Jan Erik Meidell

Jan Erik Meidell

Programmer & Academic Supervisor · PhD

I teach and supervise across business schools in French-speaking Switzerland — including HEG Genève, HEC Lausanne (UNIL), SUMAS and SWISS UMEF — spanning digital innovation, data science & AI, machine learning, finance, macroeconomics, blockchain and strategic foresight at Bachelor, Master and MBA levels. The interactive courses below are built to make complex topics genuinely engaging.

Available as a guest speaker and lecturer — reach out via LinkedIn to discuss talks, workshops or teaching collaborations.

Course Series
⛓️ Blockchain & DeFi
Interactive Journey

Why Trustless Works

An interactive journey through the foundations of trustless systems and why they matter.

Interactive Journey

How DeFi Works

A guided, interactive exploration of decentralised finance mechanics.

🔒 All-Play Game

DeFi Millionaire

Classroom all-play quiz game. Password protected.

All-Play Game

Jeopardy! · Blockchain & Cybersecurity

Team-based Jeopardy game covering blockchain foundations, consensus, smart contracts and cybersecurity.

Interactive Journey

Trustless for Sustainability

How blockchain tackles greenwashing, double-counting and the trust gap in carbon and ESG markets.

Architecture Teardowns

Real Sustainability Builds

Architecture teardowns of real-world sustainability projects — Power Ledger, Toucan Protocol and more.

Teardown

Where Bitcoin's Rules Live

There is no rulebook — only code that runs. A teardown of how every full node validates blocks independently.

Deep Teardown

Where Bitcoin's Rules Live · Deep

The deep version — hashing, Merkle trees, difficulty adjustment and the validation logic under the hood.

Case Study

Case 1 · Cross-Border Payments

Why sending money abroad is slow and expensive — and how blockchain remittance rails change that.

Case Study

Case 2 · Trade Finance & Provenance

Letters of credit, bills of lading and the cost of parties who don't share a ledger.

Case Study

Case 3 · Tokenizing Real Assets

Why traditional assets are slow, siloed and exclusive — and what tokenization unlocks.

Case Study

Case 4 · Digital Identity & Public Records

When the record-keeper is the single point of failure — blockchain for titles, degrees and credentials.

Case Study

Case 5 · The Math of Public & Private Keys

Clock arithmetic, trapdoor functions and why a lock anyone can close but only you can open makes cryptography work.

Interactive Tool

Should This Be a Blockchain?

A decision-tree tool to stress-test whether a use case actually needs a blockchain.

Interactive Tool

Tokenomics Stress-Tester

Death-spiral simulator — design a token economy and see what happens when the price drops.

Interactive Tool

Multisig Sandbox

2-of-3 wallet simulator — experience how multisig turns a single point of failure into a committee.

Worksheet

Build Your Own Teardown

Pitch worksheet — structure your own architecture teardown for a blockchain sustainability project.

Peer Evaluation

Pitch-Day Peer Evaluation

Structured peer-evaluation form for pitch-day presentations.

🔭 Strategic Foresight
Interactive Journey

The Foresight Toolkit

An interactive walkthrough of the strategic foresight methodology toolkit.

Group Play

Foresight Gauntlet · Group

Team-based foresight challenge — groups work through levels together in real time.

🔒 Teacher Scoreboard

Foresight Gauntlet · Host

Live teacher scoreboard for the Foresight Gauntlet with Firebase sync.

🔒 All-Play Game

Foresight Millionaire

Classroom all-play quiz game. Password protected.

🤝 Business Negotiation
Interactive Journey

Les Fondamentaux · Foundations

Positions vs intérêts, BATNA, ZOPA, options et critères — les cinq idées de Fisher & Ury. Bilingue FR/EN.

Interactive Journey

Les Styles · Bargaining Styles

Le modèle Thomas-Kilmann, les cinq styles et la flexibilité qui gagne. Avec grille interactive.

Interactive Journey

La Méthode Voss

Empathie tactique, effet miroir, étiquetage, questions calibrées et ancrage Ackerman.

Interactive Journey

Culture & Négociation

Hofstede, Meyer et Lewis — haut/bas contexte, confiance et le guide tactique interculturel.

Interactive Journey

Multipartite & Coalitions

Coalitions gagnantes et bloquantes, logrolling multi-enjeux et la logique du cas HarborCo.

Simulation

Le Corridor Vélo

Simulation de négociation multipartite — le corridor vélo de la rue des Tilleuls. Bilingue FR/EN.

Individual Assignment

La Négociation où vous êtes

Devoir individuel — analysez une négociation réelle avec les outils du cours. Bilingue FR/EN.

🔒 All-Play Game

Le Millionnaire de la Négociation

Jeu de classe tous-répondent. Protégé par mot de passe.

🎓 The DBA Thesis
10-Part Series

The DBA Thesis

Ten interactive journeys following the real arc of a DBA thesis — from the first research problem through the viva and impact.

Self-Diagnostic

The Thesis Doctor

Tell it where you're stuck — the diagnostic points you to the right journey.

Individual Assignment

Where Are You?

Map your own thesis against the ten stages and identify your next step.

🔗 FinTech · DeFi
Bloc 1

DeFi, c'est quoi ?

Le concept de finance décentralisée, blockchain et protocoles ouverts.

Bloc 2

Smart Contracts

Contrats intelligents, Ethereum et exécution automatique sur la blockchain.

Bloc 3

Aave · Prêt & Emprunt

Protocoles de lending, pools de liquidité et taux algorithmiques.

Bloc 4

Uniswap · Échanges décentralisés

AMM, pools de liquidité et échanges sans intermédiaire.

Bloc 5

Oracles & Stablecoins

Chainlink, oracles décentralisés et stablecoins (USDC, DAI, etc.).

Bloc 6

Risques & Régulation

Hacks, risques systémiques, MiCA et cadre réglementaire.

Quiz · Élève

Quiz DeFi · Élève

Quiz interactif pour les étudiants — résultats synchronisés en temps réel.

🔒 Quiz · Tableau de bord

Quiz DeFi · Formateur

Tableau de bord formateur avec suivi en temps réel des réponses. Protégé par mot de passe.

🔒 All-Play Game

Jeopardy! · Blockchain & DeFi

Jeu de classe style Jeopardy · Blockchain & DeFi. Protégé par mot de passe.

📈 Macroéconomie
Séance 1

Introduction à la macroéconomie

Les grands concepts, les agents, les marchés et le circuit économique.

Séance 2

Mesurer l'activité économique

PIB, croissance, indicateurs conjoncturels et leurs limites.

Séance 3

Inflation & chômage

IPC, courbe de Phillips, arbitrages et politiques de stabilisation.

Séance 4

Politique budgétaire

Dépenses publiques, multiplicateur, dette et frein à l'endettement.

Séance 5

Commerce international

Avantages comparatifs, libre-échange, protectionnisme et OMC.

Séance 6

Taux de change & balance des paiements

Régimes de change, parité, balance courante et flux de capitaux.

Séance 7

Croissance & mondialisation

Modèles de croissance, convergence, inégalités et développement durable.

Séance 8

Institutions internationales

FMI, Banque mondiale, G20 et gouvernance économique mondiale.

🔒 All-Play Game

Qui veut gagner des milliards ?

Jeu de classe tous-répondent · Économie internationale. Protégé par mot de passe.

🔒 All-Play Game

Jeopardy! · Économie Internationale

Jeu de classe style Jeopardy · Économie internationale. Protégé par mot de passe.

🔒 All-Play Game

Jeopardy! V2 · Économie Internationale

Nouvelles questions · Jeopardy style · Économie internationale. Protégé par mot de passe.

📊 Statistics & Data
Interactive Tool

The Sampling Machine

An interactive exploration of sampling distributions and how they behave.

Interactive Tool

Is it Real or Random?

Test your intuition — can you tell real data from random noise?

Interactive Tool

Catch the Mean

An interactive game to build intuition around averages and variability.

🌬️ Wind Energy
🔒 Interactive Course

The European Wind Energy Mix

Strategic analysis of Europe's offshore wind sector through 2040 — demand, bottlenecks, scenarios and strategy. PIN protected.

Mouna Chaari · History of Science
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