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Emotional Balance Sheet with Paul FennerDr. Christine Gravert – Reducing Friction to Change BehaviorsChristina Gravert, a behavioral scientist and a new mother, has something to say about motivation and habits. Ten months after welcoming a baby into her life, Christina confronts a reality familiar to many: the struggle of balancing personal objectives, like returning to the gym, with the demands of parenthood. Her experiences have led her to probe deeper into the nature of motivation and its limitations. Christina understands firsthand that motivation, like any fleeting emotion, can wax and wane. Through her research, Christina concludes that sheer willpower is not a sustainable strategy for long-term behavior change. Instead, Christina advo...2024-02-2939 min
What the FundraisingEngaging Hearts and Inboxes: A Behavioral Science Perspective on Charitable Email Campaigns with Christina GravertToday, let us unravel the complexities of charitable email campaigns and donor engagement. Also, let us explore the findings of groundbreaking experiments conducted on warm donor lists, offering a fresh perspective on the delicate balance between reminders, cognitive dissonance, and donor satisfaction!Our guest, Christina Gravert, an accomplished behavioral economist, is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Economics. Specializing in environmental sustainability, health, and charitable giving, she investigates the intricacies of human decision-making to promote societal welfare. With tenure and affiliations with the Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI), Christina also directs...2024-01-3030 min
The B-WordExperimental SustainabilityHow can organisations use experiments to get better outcomes? What role does behavioural science play in the fight against climate change? What can we learn about human nature from the movie Don't Look Up? Experimental Economist Christina Gravert joins James to discuss the benefits of trial and error and how behavioural interventions can help in the fight against climate change.2023-07-1042 min
Behavioral Grooves PodcastThe Myth of the “Relationship Spark” with Logan Ury, featuring guest appearance by Christina Gravert, PhD [Republish]First impressions matter but when it comes to dating, don't get blown away by the myth of the "relationship spark". Some people can instead be characterized as a "slow burn"; a person who you like more and more each time. We revisit an episode with dating coach, behavioral scientist and author of How Not To Die Alone, Logan Ury about how to date successfully.
Logan Ury studied psychology at Harvard, was a TED Fellow, then became a behavioral scientist at Google, where she ran Google’s behavioral science team – which we now know as The Irrational Lab. She b...2023-02-131h 28
TU DU's - 17 Ziele für eine bessere WeltUmweltbewusst handeln mithilfe von NudgingWie man durch kleine Anstöße der Verhaltensänderung zu einem großen Ziel beiträgt
Nudging beschreibt die Idee, dass man wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse aus der Verhaltensökonomie gezielt als Steuerungselemente einsetzt. Somit beschäftigt man sich damit, wie man Menschen Entscheidungen leichter machen kann, die sie vielleicht sowieso getroffen hätten. Es geht hierbei um kleine Verhaltensänderungen des Individuums, die in der Masse zu einem gemeinsamen, großen Ziel betragen können.
Beim Green Nudging geht es konkret um Verhaltensanstöße, die umweltfreundlichere Entscheidungen herbeiführen sollen. Dabei helfen die Nudges, ökologisches Verhalten zu vereinfachen und Gewohnheiten zu durchbrechen...2022-12-2255 min
Offbeat On AirIntroduction to Behavior Science & NudgesIn this new episode, we go back to exploring behavior change, from another angle. Our guest? Nurit Noble! We first learned about Nurit’s work when we stumbled upon her course: Designing Nudges. Together with her colleague, Christina Gravert, they walked us through what nudges are and the BOOST framework, a process they use in designing nudges to support behavior change in different setups.
We explore:
The different disciplines that are concerned with behavior science & behavior change;
What nudges are and the BOOST process Nurit uses in her work;
Different quantitative & qualitative research tools;
And using ra...2022-11-0349 min
Behavioral Grooves PodcastDelusions Can Actually Be Useful: Hidden Brain’s Shankar Vedantam Reveals How [Republish]Shankar Vedantam is the host of the wildly popular podcast, Hidden Brain and esteemed author of the book Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain. We initially interviewed Shankar in mid 2021 but want to highlight this discussion for you again as it is one we still discuss in more recent episodes.
Before reading Shankar’s book and interviewing him for this podcast we were, as Shankar describes himself, card-carrying rationalists. We were firmly in the camp of believing rational, scientific findings and believing that lies and deception are harmful to ourselves and to our co...2022-08-221h 21
The Sustainability Report PodcastNudging fans towards more sustainable behavioursApathy. The path to least resistance. It’s human nature for us to let some things slip through the cracks because of how much we have to process on any given day.While many of us have the intention of adopting more sustainable habits and behaviours, the fact that some don’t fit seamlessly into our everyday lives means we stop short at taking the required action.This week’s podcast guest, behavioural economist Christina Gravert, spends her time investigating what lies in the gap between intention and action, and how to potentially close it.H...2022-01-2040 min
BrainFruits: Engineer your FutureS1 E12: Nudging for wellbeing w/ Christina GravertIn this last episode for Season 1, I speak with Christina Gravert, Behavioral economist I Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen I Co-founder impactually
This episode is all about how to increase the welfare of individuals and society through behavioral insights and evidence-based decision-making using nudging.
The thriving field of behavioral science has produced a wealth of insights into how to “nudge” people with gentle pushes that can add up to a big impact.
We should mention that the term “nudge” was coined by two leaders in this field, Richard Thaler and Cass...2021-10-2239 min
Behavioral Grooves Podcast[INTERVIEW] Are You More Honest with Google or Your Friends? With Seth Stephens-DavidowitzThe truth is we divulge more information to Google that we do to our friends, our family or even our doctors. Our social media persona can paint a very different picture to what we secretly search for on Google. So what do search trends in Google tell us about ourselves and our society? Does it matter that we are different on Google than in person?
Author of bestseller Everybody Lies (https://amzn.to/32ULlgD), Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, tells us how data can unlock the keys to happier relationships and even how to better parent our children.
Topics...2021-08-081h 01
4-togetBuffet, Facebook-kløften, live fra Baku og mørk museumsudstillingEt skridt tættere på hverdagens normaliteter er også et skridt tættere på buffetudvalget. Coronaen gjorde nemlig buffeten til en smittebombe, men nu er der snart åbent de fleste steder igen og det er der mange danskere, der ser frem til. Men hvorfor er vi så vilde med buffet? I en artikel på Berlingske.dk er overskriften: "De unge driller de ældre på Facebook - det går fra at være et omfavnende, kærligt drilleri til noget, der har en mere satirisk, politisk brod". Der er opstået en kløft i brugen af Facebook mellem generationerne og vi kigger de...2021-07-0255 min
Behavioral Grooves PodcastHow Delusions Can Actually Be Useful: Shankar Vedantam Reveals HowIn this episode, we are delighted to welcome Shankar Vedantam, host of the wildly popular podcast, Hidden Brain and esteemed author of the new book Useful Delusions (https://amzn.to/2PUkzlv).
Before reading Shankar’s book and interviewing him for this podcast we were, as Shankar describes himself, card-carrying rationalists. We were firmly in the camp of believing rational, scientific findings and believing that lies and deception are harmful to ourselves and to our communities. However, Shankar walks us through a compelling argument, that paradoxically, self-deception actually plays a pivotal role in our happiness and well-being.
I...2021-05-161h 21
Game Changer - the game theory podcastFalling in love – game theory style! | with Christina GravertIn this episode, Christina Gravert shares her personal experience from using online dating apps and how she applied game theoretic principles to maximise her chances for finding the perfect match. It turns out that the use of dating apps like tinder can be modelled as a game, leading to useful insights for your best “swiping strategy”. We also discuss the link between dating apps and game theoretic concepts like “cheap talk” or the “optimal stopping” problem. Christina Gravert is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Copenhagen and the cofounder of Impactually...2021-03-3020 min
Ja. Nein. Vielleicht.Tinder? Spieltheoretisch die Richtigen findenManche suchen bei Tinder die große Liebe, andere nur ein kurzes Abenteuer. Wer es worauf abgesehen hat, entscheiden wir oft nur mithilfe von ein paar Bildern und wenigen Zeilen Text. Aber wenn wir auf die Spieltheorie setzen, können wir schon mit wenigen Signalen und Nachrichten feststellen, wer zu welcher Gruppe gehört. Darüber spricht Verena Utikal in der neuen Folge von "Ja. Nein. Vielleicht." mit Christina Gravert von der Universität Kopenhagen. Außerdem verrät die Verhaltensökonomin, wie wir beim Online-Dating erfolgreich sind und, ob Schummeln erlaubt ist.
Links zum Schmökern, aber leider nur auf Engli...2021-03-1820 min
Behavioral Grooves PodcastThe Myth of the "Relationship Spark" with Logan Ury (featuring a guest appearance by Christina Gravert, PhD)Logan Ury studied psychology at Harvard, was a TED Fellow, then became a behavioral scientist at Google, where she ran Google’s behavioral science team – which we now know as The Irrational Lab. She became a dating coach and is currently the Director of Relationship Science at the dating app Hinge, where she leads a research team dedicated to helping people find love. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and The Atlantic, among a variety of media outlets, including HBO and the BBC. And you should note that she’s a featured speaker at SXSW 2021.
Asid...2021-02-141h 28
What Monkeys Do#1 Nudging – a friendly push in the right direction with Christina GravertPeople make most of their decisions automatically. We make them fast and without being aware of them. About 80% of them actually. In this episode, you will learn how to use nudging to help you make those decisions better. As humans, we don’t always make the best automatic decisions. In fact, we often make a decision that our better self doesn’t like. We don't get up early in the morning to exercise; we eat the cookies instead of the apples; we use email instead of Teams. You get the picture. Cristina Gravert is a profes...2020-08-3136 min
Behavioral Grooves PodcastNurit Nobel: De-Biasing the Recruiting ProcessIn this episode, we spoke with Nurit Nobel, who is living in Stockholm, Sweden where she’s working on her PhD. Nurit is a co-founder of Impactually, along with one of our favorite guests, Christina Gravert, PhD. Impactually is a behavioral science consultancy that is firmly grounded in both academic rigor and real-world experience.
Nurit, who is related by marriage to the family associated with the Nobel Prize, talked about Impactually’s BOOST model, which is a practical tool for behavior change. The majority of our conversation was focused on a client case study about de-biasing the recr...2019-06-301h 20
GDI-PodcastExperiment or Die – Wenn die Verhaltensökonomie auf Künstliche Intelligenz trifftKünstliche Intelligenz ermöglicht schnelle und kostengünstige Experimente, um Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen. Amazon, Facebook, Google und Netflix wissen das seit Jahren und nutzen uns als Versuchskaninchen.
Ein Podcast mit: Christina Gravert, Jeff Bezos, Dan Goldstein, Daniel Schunk, Michael Schrage, David Bosshart
Sprecherin: Jasmin Kienast
13.06.20192019-06-1319 min
Behavioral Grooves PodcastSilvia Saccardo: Ethics of Decisions and Italian RapSilvia Saccardo, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Social and Decision Sciences department in the Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. Our conversation with Silvia is the fourth in our series on Carnegie Mellon professors.
We sat down with Silvia in Porter Hall on a chilly day at CMU to discuss her findings on how motivated cognition and hidden biases shape our ethical (and unethical) decision-making. Her research on bribery and lying has been published in top peer-reviewed journals and we found her work with the Dictator Game particularly interesting, es...2019-04-1756 min
FehrAdvice & Partners – Der PodcastChristina Gravert im Gespräch mit Managing Partner Luca GeisselerChristina Gravert: „Digitales Nudging ist ein Balanceakt“. Unser Managing Partner Luca Geisseler spricht mit der Verhaltensökonomin Christina Gravert über Nudging, was Nudging eigentlich ist, wie Unternehmen es einsetzen können und vor allem was man dabei beachten muss.2019-04-0500 min
Behavioral Grooves PodcastGrooving: Top 10 Podcasts of 2018During 2018, Behavioral Grooves published 44 episodes and expanded our viewers into more than 90 countries. To celebrate our successful first year, Kurt and Tim called out our ten most downloaded episodes from 2018. We hope you check them out.
#10. Behavioral Grooves #1: James Heyman, PhD. In this episode, we discussed research that James conducted with Dan Ariely, PhD while they were both at Berkeley.
#9. David Yokum – Science is Hard. David’s journey from the White House Insights Team to The Lab @ DC, to Brown University (to establish a center for applying behavioral sciences to governmental policies) is remarkable.
#8...2018-12-2807 min
Behavioral Grooves PodcastNudge-A-Thon with Dr. Christina GravertDr. Christina Gravert is a Post-Doc at the University of Gothenburg and Chief Behavioral Economist of Impactfully, a behavioral science consultancy. We talked to her from Gothenburg, Sweden, and we had a very interesting conversation about nudging. Christina has worked closely with Nobel laureate Richard Thaler and we thought she'd be a good one to talk to about nudging.
Our discussion began by defining a nudge versus other policy or incentive decisions. We talked about how nudges came about, in part, because Richard Thaler started recording anomalies he witnessed in real-life behavior and how those behaviors were often...2018-05-151h 09