Dear colleagues, 

You are welcome to join us for the
“Brown Bag Seminar in Economics and Finance”
presented by

Michael Stützer

DHBW Mannheim

Title: A Golden Opportunity: The Gold Rush, Entrepreneurship and Culture

Date: Monday, September 2
Time: 12:10-13:10
Host: Johannes Hagen

This presentation will be given on campus

Join the seminar in room B5002 or on Zoom

Zoom link: https://ju-se.zoom.us/j/61353561370?pwd=etPAVrQLJ59dYeOxMfkb8PE6l4D3It.1

Meeting ID: 61 353 561 370

Password: BBEFS

Please use this link to sign up for bilateral talks in room B5066.
You can find this term’s seminar program on our webpage.
 

Do you want to connect with other students but find it difficult sometimes? Then the Meeting Place is the place to be! You are welcome to join us for some free fika, play games or just have a chat! The event will take place in Rio every other Monday between 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm and will start on 2 September.

For more information: The Meeting Place

We look forward to meeting you!

Marie Böwing-Lindström, Counsellor/CBT therapist

Emma Pavlov, Coordinator for educational support for
students with disabilities

Ulrich Matter: Search Engines, Online News, and Political Polarization

Ulrich is Assistant Professor at the University of St. Gallen, working on topics related to web technologies, data science, quantitative political economics, and online media economics. He is the author of the book "Big Data Analytics: A Guide to Data Science Practitioners Making the Transition to Big Data".

Abstract of the the paper: Algorithmic personalization of information provision has been widely debated, with concerns that it may lead to segregation and political polarization. This study aims to investigate the impact of web search personalization on political polarization, focusing on online news and Google's search engine. We designed two experiments using 300 US-based synthetic web users, or "bots," with a human-like appearance and randomized individual characteristics, who were active for a 12-month period. Our findings reveal that web search personalization indeed intensifies informational segregation between users with liberal and conservative political preferences, as well as between users with varying privacy settings. However, our results suggest that the likelihood of an increased polarization due to personalized search results is nevertheless low.

Find out more here https://www.datamethodsinitiative.org/post/ulrich-matter

Job-hunting and general information about how to approach the Swedish labour market. 

Thursday September 5th 12.15-1 pm
B1033, Jönköping International Business School

Lunch is offered for pre-registered students that register before August 30th 

Registration at https://ju.jobteaser.com

Arash Habibi will defend his doctoral thesis in Economics at a public defence on Friday, 6st of September 2024 at 10.00 am in B1014 at JIBS.

The title of Arash’s thesis is  “International Trade, Global Value Chains and Sustainable Development”

Faculty examiner/opponent: Associate Professor Michael Johannes Koch, Aarhus University, Denmark 

Members of the Examining Committee: Professor Anne Neumann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Professor Ugur Soytas, Technical University of Denmark, Professor Robert Lundmark, Lulea Technical University.

Reserve member of the committee: Senior Associate Professor Azzurra Morreale, JIBS

Chairperson at the defence: Professor Paul Nystedt

Principal supervisor: Professor Andreas Stephan, Linnaeus University/JIBS

Deputy supervisor: Professor Scott Hacker, JIBS

Information about CV & Cover letters and how to adapt you applications depending on which position it is. 

Monday September 9th  12.15-1 pm

B1014, Jönköping International Business School

Lunch is offered for pre-registered students that sign up before Sep 3rd

Registration at https://ju.jobteaser.com

Information about common interview questions and how you should prepare yourself to land your dream position.
Tuesday September 10th 12.15-1 pm

B1014, Jönköping International Business School

Registered participants will be offered a free lunch. Please sign up before  Sep 4th to be guaranteed lunch.

Registration at https://ju.jobteaser.com

Title of the thesis: Gas Evolution and Transport in Foundry Sands
Author of the thesis: Dinesh Sundaram
Third-cycle subject area: Materials and Manufacturing
Faculty examiner / Opponent: Professor Michal Szucki, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Principal supervisor: Professor Attila Diószegi, JTH, Jönköping University

Welcome to attend the defence!

Talha Omer will defend his doctoral thesis in Statistics at a public defence on Friday, 13st of September 2024 at 10.00 am in B1014 at JIBS.

The title of Talha’s thesis is  “Shrinkage estimation methods for mixed data sampling regression and heterogeneous autoregressive models”

Faculty examiner/opponent: Professor Dalibor Stevanovic, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada 

Members of the Examining Committee: Professor Johan Lyhagen, Uppsala University, Associate Professor Rickard Sandberg, Stockholm School of Economics, Associate Professor Yushu Li, University of Bergen, Norway.

Reserve member of the committee: Senior Associate Professor Azzurra Morreale, JIBS

Chairperson at the defence: Professor Scott Hacker, JIBS

Principal supervisor: Professor Pär Sjölander, JIBS

Deputy supervisors: Professor Kristofer Månsson, JIBS and Professor B.M Golan Kibria, Florida International University

Do you want to connect with other students? Then the Meeting Place is the place to be! You are welcome to join us for some fika, play games or just have a chat! The event will take place in Rio every other Monday. Fika is on us!

We look forward to meeting you!

Marie Böwing-Lindström, Counsellor/CBT therapist

Emma Pavlov, Coordinator for educational support for
students with disabilities

Are you new to University studies and need some tips and advice on how to study smarter? Or you just want to get tips and ideas how to be more efficient in your planning and study techniques? Then don´t miss this lecture!

Björn Liljeqvist has more than 10 years experience in lecturing about study skills, memory techniques and speed reading. His book about study skills has sold over 18000 copies and it is recommended by many universities throughout Sweden. Björn is also involved in Mensa.

Thursday September 19th 1-4pm  

JU-Auditorium, He102, School of Education and Communication

No registration needed!

Title of the thesis: Ontology and Knowledge Graph-Based Product Data Representation for Sustainable Buildings: A Case of Data Integration and Digital Product Passport
Author of the thesis: Rahel Kebede
Third-cycle subject area: Machine Design
Faculty examiner / Opponent: Associate Professor Pieter Pauwels, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Principal supervisor: Associate Professor Peter Johansson JTH, Jönköping University

Welcome to attend the defence!

Mindfulness is about consciously and deliberately directing our attention, in the moment and without judging what we are experiencing.

The aim of this course is to learn to live in the here and now, focus more on what is going on in the moment and not dwell on what happened in the past or worry about the future. When practicing mindfulness, you will increase your attention span and your ability to concentrate on what is important to you. It will also help you cope with stress in a more helpful way. When participating in this course you will practice formal and informal mindfulness exercises both in class and between classes. You will develop new skills and cherish the tools you learn from this course your whole life.

Course runs for three Tuesday afternoons: 1 October, 8 October and 22 October 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm.

More information here: https://ju.se/student/en/service/student-health-care/courses-groups/course-mindfulness.html

Register by sending us an e-mail to studenthealthcare@ju.se

Victoria Wendel, counsellor and CBT-therapist is the instructor for this course.