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.

Kick-off for the 7th seminar on “Behavioral Economics and the Seven Deadly Sins” at Passau University, Germany. Super interactive webinar on selfishness, envy, retaliation and moral decay with lots of classic experiments. For those who are interested in the topics, below is the full syllabus of part 1. More to come soon.

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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.

Over the next weeks, our Managing Director Dr. Manuel Schubert will organize the 7^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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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”.

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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.

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.

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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

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