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Science and Faith: Behavioral Insights for Religious Communities during COVID-19
By: Samir Gangolli, Dan Rosica, and Joseph Sherlock Background This fall, the Center for Advanced Hindsight (CAH) at Duke University partnered with five North Carolina Counties–Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Haywood, and Union–and the North Carolina…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Government / DECEMBER 10 2020
Introducing Common Cents Lab Global
Introduction Throughout this year (2020), the Common Cents Lab has been working on the expansion of our applied behavioral research approach to improve the financial health of low- to moderate- income (LMI) households in…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab / OCTOBER 16 2020
Our Best Behavioral Wishes to the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary
By Anson Tong, Liz Tracy, and Joseph Sherlock On September 21, today, the United Nations is celebrating its 75th anniversary with the theme of “The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Government / SEPTEMBER 21 2020
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Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science
By Aline Holzwarth Article originally appeared in HealthTech magazine. Read the full article here. With the ubiquity of smartphones, and the fact that everyone (including your grandma) carries their devices with them everywhere, we also carry…
Helping Remote Employees Towards a Healthier Lifestyle Some Insights from MTurkers
By Nina Bartmann, Jonathan Corbin, Ziyi Yan Image by Paico Oficial from Unsplash Remote work is here to stay In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, around March 2020, most companies across the U.S….
Make plans, not resolutions
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your new year’s resolution is very likely to fail. Most do. Resolutions are just not built to succeed. They rely on willpower, hoping…
The Mbrella Calendar: Helping Kenyan Families Track Their Savings for Health Insurance
Mbrella is a charitable organization devoted to helping impoverished Kenyan families buy health insurance. Mbrella connects donors with Kenyan mothers and employs a number of behavioral interventions meant to help the mother gain enough…