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Job Vacancy Post Doctoral Fellow in Urban Design & Modelling, University of Canterbury, New Zealand 2.5 years Fixed Term The Department of Geography, University of Canterbury invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship (research). This is a two and a half year position and available immediately. The fellowship is intended for a recent Ph.D. whose training and research is in either: urban design, architecture, planning, geography and/or a related discipline. Good quantitative skills and GIS expertise (ideally in Quantum GIS) are essential. The successful candidate will be part of the Australia-New Zealand Greening the Greyfields research project funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI) with partners from government agencies at national and local level. The project is developing 21st century planning tools primarily using open source software to assist in housing redevelopment, particularly in middle suburbs. There will be a specific focus on how different housing typologies can be incorporated into open source decision-support tools and how innovative community engagement tools can be created. In Christchurch, there is the added dimension of helping in the rebuild of the city following the 2010/11 earthquakes. The person appointed will be based in Christchurch and be part of a new Christchurch focus to an ongoing project that is occurring in Perth and Melbourne. More information about the project can be found at http://crcsi.com.au/Research/4-5-Urban-Planning/4-51-Greening-the-Greyfields For more information see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AHM241/post-doctoral-fellow-in-urban-design-and-modelling/ Thanks Simon Professor Simon Kingham Professor of Geography and Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory Department of Geography, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wananga O Waitaha Private Bag 4800 Christchurch, New Zealand www.geog.canterbury.ac.nz www.geohealth.canterbury.ac.nz Tel 00 64 (0)3 3642893 (or x6893) Fax 00 64 (0) 3 364 2907 [log in to unmask] This email may be confidential and subject to legal privilege, it may not reflect the views of the University of Canterbury, and it is not guaranteed to be virus free. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message and any attachments. Please refer to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/emaildisclaimer for more information. _______________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] An urban geography discussion and announcement forum List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/URB-GEOG-FORUM Maintained by: RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group UGRG Home Page: http://www.urban-geography.org.uk