Research
Facilitating informed decision-making
Applied research
As a think tank, our analyses, designs and forecasts build upon state of the art in behavioral economics, decision theory and data analytics. We love to translate insights from research into practice to create added value for our clients.
Selected publications
Policy papers and studies
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, Mosoreanu, Marius, Ulicna, Daniela, Paetz, Stephan, Pedobea, Vlad, Schubert, Manuel, Stauf, Julia, Renda, Andrea, & Sipicki, Agnes (2022). “Behavioural study on the link between challenges of artificial intelligence for Member States’ civil liability rules and consumer attitudes towards AI-enabled products and services. Executive Summary”, Publications Office of the European Union, 2022.
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, Mosoreanu, Marius, Ulicna, Daniela, Paetz, Stephan, Pedobea, Vlad, Schubert, Manuel, Stauf, Julia, Renda, Andrea, & Sipicki, Agnes (2022). “Behavioural study on the link between challenges of artificial intelligence for Member States’ civil liability rules and consumer attitudes towards AI-enabled products and services. Final Report”, Publications Office of the European Union, 2022.
- Alzaid, Mashael & Schubert, Manuel (2022). “A Framework For Making Environmentally Conscious Artificial Intelligence Policies”, V20 Communiqué 2022. Values at the Center. 10-15.
- Ghedhioui, Imen & Schubert, Manuel (2021). “Behavioral Insights to accelerate digital sharing in the public sector: A case study from Tunisia”, V20 2021 Policy Brief, Task Force on Sharing, pages 26-32.
- Alzaid, Mashael & Schubert, Manuel (2021). “Aligned values, artificial intelligence (AI), and policymaking”, V20 2021 Policy Brief, Task Force on Sharing, pages 19-25.
- Schubert, Manuel, Stauf, Julia & Reitemeyer, Anja (2021). “Die Impfbereitschaft wird nicht unser letztes Problem sein: Ein Kommentar zur aktuellen Impfkampagne aus verhaltensökonomischer Sicht“, summary in English language.
- Schubert, Manuel (2020). “Behavioral Insights for Vision 2030: Boosting behavioral change in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, White Paper.
- Al-Sheikh, Dimah, Binzagr, Ghazi, Schubert, Manuel, Lohmeyer, Rudolph, Eneroth, Tor, Aljahani, Marwan, Doherty, Pamela, Alauhali, Albara & Dembek, Krzysztof (2020). “V20 Communiqué: From a Global Community of Values Experts and Practitioners“, Values20 Group.
- Schubert, Manuel, Bashri, Maha, Jayet, Cyril, Vautrin, Eric & Stauf, Julia (2020). ”Shared Truth”, V20 Policy Brief, Task Force on Global Values, pages 6-12.
- Schubert, Manuel, Stauf, Julia, Jayet, Cyril, Vautrin, Eric & Khatib, Dania (2020). “Mutual Trust”, V20 Policy Brief, Task Force on Global Values, pages 13-19.
- Schubert, Manual, Al-Ariefy, Najla, Stauf, Julia, Parrish, Olina, Fallatah, Aisha & Khatib, Dania (2020). “Global Responsibility”, V20 Policy Brief, Task Force on Global Values, pages 20-27.
- Al-Otaibi, Mozah, Al-Sulaiman, Lama, Jiang, Niran, Kabbani, Mohammed, Stauf, Julia & Schubert, Manuel (2020). “Gender Equality”, V20 Policy Brief, Task Force on Leadership Values, pages 39-44.
- Al-Otaibi, Mozah, Aldulaijan, Huda, Stauf, Julia & Schubert, Manuel (2020). “Employee Responsibility”, V20 Policy Brief, Task Force on Leadership Values, pages 45-50.
- Lee, Julie, Bardi, Anat, Stauf, Julia & Schubert, Manuel (2020). “Interpersonal solidarity”, V20 Policy Brief, Task Force on Quality of Life, pages 25-31.
- Stauf, Julia, Schubert, Manuel & Reitemeyer, Anja (2020). “Self-control for health and finance”, V20 Policy Brief, Task Force on Quality of Life, pages 12-18.
- Schubert, Manuel & Alsharif, Fahad (2020). “The G2020 Protocol on Forced Migration: A new approach to solve the burden-sharing problem of forced migration and ensure lives in safety and dignity”, T20 Policy Brief, Task Force on Migration and Young Societies.
- Schubert, Manuel, & Stauf, Julia, & Hafenrichter, Julia (2020). “Combating COVID-19 with Behavioral Insights”, Behavia Poster 05/2020.
- Schubert, Manuel, et al. (2019). “Exclusive vs. competitive awarding of educational services in the period 2020-2025.”, Tatweer Co. for Educational Services.
- Stauf, Julia, & Hafenrichter, Julia (2019), “Behavioral insights into intertemporal choices, self-control issues and the virtues of commitment“, Behavia Blog 09/2019.
- Schubert, Manuel (2019). “A purely rational view on how forced migration ‘should’ be managed”, Behavia Blog 02/2019.
- Schubert, Manuel (2018). “We are from Saudi Arabia”, German-Saudi Business Magazine.
- Schubert, Manuel (2018). “Fluchtursachenbekämpfung – Der EU-Jordan Compact im Praxistest“, Souverän 17(2), pages 28-29.
- Schubert, Manuel, & Ullrich, Anja (2016). “Vertrauen in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschung“, DIVSI Magazin.
- Schubert, Manuel (2014). “Vertrauensmessung in der digitalen Welt“, DIVSI Magazin.
Academic research
We consider ourselves to be part of the global community of behavioral scientists. Together with our affiliates at various universities, we regularly conduct behavioral and experimental research and publish our findings in leading academic journals.
Selected publications
Peer-reviewed articles and discussion papers
- Schubert, Manuel & Alsharif, Fahad (2021). “Crowdsourcing Facts in Conflicts: Towards a Truth-Telling Mechanism to Counter Fake News“, International Journal of Humanitarian Studies, 5, pages 3-24, Arabic & English.
- Stauf, Julia, Schubert, Manuel & Reitemeyer, Anja (2021). “Impfabsichten: Sie müssen umgesetzt werden!“, Wirtschaftsdienst – Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftpolitik, vol. 101(4), page 245.
- Schubert, Manuel, & Stauf, Julia (2020). “Behavioral insights for humanitarian aid and relief. Case studies for public health”, International Journal of Humanitarian Studies, 2, pages 37-54 (Arabic), 141-160 (English).
- Graf Lambsdorff, Johann & Giamattei, Marcus & Werner, Katharina & Schubert, Manuel (2018). “Team reasoning. Experimental evidence on cooperation from centipede games”, PLoS One, vol. 13(11).
- Feldhaus, Christoph & Stauf, Julia (2016). “More than words: the effects of cheap talk in a volunteer’s dilemma“, Experimental Economics, vol. 19(2), pages 342-359.
- Graf Lambsdorff, Johann & Giamattei, Marcus & Werner, Katharina & Schubert, Manuel (2016). “Emotion vs. cognition – Experimental evidence on cooperation from the 2014 Soccer World Cup“, Passauer Diskussionspapiere, V-72-16.
- Bolton, Gary E. & Ockenfels, Axel & Stauf, Julia (2015). “Social responsibility promotes conservative risk behavior“, European Economic Review, vol. 74(C), pages 109-127.
- Schubert, Manuel & Brück, Tilman (2014). “The Perception of Lethal Risks: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment“, IZA Discussion Papers 8578.
- Schubert, Manuel & Graf Lambsdorff, Johann (2014). “Negative Reciprocity in an Environment of Violent Conflict“, Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 58(4), pages 539-563.
- Ullrich, Anja (2013). “Trust and Trustworthiness in Times of Crisis”, SSRN Working Paper.
- Graf Lambsdorff, Johann & Schubert, Manuel & Giamattei, Marcus (2013). “On the role of heuristics: Experimental evidence on inflation dynamics“, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 37(6), pages 1213-1229.
- Schubert, Manuel (2012). “Deeds Rather than Omissions – How Intended Consequences Provoke Negative Reciprocity“, Passauer Diskussionspapiere, V-65-12.
- Schubert, Manuel & Graf Lambsdorff, Johann (2012). ”On the Costs of Kindness – An Experimental Investigation on Guilty Minds and Negative Reciprocity“, Passauer Diskussionspapiere, V-64-12.
- Graf Lambsdorff, Johann & Schubert, Manuel & Giamattei, Marcus (2011). “On the role of heuristics: Experimental evidence on inflation dynamics”, Passauer Diskussionspapiere, V-63-11.
- Urbig, Diemo & Stauf, Julia & Weitzel, Utz (2009). “What is your level of overconfidence? A strictly incentive compatible measurement of absolute and relative overconfidence“, Discussion Paper/Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, 9(20).