Behavioral Public Policy and Economics GmbH
How can behavioral insights help startups, NGOs, corporates and governments to increase conversion? Our managing director, Dr. Manuel Schubert, explains what it needs to turn “don’ters” into “doers”.
We are very happy to announce our new partnership with i-be, a leading incubator and innovation lab in Saudi Arabia.
Together, we want to contribute to the creation of an innovative and creative entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Kingdom and apply behavioral economic insights to help startups, corporate and social innovators.
We wish all of you a blessed, safe and peaceful day. Staysafe, stayhome.
Call for support: please participate in a 20 minutes survey on COVID-19 experiences and behaviors!
A well-established group of colleagues and scientists is conducting a global survey to develop a more accurate understanding of the Covid19 pandemic. Please help them and join us in answering and circulating this survey.
The answers will help to inform public health responses, which can save lives. Here you will find the survey.
Governments around the globe have started to apply behavioral insights to boost impact and initiate behavioral change at a large scale.
In this white paper, we introduce the key concepts of this new and groundbreaking avenue in public policy and show how it can help to empower people to take ‘better’ decisions in daily life.
We present a series of cases and examples tailored to the Saudi context and discuss how behavioral insights can contribute to achieving Vision 2030.
Training days at Behavia. Our director Dr. Julia Stauf gave a workshop on ‘Behavioral Insights and Nudging’ at THAK Thuringia. Great day with great creative people and lots of inspiring discussions!
If you speak German, have a look at THAK’s Instagram Story Wissen:teilen that contains a section on Behavioral Insights!
Photos: © THAK 2020
Fantastic news from the official G20 Engagement Group for Think Tanks: our joint policy brief with Dr. Fahad Alsharif, Senior Researcher at the King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies, has been accepted.
The policy brief focusses on “how to solve global burden sharing problems?” and will form part of the G20 recommendations of the Task Force on “Migration and Young Societies”.
We are super excited, truly honored and can’t wait for the G20 Saudi Arabia Summit to begin!
Smart designs, settings and services change how we perceive options and ultimately affect our behaviors. Behavioral insights organize these effects in a systematic way and provide a wide range of nudging applications to better achieve an organization’s goals. Well-known examples at the company level are healthy workplace designs, nudges to de-bias recruitment decisions or to increase job satisfaction.
The Saudi Ministry of Health has announced its “Walk 30” campaign. The countrywide campaign under the theme “Saudi Walks!” seeks to promote public health by cultivating a culture of walking. It involves dozens of activities as well as a special walking event held on the Saudi National Day.
Here is a high-level overview containing key behavioral insights on consumer protection. It shows how policy-makers can initiate behavioral change by help of incentives, boosts, and nudges.
