In this week's episode our host Tiffany Leung had an amazing conversation with Dr. Jamiu Busari who sees himself as an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusivity.

In this new DSMINDSETS podcast episode, we invited Morsal Yusoufzai Morsal is a research assistant at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience working on experimental psychology. Her research focuses on aggression, specifically the effect of boredom on aggression. Also looking at the effect of boredom on self-harm. 

Exploring the connection between the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Circular Economy (CE) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Content warning: This episode contains the mention of eating disorders.

In this new episode, we invited Dr. Jessica Alleva who is a Body Image researcher from Canada. Jessica is an assistant Prof. at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Appearance Research in the UK. Her research mission is to improve the way people think and feel about their own body and focus on understanding how negative body image is caused and how the body image can be improved. At Maastricht University, she is also the coordinator of Mind Your Body, a course in the Bachelor of Psychology concerning body image research. In addition, Jessica is an associate editor for the journal “Body Image: An International Journal of Research''. Besides her research work she writes a column for the university newspaper observant and she is mother of a little son. (Jessica's Column in the Observant)

In our new Episode of the DSMINDSETS podcast, we invited Prof. Anda Iamnitchi to talk with us about her research. She recently started a new position as Chair of Computational Social Sciences at the Institute of Data Science at Maastricht University.

In this new DSMINDSETS podcast episode, we invited Dr. Aurélie Carlier. Aurélie is an assistant. prof. at the Department of Cell Biology-Inspired Tissue Engineering at the Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, in short MERLN. 

In this new DSMINDSETS podcast episode, we invited Dr. Luana Russo, an  Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

In our very first DSMINDSETS podcast episode, we invited Dr. Katleen Gabriels, a moral philosopher from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, to talk to us about her career, interests and research.

Welcome to the trailer of the UM Data Scientist MINDSETS podcast. We will chat with a special guest in each episode to explore this interdisciplinary and diverse world of data science.

Imagination provides direction to both artists and scientists. Whether aesthetically, conceptually, artistically or scientifically, breaking new ground requires us to explore worlds previously unheard of. Through the power of imagination and the quest for all things new and exciting, these two seemingly different disciplines are complementary.