Behavioral Research and Academic Engagement (BRACE)

A new operating system for philanthropy. Reflections from the Global Philanthropy Forum 2026

This year’s Global Philanthropy Forum concluded on the 20th of March, but the conversations I’ve had there have made space, lived in my head, and will continue to spark new…

When germs start adapting: Reflections from the 2026 Antimicrobial Resistance Summit in Sydney, Australia

If you are not familiar with the term Antimicrobial Resistance (or AMR, for short), you should be – but that is not on you as I demonstrate below. You should…

Finding the answers with each other. Discovering solutions at the innovation marketplace at IMNHC 2026

There’s a joke that keeps showing on my feed. It centers around this idea that if an average person actually went back in time, they would be very incapable of…

How does urban familiarity shape job search and work choices?

Youth are interested in farming—how can we enable participation?

Tafakari Yearbook 2026. You are here: humans and stormy times

Towards dignity in sanitation work: a research agenda for testing behavioral and participatory prototypes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Is palliative care only for the dying—or is there more to it?

What are the barriers and enablers to the uptake of chisel ploughing?

Behaviorally informed political economy analyses: How behavioral science can enrich the process of thinking and working politically in development

Development efforts travel a complex terrain: where local needs and resources, political interests, power dynamics, and cultural history cross paths in exciting, but often confusing ways. Many vital services may…