Eid Al-Adha Mubarak to all friends, partners and colleagues. We wish you and your families a very happy and peaceful Eid break.

Our director Julia Stauf gave a guest lecture on Behavioral Insights and Fundraising as part of the Behavioral Operations class of Prof. Dr. Nicolas Fugger, University of Cologne – a great opportunity to bridge theory and practice with inspiring discussions on how to improve donation campaigns for NGOs.

The number of people who do not show up to their COVID-19 vaccination appointments in Germany is increasing. Decision-makers are now discussing fines for people who do not show up on time. The idea is that fines would reduce the number of no-shows. But is this really what we can expect?

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Behavia‘s alma mater and academic incubator, the University of Passau, has been ranked among the top 10% according to the THE Young University Ranking for 2021. Among the universities aged 50 or younger, Passau secured the 33^rd rank (out of 475) and came in 4^th among all German universities.

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Last day of the 8th seminar on “Behavioral Economics and the Seven Sins” at the University of Passau, Germany. Today, we focused on moral balancing, overconfidence, emotional states, procrastination, and trust with lots of interactive experiments and great discussions.

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Eid Mubarak to all friends and colleagues. We wish you and your families a very happy and peaceful time.

Over the next weeks, our Managing Director Dr. Manuel Schubert will organize the 8^th annual seminar on “Behavioral Economics and the Seven Deadly Sins” at Passau University, Germany.

Starting in 2014, this introductory seminar covers a broad range of topics in behavioral economics: why do we fail to stick to our plans, why do we trust others, when do we care for others, how do we perceive chance, or how do moral judgements influence our actions?

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Delegates from all over the world presented their abstracts during the V20 task force inception event. The V20 2021 now enters one of the most important phases in the G20 engagement process under the Italian Presidency.

“Passion, rigor, and empathy, three words describing the incredible journey of values practitioners and experts all over the world as they develop the most relevant social policy abstracts today.”

More on https://values20.org/

We wish all our friends, partners, and colleagues a blessed fasting month. May you celebrate it with your beloved ones being safe, well and happy.

The ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, one of the world’s largest information centers for economic literature, just published a commentary of our directors at its lead journal Wirtschaftsdienst. They critically reflect on the vaccination journey and discuss potential barriers for the “willing” from a behavioral economics perspective.

Full commentary in German language: Impfabsichten: Sie müssen umgesetzt werden!

A brief summary in English language is available here.