A three-year PhD student position on
Agent-based Computational Economics, starting January 1st 2014, is
available at the Department of Mechanical, Energetics, Management and
Transport Englineering of the University of Genova, Italy.
Research will be focused on agent-based macroeconomics and financial
stability issues within the framework of a new EU funded three-year
project starting on October 1st, 2013. The EU project aims to develop an
innovative agent-based platform and ICT tools for designing and testing
policies and regulatory measures for preventing and mitigating economic
and financial crises and fostering an economically and ecologically
sustainable growth path.
The PhD candidate will work with the agent-based software platform
EURACE and is expected to contribute to its further development.
Applicants should have a Master degree in Engineering, Science or
Economics with an adequate background in programming, data analysis and
statistics.