July 9, 2021
How social norms affect people’s willingness to fight climate change
Many people contribute little to climate protection because they underestimate the willingness of others to fight global warming.
May 18, 2021
How associative memory shapes belief formation
Florian Zimmermann explains the findings of an experiment on associative recall in a video.
May 11, 2021
Why do some children lie and others don’t?
Mentoring program increases honesty among children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
March 25, 2021
Vaccination as an act of cooperation
Armin Falk explains how insights from behavioral economics can help increase people’s willingness to get vaccinated.
December 15, 2020
Self-image plays an important role for moral behavior
New study by Armin Falk in the Journal of Behavior & Organization
December 11, 2020
briq now certified as a carbon-neutral institute
We have reduced our carbon footprint and acquired climate certificates to offset our remaining greenhouse gas emissions.
November 10, 2020
Three questions with Flávio Cunha
Flavio Cunha talks about what we know and don't know about human capital formation.
October 1, 2020
briq student fellow portraits: Luca Henkel
Luca Henkel talks about his research on moral preferences and individual decision-making.
September 3, 2020
Florian Zimmermann wins ERC Starting Grant
Research project on the role of memory for economic belief formation
August 17, 2020
Three questions with Leo Bursztyn
Leonardo Bursztyn talks about his own work on misperceived social norms, and about future avenues for field research into how people select and process information.
June 24, 2020
How to manage the COVID-19 transition effectively
Experts propose "ten considerations" in an article published in Nature Human Behaviour.
May 26, 2020
Three questions with Joshua Dean
Joshua Dean discusses how insights from behavioral economics can be used to make development policies more effective.
May 5, 2020
Peter Andre wins Reinhard Selten Scholarship
briq student fellow receives funding for his project on "Redistributive Behavior When Circumstances Shape Choices."
April 21, 2020
Social norms and motivated reasoning in the corona crisis
Florian Zimmermann talks about behavioral aspects of the corona crisis in an interview with ZEIT ONLINE.