McGill: Visiting Fulbright Chair in International Development Studies

This isn’t directly games-related… but it could be.

A one semester Visiting Fulbright Chair in International Development Studies will be available at McGill University for the 2013-14 academic year. The primary focus is democracy and democratization, but that doesn’t preclude those who are interested in simulations as a mechanism for either understanding or teaching about political and economic development. Applicants must be US scholars with a PhD (or equivalent professional experience).

If you’re at all interested, feel free to drop me a line to learn more about the city and university. (Although I’m affiliated with ISID, I’m not involved in the selection process. And no, I have no idea what the red shopping cart is supposed to represent.)

NDU seeking Senior Research Fellows

The National Defense University is currently advertising for a couple of Senior Research Fellows, to be employed at NDU’s Center for Applied Strategic Learning. According to the advertisement, the duties of the positions would be:

• Responsible for leading the planning, implementation, and management of programs dealing with interagency coordination, national security crisis management, humanitarian assistance, and stability and reconstruction operations.
• Responsible for leading in the research, design, development, and implementation of experiential learning initiatives (including national-level educational exercises/ simulations and conferences, symposia, and workshops) conducted by the Center for Applied Strategic Learning (CASL).
• Supervises and conducts research and analysis focused on the development of national security exercises concerning security issues with national or international implications.
• Oversees CASL teams that are developing and implementing national and homeland security exercises and other experiential learning activities, with a particular emphasis on subjects related to stability operations, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, and emerging national security threats.
• Directs the organization and execution of exercises, symposia, conferences, workshops, and other CASL activities in support the full range of CASL clients by serving as one of two Division Directors in CASL.
• Provides authoritative advice to the staff, faculty, and students of NDU and other Senior Service Schools and the wargaming centers in order to develop programs, curricula and simulations to support academic goals and requirements.
• Collaborates with other national security experts from the government and private sector to share information on a broad range of national and homeland security issues.

Only US citizens are eligible to apply, and the closing date for applications is 2 December 2011.

Incumbent must have at least five years of experience in national-level policy formulation, planning, implementation, and management of nation security-related programs (e.g., humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, or stability and reconstruction operations).  Incumbent must also have significant management and supervisory experience. Accredited master’s degree and or PhD degree preferred, but extensive relevant practical experience may be substituted for this preference.

Additional information (including application procedures) can be found at the USA Jobs website.

Position: Professor of Serious Gaming for Complex Multi-Actor Systems, Decision-and Policy Making

Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands is currently advertising a tenure-track vacancy for a Professor of Serious Gaming for Complex Multi-Actor Systems, Decision-and Policy Making:

Applicants should have a PhD degree in a relevant field of social science, such as policy sciences, organization and management, policy analysis, or systems analysis. He/she should have proven experience as an independent and productive researcher as demonstrated by publications in scientific journals relevant to the research area. She/he should be well embedded in the international scientific community of gaming-simulation, policy sciences and policy analysis, and infrastructures. The candidate preferably has proven experience with relevant quantitative, qualitative and design research methods, and demonstrable affinity for the integrated sociotechnical systems approach to infrastructure systems as practiced at the TPM faculty. He/she preferably also has a multidisciplinary research attitude, a track record in multidisciplinary research collaboration and excellent communication skills.

More information is available on the Digital Games Research Association website.

strategic gaming positions at NDU

The Center for Applied Strategic Learning at National Defense University is currently advertising two positions.

The first is for an Associate Research Fellow:

Serves as a one of two Division Directors at the Center for Applied Strategic Learning (CASL), National Defense University (NDU). Under the direction of the CASL leadership, the incumbent will be responsible for all aspects of activities within his/her division. Division duties focus primarily on designing, developing, and executing scenarios/exercises in support of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Applied Learning and the colleges of the National Defense University (NDU). Incumbent will also be responsible for ensuring subordinates design, develop, and facilitate national security exercises in support of Members of Congress, State Governors, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Joint Staff, the Geographic Combatant Commands, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and other activities. The incumbent is responsible for assisting with experiential education and training programs for the academic, non-governmental, and interagency policy communities at the strategic and operational levels. The incumbent is specifically responsible for all supervision, contracting, budgeting, branding, and other outreach activities of the Strategic Policy Integration Division and its associated programs.

The second is for an Instructor:

Serves as an Instructor for a Division Director at the Center for Applied Strategic Learning (CASL),National Defense University (NDU). Under the direction of a CASL Division Director, the incumbent will assist with designing, developing, and executing scenario creation and exercise initiatives in support of educational, training, and outreach programs of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Applied Learning and the colleges of the National Defense University (NDU). Incumbent may also assist in designing, developing, and facilitating national security exercises for Members of Congress, State Governors, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Joint Staff, the Geographic Combatant Commands, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and other activities. The incumbent is also responsible for assisting with experiential learning programs for the academic, non-governmental, and interagency policy communities at the strategic and operational levels.

Those interested in applying will find full details on the USAJOBS website at the links above. The deadlines for application are 13 and 18 October.