Postdoctoral researcher Jan Digutsch will work with Clemens Stachl on predicting life outcomes using digital behavioral traces such as mobile sensing.
What a Success! The Second IBT Pro Bono Event
Every year, IBT researchers take some time off from their work on journal publications to organize an event where members…
New research on how NFTs challenge traditional marketing
IBT publishes first paper on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in marketing, thus introducing the broader field of “crypto-marketing”
IBT teaches CEMS students about artificial intelligence and behavioral science
IBT professors teach the prestigious CEMS class on artificial intelligence and behavioral science, generating great excitement among students.
IBT researchers strongly represented at EMAC 2022
IBT researchers will present their latest findings at the intersection of technology and consumer psychology at EMAC 2022
Press coverage about IBT research on smart products
Swiss newspapers cover research by Emanuel de Bellis and Jonas Görgen on perception and use of smart products
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