SBE Podcast
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SBE PodcastApr 08, 2024
Immersive Technologies & AI | Jonas Heller | SBE Podcast #17
In this episode, we welcomed Jonas Heller and together, we discussed Immersive Technologies like AR & VR as well as AI in Marketing and Services. Jonas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics.
Tackling the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan | Alex Hunns | SBE Podcast #16
(00:00) Background & experience
(3:50) What is happening in Afghanistan?
(7:33) What is UNU-Merit doing there?
(11:06) How does the cash transfer initiative work?
(21:38) Challenges in policy building
(25:20) Challenges of leaving your home behind
(30:40) How is the private sector participating?
(37:17) Investing for Impact
(41:15) What is it like to stay in Kabul?
(44:50) The compound economy
(49:40) Outro
Service Robots in Healthcare | Gaby Odekerken-Schröder | SBE Podcast #015
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Dóra Gál welcomes Prof. Dr. Gaby Odekerken Schröder. Together they talk about Service Robots in healthcare and other service environments. This talk features questions about how robots can cooperate with humans and how humans perceive that interaction. Furthermore, this episode gives a short peek into what is currently happening at The Maastricht Center for Robots. 🔗Maastricht Centre of Robots: https://um-sbe.com/47MOHRw
00:00 Intro
05:30 What are service robots and how are they used?
10:26 Where can service robots be leveraged and with what risks?
20:30 Mitigating risks and managing robots.
30:00 Robots for solving loneliness?
33:10 Are robots for or against developing social skills?
41:02 Forming an attachment to robots.
44:30 Conclusion and outro.
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Turning your Passion into your Career | Jan Scheele | SBE Podcast #014
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Yunus Oberst welcomes Jan Scheele. Together they talk about Entrepreneurship, Public Speaking, TED Talks, and more. 00:00 Intro 01:05 Jan’s Background 2:00 Jan’s way to TED 6:50 What makes a great speaker 11:15 What’s Talk like TED 17:10 Challenges in Jan’s Job 18:50 Jan’s way to Maastricht 22:30 How to turn your passion into a Job 27:40 What does Jan do besides TED 32:15 How will we consume knowledge in the future? 37:00 Jan’s Future 40:00 Takeaways for life from Jan --- Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39BPTgt Follow us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2VkIgCq Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3fVdZUk
Exploring Interdisciplinary Learning | Stefan Flagner | SBE Podcast #013
How will Robotics impact our world? | Dominik Mahr | SBE Podcast #012
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Dominik Mahr. Together they talk about Robotics and how big of an impact it will have on our world.
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Interested in the topics discussed in this episode?
Ruggiero, A., Mahr, D., Odekerken-Schröder, G., Spena, T. R., & Mele, C. (2022). Companion robots for well-being: a review and relational framework. Research Handbook on Services Management, 309-330. https://www.elgaronline.com/view/book/9781800375659/book-part-9781800375659-33.xml
Becker, M., Mahr, D., & Odekerken-Schröder, G. (2022). Customer comfort during service robot interactions. Service Business, 1-29.
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How can VR shape the future of education? | Roberta Di Palma | SBE Podcast #011
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Roberta Di Palma. Together they talk about Virtual Reality and how we can use it to shape the future of education.00:00 Intro
00:00 Intro
01:20 Roberta's Background
04:00 What is Virtual Reality
06:25 What can we do with VR
07:50 What is DEXLAB
10:55 How can we implement VR in education
14:45 What is the impact already? How has VR already impacted education
17:00 Pro's and Con's of VR
19:55 What is the risk of implementing VR
21:50 Other applications for VR
24:00 Takeaways
How to Succeed as a Student Entrepreneur? | Jermain Kaminski | SBE Podcast #010
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Jermain Kaminski. Together they talk about entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley, Machine Learning, and more.
00:00 Intro
01:15 Jermain’s background
02:30 Career in Maastricht
3:30 Jermain’s thoughts on entrepreneurship
6:40 Silicon Valley and tech hubs in Europe
8:35 How can we mimic Silicon Valley in Europe
10:25 Causal data science meeting
12:45 Where to start as an entrepreneur during your studies
20:40 How to decide if a problem is worth solving
26:08 The importance of funding for start- ups
28:10 Different ways for a start-up to get funded
31:40 Jermain’s research
36:05 What is Machine Learning today and where is it heading?
40:30 Will AI take over human work?
43:40 Takeaways
What will the future of education look like? | Carla Haelermans | SBE Podcast #009
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Carla Haelermans. Together they talk about education, the Dutch education system's effect on children, how technology is (and should be) used in education, and more.
00:00 Intro
01:15 Carla's background
05:35 Career in Maastricht
08:04 What is Education?
09:51 How the Early Tracking system affects children
13:54 What is good Education?
16:27 Problem Based Learning
19:20 The disruption of Education due to COVID
25:13 Is Technology Enhanced Learning a good thing?
27:53 Personalized Education
32:48 To make the future of Education a success we have to...
34:09 Carla's vision of the future
How Can Data Contribute To A Fair Future? | Sidi Amar | SBE Podcast #008
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Sidi Amar, a researcher at the Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) and member of Fair and Smart Data (FSD). FSD is one of three unique Spearheads at SBE and aims to tackle the EUs Sustainable Development Goals.
00:00 Introduction
04:33 Fair and Smart Data
07:25 Smallholder Farmers
15:03 Data as Fuel for the Economy
17:14 Data and Fairness
20:00 Influencing Stakeholders
24:45 The Role of Regulations
28:45 Data Innovation
32:27 Innovating for Society
38:21 Looking Past Your Privilege
45:18 Blockchain and Fair Data
47:13 Crypto's False Promises
52:00 Future Outlook
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How to Win in The Labour Market? | Prof. Dr. Didier Fouarge | SBE Podcast #007
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this third episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Professor Didier Fouarge. Together, they discuss the research done at the Centre for Education and the Labour Market. They also talk about the future of the labour market, how student can prepare for their first jobs and whether or not university degrees are even still relevant.
00:00 Didier’s career path
08:57 What is the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA)?
11:13 How can you win in the job market? 20:10 How can we predict the future of the labour market?
29:30 What can students do to prepare for the labour market?
36:00 Are university degrees still relevant?
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Interested in the topics discussed during the episode?
Salamanca Acosta, N., de Grip, A., Fouarge, D., & Montizaan, R. (2016). Locus of control and investment in risky assets. IZA. IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 10407 http://ftp.iza.org/dp10407.pdf
de Grip, A., Fouarge, D., & Montizaan, R. (2020). Redistribution of individual pension wealth to survivor pensions: Evidence from a stated preferences analysis. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 173, 402-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.0..
de Grip, A., Fouarge, D., Montizaan, R., & Schreurs, B. (2020). Train to retain: Training opportunities, positive reciprocity, and expected retirement age. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 117, 1-15. [103332]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.10...
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How To Become A Great Leader? | Prof. Dr. Mariëlle Heijltjes | SBE Podcast #006
As society becomes increasingly complex, so does the practice of being an effective leader. Although it’s no longer possible to know everything or keep operations under control, we somehow still believe this is what’s needed. In the latest episode of the SBE podcast, Prof. Dr. Marielle Heiltjes, Executive Director of UMIO, debunks this myth with an insightful and empowering perspective.
What Does It Take to Become an Effective Person? | Prof. Dr. Piet Eichholtz | SBE Podcast #005
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this fifth episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Professor Piet Eichholtz to chat about lessons learned in his exciting career.
Piet Eichholtz is a Professor of Real Estate Finance and has founded multiple successful businesses throughout his career. In this episode, Louis and Piet discuss his most important lessons learned throughout his career and some timeless advicefor young professionals that want to make the jump from idea to execution.
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Piet’s career path
7:30 Identifying opportunities in today’s world
10:35 Piet’s entrepreneurial journey
16:08 From idea to execution
21:20 How Piet works
26:25 Book recommendation
29:31 How to deal with failure
33:07 How to avoid sunk cost fallacy
34:44 Advice for your younger self
Demystifying Common Myths About Migration | Prof. Dr. Melissa Siegel | SBE Podcast #004
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this fourth episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Professor Melissa Siegel.
Melissa Siegel is a Professor of Migration Studies at SBE and Head of Migration Studies at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and UNU-MERIT. Together, they explore how research can impact policy around migration. They also discuss and demystify myths about migration.
00:00 Introduction
00:58 Melissa's career path
05:52 How research can impact policy
15:35 Demystifying myths about migration
34:21 Education, migration and globalisation
How to build the next electric car? | Dr. Robert Suurmond | SBE Podcast #003
The sector of supply chain management is facing an era of unprecedented change. Not only has Covid-19 disrupted supply chains around the world, the industry has also been shaken by new digital technologies and changing consumer preferences. So what is the future of supply chain management?
In this podcast episode, Assistant Professor Dr. Robert Suurmond discusses the future of supply chain management with our host Louis M. Morgner. In particular, they explore the impact of the rising demand for electric cars on supply chains and the need for more evidence-based management to help guide us into the future.
How to market products in 2020 and beyond? | Dr. Tim Hilken | SBE Podcast #002
In this episode, we welcome assistant professor Dr. Tim Hilken to share insights into the current state of marketing. Next to a deep dive into augmented and virtual reality, the future of marketing and what it implies for businesses is shared.
Can money buy happiness? | Prof. Dr. Paul Smeets | SBE Podcast #001
Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting story of interesting people.
In this first episode, we welcome Prof. Dr. Paul Smeets to a chat about his early career days, the current state of philanthropy and what millionaires do differently to buy happiness. We're excited to have you join the interesting conversation with many insightful takeaways.