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ESSA newsletter 167 - 04/14/2008 -> 04/30/2008
ESSA Newsletter compiled Shah Jamal Alam and Bogdan Werth. Feel free to send/forward news and related contributions, which you would like to share with other members at { bogdan , shah } <at> cfpm <dot> org. We'll be pleased to include them into the following newsletter.
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This newsletter is distributed only to members of the European Social Simulation Association for their own use. Please do not distribute further.
To join ESSA, register at: http://essa.eu.org
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!!! Please send news and related contributions to the editors!!!
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1. ESSA 2008 Deadline approaching
2. Conferences, CfPs and Symposiums
3. Recent publications and Discussion Papers
4. Job opportunities and Doctoral Schools
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DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THERE WAS NO NEWSLETTER LAST WEEK. WE WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGISE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
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1. ESSA 2008 Deadline approaching: Main Conference Call and ESSA SIGs CfPs
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From Wander Jager:
"Close to Lago di Garda, in the beautiful Italian town Brescia, the yearly conference of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA)
will take place from September 1 to 5. The ESSA conference has developed into an inspirational meeting for all researchers interested in the
dynamics of social interaction in the widest sense. Many topics will be presented, together reflecting the state-of-the-art in social simulation
modeling. Separate sessions are envisaged for special interest groups on reputation, social conflict, policy and market dynamics."
Kind regards
Wander Jager, President of ESSA"
Also from Flaminio Squazzoni (ESSA 2008 Conference Chair):
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2. Conferences, CfPs and contributions
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International Conference on Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents 2008, 19th June 2008, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology.
For more information visit: http://www.if.pw.edu.pl/~eshia08/
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CfP: Fifth European Social Simulation Conference (ESSA 2008), Brescia, Italy, scheduled for September 1-5, 2008 (Extended Deadline: May 15, 2008)
For more information visit: http://www.eco.unibs.it/essa/
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For sessions organized by Special Interest Groups (SIGs) at ESSA 2008:
SIG Market Dynamics (For more information visit: http://www.essa.eu.org/simulation-wiki/MarketDynamicsSIGWiki)
SIG Policy (For more information visit: http://www.essa.eu.org/simulation-wiki/PolicySIGWiki )
SIG Reputation (For more information visit: http://www.essa.eu.org/simulation-wiki/ReputationSIGWikiPanelESSA08)
SIG Social Conflict and Social Simulation (For more information visit: http://www.essa.eu.org/simulation-wiki/CallForPapersSIGOnSocialConflictAndSocialSimulation )
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CfP: III Edition of Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation, a Cross-Disciplinary Workshop, October 2-3, 2008, Lisbon University Institute - ISCTE, Portugal
For more information visit: http://epos2008.dcti.iscte.pt
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CfP: 2nd International Workshop on Computational Social Choice (COMSOC-2008), Liverpool, 3-5 September 2008
For more information visit: http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~pwg/COMSOC-2008/
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CfP: 5th European Conference on complex systems (ICCS08) , Jerusalem, Sept 14-19, 2008
For more information visit: http://www.jeruccs2008.org/
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CfP: 4th UK Social Networks Conference, 18-20th July 2008,University of Greenwich, London
For more information visit: http://www.gre.ac.uk/schools/business/conferences-events/sna_conference
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CfP: Informetrics, Special Issue on "Science of Science: Conceptualizations and Models of Science"
Guest Editors: Katy Börner, Indiana University & Andrea Scharnhorst, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Physics Meets Biology 2008, 13 - 16 July 2008, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
For more information visit: www.iop.org/Conferences
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The 18th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) takes place in Sandton, South Africa from 13-18 July 2008.
For more information visit: www.ifors2008.org
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3. Recent Publications, Discussion Papers, Presentations
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Participatory computer simulation to support collective decision-making: Potential and limits of stakeholder involvement
Land Use Policy, Volume 25, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 498-509
Nicolas Becu, Andreas Neef, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Chapika Sangkapitux
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2007.11.002
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Agent-based modelling and simulation for the analysis of social patterns
Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 29, Issue 8, 1 June 2008, Pages 1039-1048
Juan Pavón, Millán Arroyo, Samer Hassan, Candelaria Sansores
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2007.06.021
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Papers from the 1st ICC Workshop on Complexity in Social Systems, ISCTE, Lisbon, 11-12 January 2008 available as follows:
* "Organizational Change: revealing the micro-macro patterns underlying social system dynamics in a financial services context", by Robert Kay, Chris Goldspink and Arthur Preston.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/goldspink_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Applying Multi-Agent Simulation to Supply Chains", by Rodrigo Charro, Filipe Santos and Joaquim Reis.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/charro_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Coding and Decoding Emergent Social Structure: A Meta Language Approach", by Raif Serkan Albayrak and Ahmet Süerdem.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/albayrak_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Modelling the Social and Economic Dimensions of Farmer Decision Making under Conditions of Water Stress", by Friedrich Krebs, Michael Elbers and Andreas Ernst.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/krebs_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Crisis Management: A collaboration model for unstructured activities", by Cláudio Sapateiro and Pedro Antunes.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/sapateiro_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Bifurcations on the Sugarspace", by Sven Banisch.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/banisch_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Reflections on Studying Social Structures", by André Morais.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/morais_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Context Permeability", by Luis Antunes, João Balsa, Paulo Urbano and Helder Coelho.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/antunes_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Network Resilience in a Centralized Topology", by Pedro Campos.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/campos_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
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Fioretti, Guido, "Individual Contacts, Collective Patterns: Prato 1975-97 - A Story of Interactions" (February 15, 2008). Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2002-109/3 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1121763
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Fioretti, Guido, "Credit Rationing with Symmetric Information" (09/04/08). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1118730
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Fioretti, Guido, "Two Lyapunov Functions for Flexible Organizations" (09/04/08). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1118728
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Fioretti, Guido, "A Model of Vacancy Chains as a Mechanism for Resource Allocation" (07/03/07). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1118727
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J. Doyne Farmer and John Geneakoplos, The Virtues and Vices of Equilibrium and the Future of Financial Economics,
SFI Working Paper#:08-03-014
URL: http://www.santafe.edu/research/publications/workingpapers/08-03-014.pdf
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COLLABORATIVE WEB AGENT BASED ON FRIEND NETWORK p. 331, Authors: Byeong Man Kim; Qing Li; Adele E. Howe; Yuanzhu Peter Chen, DOI: 10.1080/08839510801972835
URL: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0883-9514&volume=22&issue=4&spage=331&uno_jumptype=alert&uno_alerttype=new_issue_alert,email
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4. Job opportunities, PhD positions and Summer/Doctoral Schools
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A Summer Institute on Social Cognition in Montréal, Canada, from the 28th of June to th 6th of July.
For more information visit: http://www.summer08.isc.uqam.ca/
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PhD Position in Computational Social Choice at the ILLC, Amsterdam
For more information visit: http://www.illc.uva.nl/NewsandEvents/newsitem.php?id=2330
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A PhD student position (a full tuition waiver + a stipend of 13 000 GBP/year) is available in the Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia group
of the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton.
For more information contact: Dr. Elkind at ee@ecs.soton.ac.uk.
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PhD student to investigate the social networks present in working landscapes to understand their role in the provision of ecosystem services—specifically water quality—and their relationship to ecological systems. The context for our project will be working agricultural and forested landscapes that are primarily in small landholdings. Applications are due 16 June 2008. The position begins either this Fall
(preferred) or in Spring 2009 and is funded for 3 years. Support includes an
assistantship, tuition remission, and health benefits.
For more information visit: http://forest.wisc.edu/facstaff/rickenbach/phd-PD.html.
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Two Job Openings: Full-Time and Part-Time Political Methodologists. Progressive Clarity is hiring two political methodologists to take part in our cutting-edge work for progressive candidates and non-profit organizations. One job opening is for a full-time position, and the other is for a part-time position.
For more information contact Chris Hertz at chertz@progressiveclarity.com
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The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, together with the University of Strasbourg “Louis Pasteur”, has launched the International Doctoral Programme in Economics. The School opens a public competition for 4 grants for prospective PhD students wishing to enrol in the program. Applicants, with no restriction on nationality, must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or a Master of Arts (M.A.) or equivalent title.
For more information visit: www.sssup.it/phdapplicationonline
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Feel
free to send/forward news and related contributions, which you would
like to share with other members at essa.newsletter@googlemail.comImportant
=========
This newsletter is distributed only to members of the European Social Simulation Association for their own use. Please do not distribute further.
To join ESSA, register at: http://essa.eu.org
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!!! Please send news and related contributions to the editors!!!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. ESSA 2008 Deadline approaching
2. Conferences, CfPs and Symposiums
3. Recent publications and Discussion Papers
4. Job opportunities and Doctoral Schools
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THERE WAS NO NEWSLETTER LAST WEEK. WE WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGISE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
===================================================================================
1. ESSA 2008 Deadline approaching: Main Conference Call and ESSA SIGs CfPs
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From Wander Jager:
"Close to Lago di Garda, in the beautiful Italian town Brescia, the yearly conference of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA)
will take place from September 1 to 5. The ESSA conference has developed into an inspirational meeting for all researchers interested in the
dynamics of social interaction in the widest sense. Many topics will be presented, together reflecting the state-of-the-art in social simulation
modeling. Separate sessions are envisaged for special interest groups on reputation, social conflict, policy and market dynamics."
Kind regards
Wander Jager, President of ESSA"
Also from Flaminio Squazzoni (ESSA 2008 Conference Chair):
"As a consequence of many requests I have received
in these last weeks, I'm glad to announce that the deadline for submitting to
ESSA 2008 has been extended to May, 15th. I hope this may
help many of you to have enough time to submit abstracts
and papers to the conference.
To submit, please visit the conference website and follow the instructions you find on the submission page: http://www.eco.unibs.it/essa
Those who wish to submit to ESSA Special Interest Group sessions (the expected sessions are on "Social Conflict"; "Reputation" ; "Policy"; "Market Dynamics" ) are requested to include at the end of the abstract required by Easychair submission form before to upload the paper, between brackets, an explicit reference to the group session in question (e.g., "paper submitted to SIG Session on Social Conflict"). Please, add this reference just on the submission form required and not inside the paper."
To submit, please visit the conference website and follow the instructions you find on the submission page: http://www.eco.unibs.it/essa
Those who wish to submit to ESSA Special Interest Group sessions (the expected sessions are on "Social Conflict"; "Reputation" ; "Policy"; "Market Dynamics" ) are requested to include at the end of the abstract required by Easychair submission form before to upload the paper, between brackets, an explicit reference to the group session in question (e.g., "paper submitted to SIG Session on Social Conflict"). Please, add this reference just on the submission form required and not inside the paper."
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2. Conferences, CfPs and contributions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
International Conference on Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents 2008, 19th June 2008, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology.
For more information visit: http://www.if.pw.edu.pl/~eshia08/
--
CfP: Fifth European Social Simulation Conference (ESSA 2008), Brescia, Italy, scheduled for September 1-5, 2008 (Extended Deadline: May 15, 2008)
For more information visit: http://www.eco.unibs.it/essa/
--
For sessions organized by Special Interest Groups (SIGs) at ESSA 2008:
SIG Market Dynamics (For more information visit: http://www.essa.eu.org/simulation-wiki/MarketDynamicsSIGWiki)
SIG Policy (For more information visit: http://www.essa.eu.org/simulation-wiki/PolicySIGWiki )
SIG Reputation (For more information visit: http://www.essa.eu.org/simulation-wiki/ReputationSIGWikiPanelESSA08)
SIG Social Conflict and Social Simulation (For more information visit: http://www.essa.eu.org/simulation-wiki/CallForPapersSIGOnSocialConflictAndSocialSimulation )
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CfP: III Edition of Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation, a Cross-Disciplinary Workshop, October 2-3, 2008, Lisbon University Institute - ISCTE, Portugal
For more information visit: http://epos2008.dcti.iscte.pt
--
CfP: 2nd International Workshop on Computational Social Choice (COMSOC-2008), Liverpool, 3-5 September 2008
For more information visit: http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~pwg/COMSOC-2008/
--
CfP: 5th European Conference on complex systems (ICCS08) , Jerusalem, Sept 14-19, 2008
For more information visit: http://www.jeruccs2008.org/
--
CfP: 4th UK Social Networks Conference, 18-20th July 2008,University of Greenwich, London
For more information visit: http://www.gre.ac.uk/schools/business/conferences-events/sna_conference
--
CfP: Informetrics, Special Issue on "Science of Science: Conceptualizations and Models of Science"
Guest Editors: Katy Börner, Indiana University & Andrea Scharnhorst, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
This special issue aims to improve our understanding of the structure and evolution of science by reviewing and advancing existing conceptualizations and models of scholarly activity.
Existing conceptualizations and models of science have been created by scholars from very different disciplines and backgrounds. They have the form of
- philosophical concepts (Bernal, Kuhn, Popper),
- (utopian) stories (Wells, Lem),
- visual drawings (Otlet),
- empirical measurements (Price, Garfield), or
- mathematical theories (Goffman, Yablonski)
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Physics Meets Biology 2008, 13 - 16 July 2008, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
For more information visit: www.iop.org/Conferences
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The 18th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) takes place in Sandton, South Africa from 13-18 July 2008.
For more information visit: www.ifors2008.org
--
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3. Recent Publications, Discussion Papers, Presentations
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Participatory computer simulation to support collective decision-making: Potential and limits of stakeholder involvement
Land Use Policy, Volume 25, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 498-509
Nicolas Becu, Andreas Neef, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Chapika Sangkapitux
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2007.11.002
--
Agent-based modelling and simulation for the analysis of social patterns
Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 29, Issue 8, 1 June 2008, Pages 1039-1048
Juan Pavón, Millán Arroyo, Samer Hassan, Candelaria Sansores
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2007.06.021
--
Papers from the 1st ICC Workshop on Complexity in Social Systems, ISCTE, Lisbon, 11-12 January 2008 available as follows:
* "Organizational Change: revealing the micro-macro patterns underlying social system dynamics in a financial services context", by Robert Kay, Chris Goldspink and Arthur Preston.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/goldspink_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Applying Multi-Agent Simulation to Supply Chains", by Rodrigo Charro, Filipe Santos and Joaquim Reis.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/charro_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Coding and Decoding Emergent Social Structure: A Meta Language Approach", by Raif Serkan Albayrak and Ahmet Süerdem.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/albayrak_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Modelling the Social and Economic Dimensions of Farmer Decision Making under Conditions of Water Stress", by Friedrich Krebs, Michael Elbers and Andreas Ernst.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/krebs_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Crisis Management: A collaboration model for unstructured activities", by Cláudio Sapateiro and Pedro Antunes.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/sapateiro_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Bifurcations on the Sugarspace", by Sven Banisch.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/banisch_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Reflections on Studying Social Structures", by André Morais.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/morais_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Context Permeability", by Luis Antunes, João Balsa, Paulo Urbano and Helder Coelho.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/antunes_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
* "Network Resilience in a Centralized Topology", by Pedro Campos.
URL: http://www.listaweb.com.pt/icc/icc-wcss2008/articles/campos_icc-wcss-2008.pdf
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Fioretti, Guido, "Individual Contacts, Collective Patterns: Prato 1975-97 - A Story of Interactions" (February 15, 2008). Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2002-109/3 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1121763
--
Fioretti, Guido, "Credit Rationing with Symmetric Information" (09/04/08). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1118730
--
Fioretti, Guido, "Two Lyapunov Functions for Flexible Organizations" (09/04/08). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1118728
--
Fioretti, Guido, "A Model of Vacancy Chains as a Mechanism for Resource Allocation" (07/03/07). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1118727
--
J. Doyne Farmer and John Geneakoplos, The Virtues and Vices of Equilibrium and the Future of Financial Economics,
SFI Working Paper#:08-03-014
URL: http://www.santafe.edu/research/publications/workingpapers/08-03-014.pdf
--
COLLABORATIVE WEB AGENT BASED ON FRIEND NETWORK p. 331, Authors: Byeong Man Kim; Qing Li; Adele E. Howe; Yuanzhu Peter Chen, DOI: 10.1080/08839510801972835
URL: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0883-9514&volume=22&issue=4&spage=331&uno_jumptype=alert&uno_alerttype=new_issue_alert,email
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4. Job opportunities, PhD positions and Summer/Doctoral Schools
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A Summer Institute on Social Cognition in Montréal, Canada, from the 28th of June to th 6th of July.
For more information visit: http://www.summer08.isc.uqam.ca/
--
PhD Position in Computational Social Choice at the ILLC, Amsterdam
For more information visit: http://www.illc.uva.nl/NewsandEvents/newsitem.php?id=2330
--
A PhD student position (a full tuition waiver + a stipend of 13 000 GBP/year) is available in the Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia group
of the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton.
For more information contact: Dr. Elkind at ee@ecs.soton.ac.uk.
--
PhD student to investigate the social networks present in working landscapes to understand their role in the provision of ecosystem services—specifically water quality—and their relationship to ecological systems. The context for our project will be working agricultural and forested landscapes that are primarily in small landholdings. Applications are due 16 June 2008. The position begins either this Fall
(preferred) or in Spring 2009 and is funded for 3 years. Support includes an
assistantship, tuition remission, and health benefits.
For more information visit: http://forest.wisc.edu/facstaff/rickenbach/phd-PD.html.
--
Two Job Openings: Full-Time and Part-Time Political Methodologists. Progressive Clarity is hiring two political methodologists to take part in our cutting-edge work for progressive candidates and non-profit organizations. One job opening is for a full-time position, and the other is for a part-time position.
For more information contact Chris Hertz at chertz@progressiveclarity.com
--
The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, together with the University of Strasbourg “Louis Pasteur”, has launched the International Doctoral Programme in Economics. The School opens a public competition for 4 grants for prospective PhD students wishing to enrol in the program. Applicants, with no restriction on nationality, must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or a Master of Arts (M.A.) or equivalent title.
For more information visit: www.sssup.it/phdapplicationonline
--
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We'll be pleased to include them into the following newsletter.
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This newsletter is distributed only to members of the European Social Simulation Association for their own use. Please do not distribute further. To join ESSA, register at: http://essa.eu.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter Editors: Shah Jamal Alam (shah<at>cfpm<dot>org) Bogdan Werth (bogdan<at>cfpm<dot>org) Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School www.cfpm.org |
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