Postdoctoral Researcher: Epidemic-Behaviour Modelling (ABM)

Network Science Institute; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Season ticket loans

Cycle to work scheme

Tuition fee remission

Job summary

Northeastern University London (NU London) invites applications for a three-year Leverhulme Trust-funded role to build an agent-based modelling platform marrying disease spread with psychologically grounded behavior. This interdisciplinary project brings together mathematic epidemiology, ABM, and psychology and offers opportunities for international collaboration.

You will contribute to open-source code, publish in top venues, and work with researchers across NU London, Sussex, and Utrecht.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in agent-based modelling (ABM) and/or computational or mathematical modelling of infectious disease spread.
• Experience translating theoretical constructs into computational rules.
• Experience with statistical inference methods such as ABC, Monte Carlo, or model comparison (AIC/BIC).
• Excellent written and verbal communication in an interdisciplinary setting.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop an ABM platform combining disease transmission with behavioural rules.
• Parametrisation and sensitivity analyses to identify behavioural-epidemic feedbacks.
• Estimate parameters using ABC and validate with time-series cross-validation.
• Publish and present findings in interdisciplinary venues and at dissemination events.
• Prepare code and documentation for open-source release.

Skills

Python

R

C++

ABM modelling

Education

PhD or near completion in a quantitative field

Job description

Northeastern University London (NU London) invites applications for a three-year Leverhulme Trust-funded role to build an agent-based modelling platform marrying disease spread with psychologically grounded behavior. This interdisciplinary project brings together mathematic epidemiology, ABM, and psychology and offers opportunities for international collaboration.

You will contribute to open-source code, publish in top venues, and work with researchers across NU London, Sussex, and Utrecht.