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.
April 2, 2020
Three questions with Matt Lowe
Matt Lowe on the career returns to visibility, the integration of rich and poor, and the origins of biases and preferences.
March 9, 2020
Prosocial spending has delayed negative effects on happiness
New paper by Armin Falk and Thomas Graeber published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
February 13, 2020
briq student fellow portraits: Felix Chopra
Felix Chopra talks about his research on the role of supply and demand in media markets.
February 4, 2020
The dynamics of motivated beliefs
Paper by Florian Zimmermann published in the American Economic Review
January 22, 2020
Three questions with Michela Carlana
Michela Carlana studies how exposure to stereotypes affects educational and occupational choices, and what can be done to reduce biased behavior.