Jobs & Appointments

PhD Position at the Centre for Policy Modelling on: Data-mining, Visualisation and Agent-Based Modelling Stipend: £13,290 per annum + applicable fees for 3 years Centre for Policy Modelling Manchester Metropolitan University Business School Applications are invited to apply for this fully-funded doctoral position at the Centre for Policy Modelling, to investigate some of the potential synergies between data-mining, visualisation techniques and agent-based modelling. This studentship is […]

Fully Funded PhD Studentship – Department of Sociology, University of Leicester The Department of Sociology is seeking applicants for a 3 year full-time funded studentship (covering fees and stipend) leading to a PhD. The studentship is for full-time study only and the successful applicant will be expected to commence their studies in September 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter. UK/EU Applicants only. Research Areas: We are particularly interested in applicants who wish to work in the […]

The Intelligent Modelling and Analysis Research Group in the School of Computer Science at Nottingham University invites applications for a PhD studentship in the wider area of “Strategic Modelling and Simulation of Human-Centred Complex Systems”. In our research we develop novel tools for decision makers (e.g. managers, policy makers) to help those making better informed decisions. The research is highly interdisciplinary, utilising methods and knowledge from fields like Computer Science, […]

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 […]

The Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK, invites applications for three PhD studentships associated with the interdisciplinary research project ERIE (Evolution and Resilience of Industrial Ecosystems), a joint venture with the Departments of Mathematics and Computing and the Centre for Environmental Strategy . The doctoral students will be part of the ERIE team that is using two case studies to explore a crucial aspect of the UK economy: 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 : orlane.anneville@thonon.inra.fr - Agnès Bouchez, UMR CARRTEL, INRA , 75 Av. de Corzent, 742032, Thonon, FRANCE Tél (33) 4 50 26 78 60. E-mail : agnes.bouchez@thonon.inra.fr 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 […]

The PhD Studentship is fully funded for UK/EU applicants, and is offered by the Systems Centre, University of Bristol. The project will address the need for systematic research in the area of complex systems models design, with a specific aim to improve the accuracy of disease-spreading models, by incorporating recently discovered real-world human mobility patterns. State of the art disease-spreading models rest on the assumptions that populations are well mixed and homogeneous. However, […]

The projects will be conducted in the Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy (CSAP) which is a leading research cluster for spatial analysis and agent-based modelling. The research council deadline for applications is in early February, so if you are interested please get in contact soon so that we have time to help with the application. For more information, please contact myself (n.malleson06@leeds.ac.uk), Andrew Evans (A.J.Evans@leeds.ac.uk) or Alison Heppenstall […]

Centre for Environmental Strategy, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey Fully Funded PhD Studentship on the Role of Social and Physical Networks in Promoting Sustainable Industrial Systems The Centre for Environmental Strategy invites applications for a PhD studentship on the EPSRC-funded interdisciplinary research project ERIE (Evolution and Resilience of Industrial Ecosystems), a joint venture with the Departments of Mathematics, Computing and Sociology […]