Post-doctoral position in social networks and climate change

Complex Systems Society; Milano; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Politecnico di Milano invites applications for a post-doctoral position to advance the understanding of the socio-economics of climate change using innovative methods from computational, behavioural and complexity sciences. Led by Prof.

Massimo Tavoni, the ERC-funded project seeks to improve insights into individual and group behaviour in mitigation and energy efficiency and to develop new integrated assessment or agent-based models in Milan, Italy.

Qualifications

• PhD (or near completion) in computational economics/science, or complex systems/networks.
• Experience with computational methods for socio-economic systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Advance understanding of socio-economics of climate change using computational, behavioural and complexity methods.
• Contribute to development of integrated assessment or agent-based models.

Skills

Computational economics

Complex systems

Agent-based modelling

Behavioural sciences

Education

PhD or near completion in computational economics/science or complex systems/networks

Job description

Post-doctoral position in social networks and climate change

One post-doctoral positions is available to advance the understanding of the socio-economics of climate change using innovative research methods from computational, behavioural and complexity sciences.

Position: Post-doctoral position

The selected applicants will join a new research team led by Prof. Massimo Tavoni, at Politecnico di Milano (Department of Management and Economics). The project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC), with the aim of advancing the understanding of individual and group behaviour in climate change mitigation and energy efficiency, as well as developing a new class of integrated assessment or agent based models. The selected applicant is expected to begin their assignment in Fall 2015 or early 2016 in Milan, Italy. Positions will last between 2 and 4 years, with yearly evaluations. Gross salary is negotiable and competitive with other research and academic institutions. The candidates should have a Phd (or be close to completion) in either computational economics/science, or complex systems/networks