Funding opportunities for integrated residential land-use change, land management, and transport model-University of Waterloo We have an opening for a PhD research assistant for an ongoing project that will develop an integrated agent-based simulation model that links residential land market activity, landscaping management, and transportation decisions in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. The project has research partnerships with the local regional and municipal governments and the local development and real estate community. Student researchers could participate in academic programs in the School of Planning, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Economics, and potentially other departments/faculty on campus depending on student interests and abilities. The main role of the PhD student will be to develop and conduct buyer and seller surveys to support development of an agent-based land market model that incorporates transportation preferences and behavior. We seek a student with interests and expertise including, but not limited to, the following areas: 1. Domain-specific knowledge Experience and/or interest in survey development and analysis Experience with/ability to engage with the development community Experience/knowledge/interest in residential housing markets Economics: Land markets, industrial organization including models of product differentiation, revealed preference analysis, hedonic modeling, choice experiments, decision making under uncertainty Statistics and data analysis: regression analysis, especially spatial regression and panel data analysis. Advanced data fitting, analysis, and visualization methods for complex systems data 2. Modelling Experience/ability/interest in quantitative simulation models of human decision making, including agent-based simulation models, especially spatial and network models Experience in designing and parameterizing agent decision models Expertise in Java, R, Python, and web scripting tools 3. General skills Good verbal and written communication skills Ability to work independently, but also to take direction as needed Ability and interest in working in an interdisciplinary team environment Ability to organize work and meet deadlines, within normal constraints Creativity and enthusiasm Interested applicants should send the following materials to Dawn Parker (dcparker@uwaterloo.ca) with a subject heading “KWRes project application: Last Name”: