#AcademicRunPlaylist - 11/24/25

I still wasn't fully recovered from whatever I caught from my family, so while resting in bed all day I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was an interesting conversation with Ben Charoenwong on the history of Millennium Partners and its "pod shop" model on the INSEAD podcast https://knowledge.insead.edu/economics-finance/rise-pod-shop

Next was a great session on African datasets at Deep Learning Indaba. I particularly liked the talk by Joshua Salako on creating the Nollywood movies dataset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSddqTkNc7s

Next was a fantastic talk by Lilian Edwards on the right of explanation applied to generative AI systems, and why "chain of thought" falls woefully short, at the Cambridge Faculty of Law. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLxuq3I2d_s

Next was an engaging conversation with Aaron Zimbelman on the psychological mechanisms behind indirect earnings management on the Business Scholarship Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6j1C9LgZlU

Last was a slate of talks at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI):

ESG law in Thailand - Poomsiri Dumrongvute, Thitinant Tengaumnuay, and Takuma Kumashiro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHDsuHEpCb0

Corporate governance and technology in China and India - Akshaya Kamalnath and Tomoyo Matsui - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acdZaB7eMGw

Directors duties towards stakeholders in India - Patanaporn Kowpatanakit, Dan W. Puchniak, Hidefusa Iida, and Royhan Akbar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ntWcAwwazg

Share repurchase effects on R&D investment - Charles CY Wang - highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CycMXBy0Bno

Corporate political disclosure and shareholder voting - Adriana Robertson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK4bpMBfVco

ESG targets in compensation plans - Adam Badawi - highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbNZT6gzNX0

Executive pay metrics and shareholder support - Mariassunta Giannetti - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COiicpHrt38