We are looking for a highly motivated Postdoc in the area of Computational Social Science

Research subjects of particular interest are: agent-based, multi-level, and/or evolutionary game theoretical models of social processes; artificial societies; social technologies; real-time measurement of socio-economic activities; measurement of social capital; methods and technologies to create collective awareness; reputation and incentive systems; innovative financial and socio-economic systems; qualified money; Blockchain technologies; sharing economy; Virtual Reality; collective intelligence; digital societies; resilient societies; ethical and value-sensitive ICT; responsible innovation; design for emergence and values. Candidates should have an interest in supporting the visions and goals of the FuturICT and Nervousnet projects (see nervousnet.info, www.futurict.eu and the related facebook, twitter and vimeo pages).

You have excellent mathematical and computational skills, English language skills, social skills, and international experience are needed. We expect the readiness to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural team to jointly and systematically address grand scientific and/or engineering challenges.

Candidates should send their application materials online in one single pdf file (<10 MB), comprising a short motivational letter, their CV, exam documents (A-levels, bachelor, master or diploma, and PhD), a publication list, 2 representative papers, and letters of recommendation with attention to ETH Zurich, Herr Olivier Meyrat, Human Resources, CH-8092 Zürich. Please indicate what distinguishes you from 90% of other applicants. Computational, presentation and English language skills will be tested. Review of applications will begin on June 15, 2016, and will continue until the position is filled. The successful candidate is expected to start working in Zurich around autumn 2016.

Applications via e-mail cannot be considered!