Benjamin Ewert

@bewert.bsky.social

Political Scientist (mainly) interested in Health Policy & Politics + Behavioural Insights

Big news: The @dfg.de will fund the research initiative “Making E-Participation work for Transformations" (eParT) at Fulda University of Applied Sciences. 🎉🥳 We are very grateful for the trust placed in us and for the opportunity to advance this forward-looking topic. @kdadaczynski.bsky.social

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft@dfg.de · 10mo ago

Die DFG richtet 5 weitere #Forschungsimpulse ein und setzt damit die Förderung von erkenntnisorientierter Forschung an HAW & Fachhochschulen fort. Die neuen Projekte erhalten insges. rund 31 Mio. € für 5 Jahre inkl. einer Pauschale für indirekte Kosten. Alle Einzelheiten: ➡️ fcld.ly/forschungsim...

How can we connect individual-level behavior change with structural interventions to shape more impactful behavioral public policy? This work wouldn’t have come together without the thoughtful guidance and intellectual leadership of @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social and Jutta Mata – thank you!

Wilhelm Hofmann @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 New commentary out today in Nature Human Behaviour! We argue that behavior change interventions often suffer from a one-sided success focus. But failures may reveal structural barriers people face. 🔗 rdcu.be/ex8hR #BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy

Comment: Rethinking behavior change interventions in policymaking

Out now: COVID-19 as a potential turning point in German health policy Key takeaway: "by setting the issue of public health back on the political agenda the pandemic spurs hopes for broader future change that may include the health system’s institutional framework"

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