in collective action and social networks. This postdoc will conduct research within a NSF funded project (http://csid.asu.edu/tipping-collective-action-social-networks-0). The research is computational and the ideal candidate has training in (agent-based) modeling, network analysis and data mining. Furthermore, the ideal […]

Post-doctoral Opportunity- Land Change Modeling and Coupled Natural-Human Systems - Purdue University The Human-Environment Modeling and Analysis Laboratory (www.human-environment.org) in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University invites applications for an exciting post-doctoral position in land change modeling and coupled natural-human systems. The incumbent will conduct research on several high profile NSF, USGS, NOAA, USDA and EPA funded projects that […]

The College of Nursing at the University of Central Florida is seeking to make an appointment for the position of Florida Hospital Endowed Chair in Nursing Simulation. The holder need not be a registered nurse, but must have an established record of scholarship and experience in healthcare-related simulation. This position reports directly to the Dean. The Florida Hospital Endowed Chair in Nursing Simulation will forge and utilize collaboration opportunities to advance the use of […]

Applications are invited for a 3-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Studentship based at CoDE under the supervision of Professor James Nazroo, Dr Laia Becares, and Dr Nick Shryane. The studentship covers UK/EU tuition fees, an annual tax-free stipend at Research Council rates (£13,590 in 2012/13), plus the Advanced Quantitative Methods supplement (£3,000 per year) for a total of £16,590. Funding will be for three years of full-time study (+3 Scheme), starting in October […]