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Jean-Philippe Bouchaud (09 January 2009)

Compared to physics, it seems fair to say that the quantitative success of the economic sciences is disappointing. Rockets fly to the moon, energy is extracted from minute changes of atomic mass without major havoc, global positioning satellites help millions of people to find their way home. What is the flagship achievement of economics, apart from its recurrent inability to predict and avert crises, including the current worldwide credit crunch? ...

Fribourg Symposium

Yi-Cheng Zhang and Damien Challet (16 October 2008)

Last November we had an exciting gathering of many people who are/were physicists or other natural scientists but are working in finance, insurance and related sectors -- an occasion built upon the so-called econophysics community that brought together both academics and practitioners in an intimate encounter. ...

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Call for papers: Call for papers GSI'15 [URL]

posted by barbaresco, 26 February 2015

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Call for papers: Call for papers on Econophysics !! [URL]

posted by SchinckusC, 07 November 2014

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Call for papers: ECONOFIS'14 - 2nd call (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) [URL]

posted by econofis, 21 July 2014

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PhD positions on Economic Networks at CEU [URL]

posted by kertesz, 05 December 2017

CEU has recognized the importance of the interplay between economics and network science and established two PhD fellowships to promote the study of economic networks. One of the students will participate in the Economics PhD Program and will take extra courses in network science, while the other one will be student of the PhD Program in Network Science and will get additional training in economics. ...

Associate Professor in Physics [URL]

posted by saraolson, 07 November 2017

The IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, has open a call for an Associate Professor Position in Physics. In order to be eligible to participate, the candidate must have, alternatively • Candidates that have been awarded eligibility ("idoneità") for the category of the position advertised; • Professors currently appointed to similar positions by other national Universities; • International scholars currently undertaking regular research and teaching activity at a University level in a position similar to that advertised....

Research Fellow (Complex Networks & Stability) [URL]

posted by weisiguo, 17 August 2017

The goal of the CHANCE (Coupled Human and Natural Critical Ecosystems) project is to develop fundamentally new data science approaches to modeling large-scale networks. Leading researchers that are making advances in complex networks, graph theory, and control theory are welcomed to apply....

Data Scientist (Natural Language Processing & Machine Learning [URL]

posted by weisiguo, 17 August 2017

Fixed term contract for 30 months. Opportunity for permnant position at company afterwards. Employer: University of Warwick, UK Location: Ranplan (Company), Cambridge You will undertake research on a collaborative InnovateUK KTP Project, which is between the University of Warwick and RANPLAN, a start-up company in Cambridge. As the data scientist KTP associate, you will be employed by Warwick and based largely at the company. ...

New deadline for PhD scholarship applications at IMT Lucca - August 9th 2017 [URL]

posted by saraolson, 07 August 2017

The deadline for applications for PhD Scholarships at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca has been extended to August 9th 2017 at 3pm CEST. Of particular interest to the readers of this website is the "Economics, Networks and Business Analytics" track, which is embedded within the "Systems Science" PhD Program. Students will have the opportunity to carry out research within the School's research units that are active in the fields of Economics, Analytics, Network Theory, Statistical Physics, Financial and Economic Networks, Markets and Big Data....