As part of the 7^th “Behavioral Economics and the Seven Deadly Sins”, the Chair of Economic Theory has published a new wave of student papers.

Topics address behavioral insights on hand hygiene, slacktivism, moral cleansing, or prosociality.

Interested? Then check out the papers on https://www.wiwi.uni-passau.de/wirtschaftstheorie/forschung/studentische-diskussionspapiere/ (just scroll down to the bottom of the page…).

Happy reading!

We are delighted to announce that our article “Behavioral Insights for Humanitarian Aid and Relief: A selection of Case Studies to combat COVID-19” has been published in the International Journal of Humanitarian Studies, the academic journal of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre.

In the article, our directors Dr. Manuel Schubert and Dr. Julia Stauf discuss how behavioral insights can be applied in humanitarian aid and relief. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, they present a selection of case studies that could help to improve social distancing, hand washing and information agency.[i] The article aims to serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement for practitioners to give behavioral insights interventions a try in humanitarian work.

The complete issue can be downloaded here.

[i] The case studies are based on articles and papers available till May 2020.

Online experimentation is an important tool in behavioral economic research. Our affiliate Marcus Giamattei and his colleagues just published a paper on LIONESS Lab, a new platform for online experiments.

The platform allows researchers to develop, test, run, and share interactive experiments – covering the full range of behavioral economics topics. The platform is a joint project of the University of Nottingham, the University of Passau and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin. It is currently used by more than 300 institutions in over 50 countries.

Learn more about LIONESS Lab on https://lioness-lab.org/

22^nd place among the best young universities worldwide and 2^nd place in Germany

Behavia‘s academic incubator and alma mater the University of Passau has secured another top result in the Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking for 2020. Among the universities aged 50 or younger, Passau came in 22^nd (out of 414) and 2^nd among all German universities.

Find more information in the official press release (in German language).

We wish all of you blessed and peaceful Eid Al-Fitr. May you celebrate it every year with your loved ones being safe, well and happy.

© This lovely card was designed by Yusuf Alhumaili.

We wish all of you a blessed and peaceful Ramadan and many more blissful times to come. Staysafe.

(c) Image by Tasnin Ahmad from Shutterstock.

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.

Check out i-be’s website and follow them on Twitter.

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We wish all of you a blessed, safe and peaceful day. Staysafe, stayhome.

(c) Image by Susanne Jutzeler from Pixabay.

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.

Impressions from a fantastic and super inspiring Asbar World Forum “Towards the Future” held under the patronage of HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar, Governor of Riyadh Region. More than 100 speakers from 15 countries.