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"Why helping refugees makes economic sense"
April 21, 2022 | The European
Nick Barniville, director of the EdTech Lab at ESMT and mentor at BeginnerLuft, talks about challenges and rewards of mentorship opportunities.
"Three paradoxes luxury brands face in the digital era"
April 14, 2022 | I by IMD
Hannes Gurzki, program director at ESMT, writes about how extending products and experiences into the digital world and using consumer insights to personalize the interactions will help luxury brands maintain exclusivity and stimulate consumers’ fantasies in the digital age.
Martin Schweinsberg invited to present at The National Academy of Science's “Kavli Frontiers of Science” symposia
April 11, 2022 | ESMT News
Martin Schweinsberg, assistant professor at ESMT, was invited to present at The National Academy of Science's Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia (KFoS), being only one out of two non-American scientists. The symposia bring together outstanding young scientists to discuss interesting advances and opportunities in a broad range of disciplines to help remove communication barriers between fields and encourage collaborations among scientists.
Martin Schweinsberg's presentation, titled “Replication Challenges, Solutions, and the Psychology of Analyzing Data”, will add him to the KFoS alumni network that now contains more than 6,100 past participants, including 17 Nobel Prize winners and 277 who have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The Kavli Foundation, which supports scientific research, honors scientific achievement and promotes public understanding of scientists and their work provides a $5.5 million grant for the next decade towards such research projects.
"Droht ein russischer Cyberkrieg gegen Deutschland?"
April 10, 2022 | Heise
Sandro Gaycken, director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT, explains why the German infrastructure is poorly prepared for possible Russian IT attacks and recommends bettering the defenses.
"Flüchtlinge gut für die Wirtschaft"
April 5, 2022 | WDR 5
Jan Nimczik, assistant professor at ESMT, elaborates on how migration increases per capita income, productivity and wages in the long term.
ESMT Berlin implements gender equality plan
April 5, 2022 | ESMT Press
ESMT Berlin has developed a gender equality plan as part of the EQUAL4EUROPE research project. The plan, which will be implemented by the end of 2025, promotes gender equality among staff in academic careers and administration, as well as among students.
"We see the forest, not just the trees"
April 4, 2022 | Haufe
Francis de Véricourt, professor at ESMT, and his co-author of the book "Framers" discuss why humans can make better decisions than machines and what constitutes this unique human ability.