International Scholarships

We are looking for a highly motivated Ph.D. student. The research will focus on the commercialization of science, specifically academic entrepreneurship and patenting behaviour of scientists. Experience in empirical analysis, theoretical modelling, and survey research is desirable. Candidates will support a new research project “Commercialization of Science.” Candidates for the position should have a Diploma/Master’s … [More Info]

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science The faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) is known world wide for its high academic quality and social relevance of its research programs. The faculty’s excellent facilities accentuate its international position in teaching and research. The faculty offers an interdisciplinary setting for its 500 employees, 350 … [More Info]

The Faculty of Economics of the University of Lugano, Switzerland, opens an assistant position in Accounting & Financial Management, starting in Fall 2008. The main responsibility will be to support the teaching of accounting and valuation courses and to assist empirical research projects particularly in the field of corporate governance. It is encouraged that the … [More Info]

PhD Position University of Groningen Vegetation dynamics, plant population dynamics, sedimentation and grazing (1,0 fte) (Groningen), 38 hours per week Job description Function title: PhD position You will study the relationship between vegetation dynamics and sedimentation, vegetation dynamics and plant population dynamics, and their role for birds and invertebrates on salt marshes. These relationships will … [More Info]

PhD position in (Applied) Statistics Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany) The Courant Research Centre “Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries: Statistical Methods and Empirical Analyses” at the University of Göttingen invites applications for a PhD position in (Applied) Statistics. The position is available October 1, 2008, fixed for 3 years and has no teaching … [More Info]

Postdoc project “Hedge funds: tail event behaviour and absolute alphas” ICEF – International Center of Economics and Finance Department of Economics University of Venice (Italy) The ICEF (http://www.dse.unive.it/en/centers-partners/icef/) conducts international research in the fields of Finance, Economics and Financial Econometrics. It also provides academic courses in these areas and organize the International Master in Economics … [More Info]

PhD student position in Computer Science – Intelligent Systems – Biologically motivated object recognition Institute of Mathematics and Computing Science, University of Groningen Topic of research The objective of the project is to develop an object recognition technique that is motivated by the function of the visual cortex. Major aspects are representation and learning. Type … [More Info]