2 years Experienced Researcher position (ER1 – post-doc) is available at University of Padua and Technical University of Darmstadt. A post-doc fellowship (Experienced Researcher position) is proposed in order to study the dynamics of catastrophic landslides considering thermo-poro-mechanical effects. This is a collaborative project funded by European Union with the ITN project (Marie Curie Initial Training Network) MUMOLADE (MUltiscale MOdelling of LAndslide and Debris flow – see www.mumolade.com). The deadline for applications is 25 August 2013.
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A Professor position is opened at Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour in the field of Petroleum Engineering and X-Ray tomography. More details in the pdf file.

A PhD studentship is proposed in order to study the seismic behaviour of traditional mansonry structures. This is a collaborative project funded by the French Agency of Research. More information can be found at: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4d1xuO8VNhubUJ5WmlFZnB2Y2c/edit?usp=sharing
The deadline for applications is 30 September 2013.

Recently, Deltares together with the University of Cambridge started the Marie-Curie IAPP project MPM-DREDGE (–> http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_RCN=13391866) and are recruiting a post-doc, see also http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33871479. Deadline for the application is the 15 September 2013. Further details in a pdf file.

A PhD studentship is available on “Characterizing landslide glide plane mechanics by combining high-resolution multi-offset seismic reflection data and numerical modelling.” This is a joint project between the National Oceanography Centre Southampton and the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment of the University of Southampton.
More information can be found at:
http://noc.ac.uk/gsnocs/project/characterizing-landslide-glide-plane-mechanics-combining-high-resolution-multi-offset
The deadline for applications is 31 July 2013.

A PhD position is available at the Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics, University of Nottingham. Topic: Modelling thermo-elasto-viscoplastic behaviour of structured clays.
The position will remain open until filled. Link: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ENG726

A Researcher position in Constitutive (Soil) Modelling is open at Plaxis software company. More details in the pdf.