The new Chair of Risk and Insurance Economics at the Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) of ETH Zurich seeks to fill a Ph.D. position in microeconomics. The chair conducts research in insurance and health economics using methods developed in game and contract theory. A key ingredient is to model strategic behaviour of customers and firms or providers in insurance and health markets, with an emphasis on dynamic frameworks, in order to understand whether these markets work efficiently and how properly designed incentive systems, regulation and competition policy may improve market outcomes.

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva is pleased to announce opportunities for researchers and professors from Southern Universities.

The Global South Scholar-in-Residence fellowship at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland has been designed for young university teachers from Africa, Asia, Latin America working in the disciplines related to international and development studies.

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is a Swiss-based and internationally networked aquatic research institute within the ETH domain (Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology). It is committed to the ecologically, economically and socially responsible management of water resources and aquatic ecosystems.

The Department of Process Engineering has a vacancy for a
Ph.D. position in the field of fate and behavior of nanoparticles in the aquatic environment

The objective of this Ph.D project is to investigate the behavior of silver nanoparticles during wastewater treatment.

Postdoctoral/MS in the Department of  System Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling at Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland

Study Subject(s):Sustainable Water Management
Course Level:Postdoctoral/MS
Scholarship Provider: Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Scholarship can be taken at: Switzerland

Research Fellowships in the field of Experimental and Clinical Medicine supported by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland

Study Subject(s):Experimental and clinical medicine
Course Level:Research
Scholarship Provider: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Scholarship can be taken at: Switzerland

Research Fellowships funded by The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2012 in Switzerland

Study Subject(s):Courses offered by the foundation
Course Level:Research
Scholarship Provider: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Scholarship can be taken at: Switzerland’s

University of Bern announce Postdoctoral Fellowship at Institute of Applied Physics, Switzerland

Study Subject(s):Applied Physics
Course Level:Postdoctoral
Scholarship Provider: University of Bern, Switzerland
Scholarship can be taken at: Switzerland

Postdoctoral Position in the field of Veterinary Bacteriology at Institute of Veterinary Bacteriolog, University of Bern, Switzerland

Study Subject(s):Veterinary Bacteriology
Course Level:Postdoctoral
Scholarship Provider: University of Bern, Switzerland
Scholarship can be taken at: Switzerland

University of Bern announce PhD Position in the field of celestial mechanics/fundamental astronomy, Switzerland

Study Subject(s):Celestial mechanics/fundamental astronomy
Course Level:PhD
Scholarship Provider: University of Bern, Switzerland
Scholarship can be taken at: Switzerland

Master Grant

The Universität Bern offers six Master Grants for the academic year 2012/13 for excellent international students.
The grant consists of 1'600 CHF per month for the duration of the Master's programme (standard period of study).