Kalendarium

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

Data Methods Initiative & MMTC Seminar with Ulrich Matter

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 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.

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

Dear colleagues, 

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

Katarzyna (Kathy) Kopczewska

University of Warsaw

Title: Modelling spatial density –
an available toolbox for point data that combines spatial statistics,
spatial econometrics and spatial machine learning

Date: Monday, September 9
Time: 12:10-13:10
Host: Andrea Schneider

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.
 

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

Link to join Zoom Webinar: https://ju-se.zoom.us/j/62512170069

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

Dear colleagues, 

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

Thomas Post

Maastricht University

Title: Reminders to the rescue:

E-mail reminders of tax benefits increase pension savings

in a nationwide RCT in Estonia

Date: Monday, September 16
Time: 12:10-13:10
Host: Andrea Schneider

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 fidn it challenging to connect with other students? Do you want to get to know other students from JU? Then the Meeting Place is the place to be! You are welcome to join us to play games or just have a chat! The event will take place in Rio every other Monday.

We look forward to meeting you!

Marie Böwing-Lindström, Counsellor/CBT therapist

Emma Pavlov, Coordinator for educational support for
students with disabilities

Hani is presenting the research titled as “Environmental innovations and economic performance of innovative firms: The role of ecosystem’s public funds and firm’s integration mechanisms”.

This study investigates the relationship between environmental innovations (EIs) and the economic performance of innovative firms. It also addresses the moderating role of government financial support as an external ecosystem factor and social integration mechanisms (SIMs) as a firm capability of this relationship. Firms increasingly adopt EIs to boost competitiveness and achieve sustainability. However, previous literature shows mixed results on how EIs impact firm performance and what conditions and mechanisms hold this relationship positive. The study distinguishes between two types of environmental innovations—cleaner integrated technologies and end-of-pipe technologies— examining their respective impacts on firm’s total factor productivity (TFP) (as a technical efficiency indicator) and net sales (as a financial performance indicator). Using data from 6,843 Swedish firms from the 2018 and 2020 waves of the Community Innovation Survey, we apply hierarchical regression analysis and conduct additional robustness checks, such as the Heckman two-step model, to explore these dynamics. The findings indicate that cleaner integrated  technologies have a more substantial positive effect on firm performance compared to end-of-pipe technologies. Public financial support plays a crucial role in strengthening EIs’ effect on firm performance. However, such funds also exhibit insignificant or even strongly negative direct effects on firm performance in some cases (e.g., TFP for the former and net sales for the latter). Conversely, SIMs, despite showing a direct positive influence on performance, do not significantly moderate the relationship between EIs and economic outcomes. The study concludes that investments in cleaner technologies, combined with well-aligned external knowledge integration, are key for firms aiming to leverage environmental innovations for competitive advantage. These results have implications for both policy and business strategies concerning the deployment of public funds and the fostering of firm’s internal capabilities for managing environmental innovation.

The seminar will run in a hybrid format, you can join in room B6046 or on Zoom 

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

Link to Zoom Webinar: https://ju-se.zoom.us/j/63020080006

Welcome to attend the defence!

Dear colleagues, 

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

Marc Keuschnigg

Linköping University

Title: Studying urban scaling with Swedish register data

Date: Monday, September 23
Time: 12:10-13:10
Host: Johannes Hagen/Charlotta Mellander

This presentation will be given on Zoom.

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.
 

The visiting scholars will present their research focus. 

Felix Bello has research interests in corporate social responsibility, community tourism planning, protected area-based tourism, and sustainable tourism.  

Danita van Heerden's research focuses on customer engagement.

Thinkwell Ndhlovu works on consumer engagement/consumer brand engagement, service marketing, branding, and relationship Marketing. 

The seminar will run in a hybrid format, you can join in room B6046 or on Zoom

On Saturday 28 September students at the School of Engineering (JTH) at Jönköping University (JU) will light up the harbor pier and "hotellplan" in Jönköping for an evening through the event September Lights.

It is students from the programme Lighting Design and Lighting Technology at the School of Engineering (JTH) at Jönköping University who organize September Lights together with Jönköping municipality every year. This year's theme is water and the students will offer exciting creations with lots of light and color. The event is open to everyone.

Read more about September Lights here (in Swedish only)

Read more about the JTH programme Lighting Design and Lighting Technology here (in Swedish only)

The pictures in this article are from last year's September Lights at "Tändsticksområdet".

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.

Dear colleagues, 

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

Jenny Säve-Söderbergh

Stockholm University

Title: Do Women Ask For Less and Accomodate More Than Men do in A Negotiation? A Lab and Survey-based Study of Gender Gaps in Salary Negotiations

Date: Monday, September 30
Time: 12:10-13:10
Host: Anna Nordén

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.
 

It can sometimes feel difficult to make contact with new people. Then maybe the Meeting Place is the thing for you? Hopefully, you will get to know new people based on your preferences, interests and the way you interact with others. 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 between 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm!