Investigador posdoctoral

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ARIES (ARtificial Intelligence for Environment and Sustainability), hosted at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), is seeking a Postdoctoral Semantic and Ontology Specialist to support research in semantic integration of environmental models. This role contributes to the Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence scientific plan, specifically Research Line 5 on integrated modelling of socio-environmental systems.

The ARIES platform (aries.integratedmodelling.org) has developed AI-driven infrastructure for data and model integration through machine reasoning and semantics, built on open-source k.LAB software (

Role & Responsibilities

• Expand and refine the ARIES ontology set, integrating knowledge across ecology, biodiversity, agriculture, social systems, and economics.
• Develop semantic resources supporting automated, adaptive, and flexible model-building via machine reasoning.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to :

Integrate authoritative ontologies and vocabularies.

• Create new ontologies and semantic assets where needed.
• Develop tools for semantic annotation for non-experts.
• Foster a community around semantic modeling within and beyond ARIES.

This position is ideal for candidates passionate about applying semantic technologies and AI reasoning to sustainability, environmental management, and policy challenges.

Key Requirements

• PhD in computer science, environmental informatics, knowledge representation, or related fields.
• Experience in ontology development, semantic web standards (OWL, RDF, SKOS), and knowledge representation.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams and communicating complex semantic ideas to non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of ecological, economic, or social science data is a plus.
• Seniority level : Internship
• Employment type : Full-time
• Job function : Research, Analyst, and IT
• Industry : Research Services

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