Future Today

Center for Strategic Corporate Foresight and Sustainability @ SBS Swiss Business School
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The Future Today podcast of the Center for Strategic Corporate Foresight and Sustainability at SBS Swiss Business School discusses future topics like new technologies and research that impact us as individuals, businesses or society as a whole. It explains these topics in a conversational form that non-experts get a better understanding of things that drive our future.

Episodes

  1. 18 HR AGO

    Generative AI in the Education Sector with Pascal Mariany

    Nowadays, educators and students alike struggle with the use of generative AI. Research shows that the wrong use of generative AI can lead to reduced critical thinking, which nobody wants (https://doi.org/10.3390/data10110172). In this episode, we discuss with Pascal Mariany, one of the developers of EduGPT, how generative AI can be implemented in education, avoiding cognitive offloading.  Pascal Mariany is a Dutch AI strategist, educator, and entrepreneur specializing in human-centered artificial intelligence for education. He is the CEO and co-founder of CivAI and the creator of EduGPT, a secure European AI learning environment designed to help institutions integrate AI responsibly while strengthening critical thinking and professional judgment. Alongside his work at CivAI, Pascal is a technical educational advisor through Education Oracle, where he supports schools in designing future-ready learning environments. With an early career as a physical education teacher, coaching and feedback literacy have always been central to his educational philosophy. Today, he focuses on combining feedback literacy with AI literacy, seeing powerful opportunities to enhance learning, deepen reflection, and support more intentional thinking with AI. Pascal also serves as a senior lecturer in AI and educational innovation at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and is currently writing a book on human-centered AI in education.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascalmariany/

    33 min

  2. 17/11/2025

    Let's Talk Space with former NASA Division Director Prof. Dr. Marshall Porterfield

    In this exciting episode Prof. Dr. Gerlich discusses Space Biophysics with Prof. Dr. Porterfield and to what extent space exploration is today realistic. Professor D. Marshall Porterfield is a Professor of Biological Engineering and Space Biophysics at Purdue University. His pioneering work explores how living systems adapt to the biophysical environment of space, from molecular and cellular stress to whole-organism responses. He develops innovative biosensors, bio-MEMS, and lab-on-a-chip technologies to support bioregenerative life support systems for deep-space exploration. A former NASA Division Director (2012–2016), Dr. Porterfield led the Human Research, Physical Sciences, and Space Biology programmes, initiating the GeneLab Open Science platform and the NASA Twins Study. He now serves as Science PI for the Lunar Effects on Agricultural Flora (LEAF) payload for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission. Recognised among the top 2% of scientists globally by the Stanford Survey, Dr. Porterfield is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research. His career bridges engineering and physiology to advance the future of life in space.

    38 min

  3. 21/10/2025

    Is AI Upskilling or Downskilling Us? with Prof. Dr. Bert Wolfs

    Together with Prof. Dr. Bert Wolfs, Academic Dean of SBS Swiss Business School we discuss wether or not Artificial Intelligence is upskilling its users or maybe the wrong use of AI is actually downskilling us. Join us in the discussion and listen what the experts say.

    30 min

  4. 20/06/2025

    Let's Talk Future with Prof. Jonathan Boymal

    In this amazing episode with Associate Professor Jonathan Boymal, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT University in Melbourne. Together with Prof. Dr. Michael Gerlich, he discusses what we have to expect in our technologically fast-advancing future. Join us for an interesting conversation.

    35 min

  5. 20/06/2025

    AI in Higher Education with Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant

    In this episode, Prof. Dr. Michael Gerlich discusses with our guest Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant the impact AI has on Higher Education. Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant the  Director, Academic Integrity Office & Triton Testing Center at UC San Diego and President Emeritus at the international Center for Academic Integrity. She is the author of "The Opposite of Cheating - Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI". Join us for an exiting discussion.

    33 min

  6. 05/05/2025

    We talk Future with Antonio Calco' Labruzzo from Takeda

    In this episode we talk with Antonio Calco' Labruzzo, Global Head of Human Resources at Takeda TBS EREFP. We gain insights on Antonio's view on future topics including Artificial Intelligence. Come and listen.

    34 min

  7. 01/04/2025

    What's next from Cambridge with Maximilian Ge

    In this episode Prof. Dr. Michael Gerlich talks with Maximilian Ge the Innovation Entrepreneurship Ambassador at University of Cambridge about current new and expected upcoming innovations from the Cambridge ecosystem.

    32 min

  8. 25/02/2025

    The impact of extensive GenAI tool usage on critical thinking

    This episode discusses Prof. Dr. Gerlich's research on the impact of GenAI tools like Chat GPT on critical thinking and cognitive offloading. The research has been discussed worldwide by media outlets and especially educators relate to its results. The findings revealed a significant negative correlation between frequent AI tool usage and critical thinking abilities, mediated by increased cognitive offloading. Younger participants exhibited higher dependence on AI tools and lower critical thinking scores compared to older participants. Furthermore, higher educational attainment was associated with better critical thinking skills, regardless of AI usage. These results highlight the potential cognitive costs of AI tool reliance, emphasizing the need for educational strategies that promote critical engagement with AI technologies. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc15010006

    24 min

  9. 25/02/2025

    Digital Humans with Stephane Alberth

    We discuss digital humans with Dr. Alberth, CEO of Aixa, what they are and how they are being used. Digital or virtual humans are human-like avatars that can interact with you in such a way that you might not even realize that it is not a real human.

    30 min

  10. 25/02/2025

    Human Influencers or AI - what will the future bring us?

    Our first episode discusses the future of human influencers vs. GenAI tools like ChatGPT. We look at the published research of Prof. Dr. Michael Gerlich "The Shifting Influence: Comparing AI Tools and Human Influencers in Consumer Decision-Making" which builds on " The Power of Virtual Influencers: Impact on Consumer Behaviour and Attitudes in the Age of AI".  https://doi.org/10.3390/ai6010011

    37 min
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The Future Today podcast of the Center for Strategic Corporate Foresight and Sustainability at SBS Swiss Business School discusses future topics like new technologies and research that impact us as individuals, businesses or society as a whole. It explains these topics in a conversational form that non-experts get a better understanding of things that drive our future.

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  • Creator
    Center for Strategic Corporate Foresight and Sustainability @ SBS Swiss Business School
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 SBS Swiss Business School
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