We are looking to recruit two postdoctoral scholars for a position in an interdisciplinary NSF-funded research project. The goal is to discover how collectives can be made more creative, intelligent and when they can select the rules governing their interactions. The focus of the position is on designing and running large-scale online behavioral experiments.

We are seeking candidates with strong quantitative and computational training in behavioral, cognitive, or social science. Computer/information scientists with interest in human behavior are also welcome to apply. Scholars will work closely with each other and the project’s lead investigators: computational social scientist Seth Frey @ UC Davis, cognitive scientist Nori Jacoby @ Cornell University, behavioral scientist Ofer Tchernichovski @ Hunter College CUNY, and sociologist Dalton Conley @ Princeton University. The positions will be based in UC Davis and Cornell University

More at: recruit.ucdavis.edu

The Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC, http://www.mtec.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position.

The successful candidate should have an excellent publication record in complexity science with business applications, system dynamics, decision sciences, or applied operations research for modeling complex and dynamic systems. Research will focus on the theoretical and applied analysis and design of industrial or service systems. The candidate should demonstrate the ability to contribute to systems design at the organizational, national, and international levels.

At the assistant professor level, commitment to teaching within the curriculum of D-MTEC and the ability to establish and lead a research group in Systems Design are expected. Research and teaching collaboration with other departments and multidisciplinary research centers is required.

Assistant professorships have been established to promote the careers of younger scientists. ETH Zurich implements a tenure track system equivalent to that of other top international universities.

ETH Zurich is an equal opportunity and family-friendly employer, values diversity, and is responsive to the needs of dual-career couples.

Deadline: 15 October 2024

Apply at: ethz.ch

A two-year postdoctoral position starting in October 2024 is available to work within the MapCDPerNets project (https://www.mapcdpernets.es). The project explores the existence of a sociocultural continuum able to predict the consistency of observed cultural dimensions and patterns of interaction, and develop a set of network measures oriented to capture this “cultural signature”. The project is funded through a generous grant of the Fundamentos Programme of Fundación BBVA and involves researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and University of Florida.
The postdoctoral research will join the GISC and RySC groups at UC3M. This is a unique opportunity to work at the interface of complex systems with internet measurements and web transparency and privacy. Thus, GISC, led by Anxo Sánchez (project coordinator) focuses on topics such as personal networks: evolution, structure, prediction; social norms and their relationship with behavior, as well as their measurement in experiments; behavioral experiments, and evolutionary game theory, whereas the RySC team participating in the project led by Rubén and Ángel Cuevas has a long background of developing advanced methodologies to collect large scale datasets from major technological players including Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. The postdoctoral researcher will be based at the Leganés campus of UC3M, some 20 km away from Madrid downtown and easily reachable by train.

More at: mapcdpernets.es

We are accepting applications for the 2025 cohort until October 11, 2024.

The Santa Fe Institute Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships, comprising the Omidyar Fellowships, are unique among postdoctoral appointments. The Fellowships offer early-career scholars the opportunity to undertake their own independent research within a collaborative research community that nurtures creative, transdisciplinary thought in pursuit of key insights about the complex systems that matter most for science and society. The Institute rejects compartmentalized thought common in academia. Instead, SFI scientists transcend boundaries between fields, freely synthesizing ideas spanning many disciplines – from math, physics, computer science and biology to the social sciences and the humanities – in pursuit of creative insights that advance our scientific frontiers.

Postdoctoral Fellows spend up to three years in residence at SFI, where they contribute to SFI’s research in the sciences of complexity and are trained to become leaders in interdisciplinary science. As thought leaders who shape the future of science, Postdoctoral Fellows also participate in a unique training program structured to develop leadership skills throughout their three-year residencies and beyond. The Institute provides an opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers worldwide, discretionary and collaborative funds, and a competitive salary with a generous benefit package including paid family leave.

The Institute has no formal programs or departments. Research is collaborative and spans the physical, natural, and social sciences. Most research is theoretical (SFI does not have lab facilities) and/or computational in nature, although it may include an empirical component. SFI has 21 postdoctoral researchers, 10 resident faculty, 100+ external faculty, and averages 1000 visitors per year. Descriptions of the research themes and interests of the faculty and current Fellows can be found at SFI Research.

More at: apply-sfi.smapply.org

At the Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad (C3), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Deadline: June 28th

More at: www.c3.unam.mx