This is a reminder to everybody that the University Board Election spring 2015 have started.

It is important to be represented in order to be heard.

Three candidates are running to be the representative of the  temporary scientific staff and only one of them is a PhD Student:

• Mario Acquarone, Researcher/Postdoctor, AMB, BFE-fak
• Audun Hetland, PhD Student, IPS, Helsefak
• Anna Siwertsson, Postdoctor, AMB, BFE-fak

The electronic polling station is now open – you may give your vote here.

Please give your vote no later than 28 May 2015.

You log in by using your regular usename and password. If you need assistance in order to log in or give your vote, you may contact Oraktjenesten (email: orakel@uit.no or tel. (776) 44544).

Further information about the elections (presentations of the candidates, elections regulations, etc.) is available on the elections website.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)

Ecoinformatics, modelling of ecosystem services in marine and freshwater systems.

The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) is seeking to fill a postdoctoral position for work to be carried out under the H2020 AQUACROSS project. AQUACROSS, in collaboration with a large consortium of European research institutions, investigates interactions between aquatic ecosystems (both marine and freshwater) and societies; an ecosystem-based management paradigm will be developed, integrating ecological function, ecosystem services and policy, with 8 case studies around Europe. The researcher will concentrate on the modelling of hydrological processes, aquatic ecosystem services and eco-social interactions, becoming a specialist team member in the ARIES (ARtificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services) initiative, one of the most advanced global platforms for ecosystem services assessment and integrated environmental modelling in existence. The successful candidate will work with the AQUACROSS community and the large consortium of ARIES scientists led by BC3, concentrating on areas of interest for the AQUACROSS project at first. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, opportunities for continuing on as a stable member of the ARIES team will be assessed. Continue reading →

​​UHRs veiledende retningslinjer for ph.d.-graden samt avtale ved opptak til ph.d.-utdanning er endret, både norske og engelske versjoner. I de veiledende retningslinjer er det § 5 om tvungen avslutning som er endret som en følge av endringene i UH-loven. I avtale om opptak er § 12 i del A endret i samsvar med veiledende retningslinjer (tvungen avslutning).

Les mer: http://www.uhr.no/aktuelt_fra_uhr/endringer_i_uhrs_veiledende_retningslinjer_for_ph.d.-graden

Call for applicants – Post-doctoral position at Universita della Svizzera italiana and Yale University

Applications are invited for a two-year postdoctoral position for a research project on the dynamics of online reviews. The postdoc position is hosted in the first year at the Universita della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, Switzerland (USI). The second year will be either at USI or at Yale University, School of Management, depending on the preferences of the applicant. The project will be supervised by Prof. Balazs Kovacs (USI and Yale University).

The research project is very interdisciplinary, so I accept candidates from multiple fields, including but not limited to management, psychology, economics, sociology, computer science, and statistics. Applicants should have some skills in statistics and the ability to think creatively about research design. No previous experience with online review data is required. Continue reading →

​6th ESSA Summer School in Social Simulation

When:​ 21-25 September 2015

Where: Wageningen, the Netherlands

Registration deadline: 29 May 2015

This summer school is aimed at PhD students who have an affinity with social simulations and Agent Based Modelling and want to elaborate on their knowledge and skills. Continue reading →

​7th Research School Conference 2015

When: August 25th to August 26th

Where: Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim and HiST campus (dinner), Trondheim

Submission deadline: May 15th

The 7th Research School Conference organized by the National Research School in Business Economics and Administration will be hosted at Trondheim Business School (HiST). The purpose of the conference is to enhance the quality of the doctoral education within business economics and administration, to strengthen and stimulate research and to develop the network among PhD students and researchers.

URL:​ http://blogg.nhh.no/nfb/?p=1208

​​The minutes from the April TODOS Board Meeting are now online. URL​: Board Meeting Minutes April 2015

*This conference is in Norwegian, therefore the relevant information is only provided in this language*

TODOS har gleden av å invitere dere PhD stipendiater til en konferanse om forskningskommunikasjon arrangert av TEKNA.

Når: 20 mai, kl. 08:00–17:00
Hvor: Scandic Grand Tromsø

Nærmere informasjon og konferansens program er tilgjengelig her. Informasjonen kan også lastes ned her.

TODOS har laget en avtale med TEKNA om at 10 heldige stipendiater fra UiT kan delta på konferansen til en rabattert pris på kr. 540 per deltaker (dette kan man ta fra sitt annum). Dersom du ønsker å delta til rabattert pris, vennligst fyll ut dette skjemaet.

​​The minutes from the March TODOS Board Meeting are now online. URL​: Board Meeting Minutes March 2015