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Can Physical Education Lessons Promote the Intercultural Competence of School Children?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
Our society is becoming more and more diverse concerning cultural, linguistic, ethnic and religious aspects. Therefore, children growing up in a pluralistic society need intercultural competence as a key skill. Schools are a prominent place where children can acquire this competence and some studies suggest that p...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
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Our society is becoming more and more diverse concerning cultural, linguistic, ethnic and religious aspects. Therefore, children growing up in a pluralistic society need intercultural competence as a key skill. Schools are a prominent place where children can acquire this competence and some studies suggest that physical education is a particularly adept subject to transmit intercultural competence because it combines motor, cognitive, social and...
Our society is becoming more and more diverse concerning cultural, linguistic, ethnic and religious aspects. Therefore, children growing up in a pluralistic society need intercultural competence as a key skill. Schools are a prominent place where children can acquire this competence and some studies suggest that physical education is a particularly adept subject to transmit intercultural competence because it combines motor, cognitive, social and emotional aspects. ELKE GRIMMINGER-SEIDENSTICKER has examined whether intercultural competence can indeed be promoted by physical education lessons that are planned on the basis of the Intercultural Education Movement program. Her intervention study shows surprising results as she explains in this video. The researchers actually decreased the intercultural competence of the students involved and their analysis of this led them to suggest recommendations for future developments in physical education lessons.
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Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Elke Grimminger-Seidensticker, fl. 2005
Person Discussed
Elke Grimminger-Seidensticker, fl. 2005
Topic / Theme
School services, Educational opportunities, Intercultural communication, Physical education, Cultural diversity
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Can the Perovskite Semiconductor Provide Sufficient Sustainable Energy in the Near Future?
presented by Michael Saliba, 1983- (Latest Thinking), 9 mins
One hour of sunlight is enough to power the entire planet for over a year. MICHAEL SALIBA is a leading scientist who investigates how we can tap into this abundant energy source in order to produce sustainable electricity in the future. As he explains in this video, the perovskite semiconductor – a new material...
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presented by Michael Saliba, 1983- (Latest Thinking), 9 mins
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One hour of sunlight is enough to power the entire planet for over a year. MICHAEL SALIBA is a leading scientist who investigates how we can tap into this abundant energy source in order to produce sustainable electricity in the future. As he explains in this video, the perovskite semiconductor – a new material that was discovered about five years ago – has great potential to advance the use of solar energy. The material also poses problems,...
One hour of sunlight is enough to power the entire planet for over a year. MICHAEL SALIBA is a leading scientist who investigates how we can tap into this abundant energy source in order to produce sustainable electricity in the future. As he explains in this video, the perovskite semiconductor – a new material that was discovered about five years ago – has great potential to advance the use of solar energy. The material also poses problems, however, as it is sensitive to humidity, heat, and light. His research team has found a way to tackle these challenges by creating a new composition that proves more stable and by adding a polymeric protective layer.
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Science
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Instructional material
Author / Creator
Michael Saliba, 1983-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Topic / Theme
Electricity
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Can We Distribute Goods Efficiently Without Property Rights?
(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 15 mins
Even in the absence of absolute property rights, ex-post bargaining may lead to efficient distribution of goods, CHRISTOPH ENGEL explains in this video. The findings of this research thus extend the domain of the Coase theorem. In the experiment, with a society of two individuals and a single commodity, a good end...
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(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 15 mins
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Even in the absence of absolute property rights, ex-post bargaining may lead to efficient distribution of goods, CHRISTOPH ENGEL explains in this video. The findings of this research thus extend the domain of the Coase theorem. In the experiment, with a society of two individuals and a single commodity, a good ends up with the individual who values it most even if only relative property rights – i.e., rights only against other parties to a cont...
Even in the absence of absolute property rights, ex-post bargaining may lead to efficient distribution of goods, CHRISTOPH ENGEL explains in this video. The findings of this research thus extend the domain of the Coase theorem. In the experiment, with a society of two individuals and a single commodity, a good ends up with the individual who values it most even if only relative property rights – i.e., rights only against other parties to a contract – are provided.
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Business & Economics
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Christoph Engel, fl. 1988
Person Discussed
Christoph Engel, fl. 1988
Topic / Theme
Commercial products, Economics, Property rights
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Can We Explain the Co-Evolution of Democracy and Market Economy by Adaptive Preferences?
produced by Latest Thinking (Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 10 mins
In the research presented in this interview, the idea of adaptive preferences is applied to the co-evolution of democracy and market economy. CARL CHRISTIAN VON WEIZSÄCKER explains that the ideal of democracy and market economy though somehow antithetic are inter-dependent in a normative sense: While democracy pr...
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produced by Latest Thinking (Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 10 mins
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In the research presented in this interview, the idea of adaptive preferences is applied to the co-evolution of democracy and market economy. CARL CHRISTIAN VON WEIZSÄCKER explains that the ideal of democracy and market economy though somehow antithetic are inter-dependent in a normative sense: While democracy provides freedom and stability, progress is only ensured by a market economy that allows for innovation.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Latest Thinking
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Carl Christian von Weizsäcker, 1938-
Person Discussed
Carl Christian von Weizsäcker, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Trade and commerce, Economics, Democracy
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Can We Maintain Normative Individualism when Allowing for Preferences to Be Adaptive?
produced by Latest Thinking (Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 13 mins
Departing from the standard model of economics with the assumption that humans have fixed preferences, or tastes, more recent behavioral insights show that preferences are influenced by past consumption in a way that the status quo is often valued higher than alternatives. CARL CHRISTIAN VON WEIZSÄCKER adds this...
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produced by Latest Thinking (Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 13 mins
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Departing from the standard model of economics with the assumption that humans have fixed preferences, or tastes, more recent behavioral insights show that preferences are influenced by past consumption in a way that the status quo is often valued higher than alternatives. CARL CHRISTIAN VON WEIZSÄCKER adds this “adaptiveness” to the standard model of preferences and shows that this still allows performing standard welfare analysis. In showi...
Departing from the standard model of economics with the assumption that humans have fixed preferences, or tastes, more recent behavioral insights show that preferences are influenced by past consumption in a way that the status quo is often valued higher than alternatives. CARL CHRISTIAN VON WEIZSÄCKER adds this “adaptiveness” to the standard model of preferences and shows that this still allows performing standard welfare analysis. In showing that improvement paths are always non-circular, the altered model even delivers a foundation to do behavioral welfare economics.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Latest Thinking
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Carl Christian von Weizsäcker, 1938-
Person Discussed
Carl Christian von Weizsäcker, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Economic indicators, Economics
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Did Religion Play a Causal Role in the Evolution of Large, Complex Societies?
(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 8 mins
The notion of a powerful god is often said to play a significant role in supporting the transition from small relatively equal hunter and gatherer societies to big hierarchical societies. However, as RUSSELL GRAY explains in this video, while there is a correlation between “big gods” and “big societies”, t...
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(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 8 mins
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The notion of a powerful god is often said to play a significant role in supporting the transition from small relatively equal hunter and gatherer societies to big hierarchical societies. However, as RUSSELL GRAY explains in this video, while there is a correlation between “big gods” and “big societies”, this is no causal relationship. By comparing the evolution of different forms of social organization in cultures with a common ancestry...
The notion of a powerful god is often said to play a significant role in supporting the transition from small relatively equal hunter and gatherer societies to big hierarchical societies. However, as RUSSELL GRAY explains in this video, while there is a correlation between “big gods” and “big societies”, this is no causal relationship. By comparing the evolution of different forms of social organization in cultures with a common ancestry in the Pacific and Southeast Asia the researchers found that these societies grew bigger first and only then borrowed the notion of a powerful god through the influence of Muslim traders. Another result on the influence of religion is that ritual human sacrifice played a major role in maintaining or even promoting social inequality.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Russell Gray, fl. 1990
Person Discussed
Russell Gray, fl. 1990
Topic / Theme
Anthropology, Social customs, Religion
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Do Awards Yield Better Results in Enhancing Performance than Monetary Incentives?
(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
Monetary incentives, even though apparently efficient in driving performance of workers, have drawbacks, explains BRUNO S. FREY. They can result in a reorientation of workers from their focus on quality towards merely meeting objectives. The experiment presented in this video studies the impact of replacing moneta...
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(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
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Monetary incentives, even though apparently efficient in driving performance of workers, have drawbacks, explains BRUNO S. FREY. They can result in a reorientation of workers from their focus on quality towards merely meeting objectives. The experiment presented in this video studies the impact of replacing monetary incentives with symbolic awards. The positive effect on the performance of workers highlights the potential of a well calibrated awa...
Monetary incentives, even though apparently efficient in driving performance of workers, have drawbacks, explains BRUNO S. FREY. They can result in a reorientation of workers from their focus on quality towards merely meeting objectives. The experiment presented in this video studies the impact of replacing monetary incentives with symbolic awards. The positive effect on the performance of workers highlights the potential of a well calibrated award environment. The individual’s needs for recognition and acknowledgement of efforts show to be key elements in boosting intrinsic motivation.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Bruno S. Frey, 1941-
Person Discussed
Bruno S. Frey, 1941-
Topic / Theme
Awards, Sense of duty
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Do Constitutional Courts Use Balancing to Promote Judicial Activism?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
In an empirical analysis of the German and the African constitutional courts and the Canadian Supreme Court, the study presented in this video examines the use of the concept of balancing. Contrary to the common understanding, NIELS PETERSEN shows that courts do not use balancing to engange in judicial activism....
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
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In an empirical analysis of the German and the African constitutional courts and the Canadian Supreme Court, the study presented in this video examines the use of the concept of balancing. Contrary to the common understanding, NIELS PETERSEN shows that courts do not use balancing to engange in judicial activism. Instead, they restrain themselves and employ proportionality as an instrument of rationality review, i.e. a means for compensating poli...
In an empirical analysis of the German and the African constitutional courts and the Canadian Supreme Court, the study presented in this video examines the use of the concept of balancing. Contrary to the common understanding, NIELS PETERSEN shows that courts do not use balancing to engange in judicial activism. Instead, they restrain themselves and employ proportionality as an instrument of rationality review, i.e. a means for compensating political market failures.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Topic / Theme
Constitution, Courts, Laws and legislation, Political activism and activists, Legal system
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Do Exclusivity Rebates Cause Psychological Switching Costs in Consumers?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 13 mins
Firms, be it coffee shops or airlines, often try to bind customers with exclusivity rebates rewarding loyalty. The lab experiment presented in this video reveals that these programs are “sticky”: customers stay in those programs longer than would be “rational”. As ALEXANDER MORELL explains, customers often...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 13 mins
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Firms, be it coffee shops or airlines, often try to bind customers with exclusivity rebates rewarding loyalty. The lab experiment presented in this video reveals that these programs are “sticky”: customers stay in those programs longer than would be “rational”. As ALEXANDER MORELL explains, customers often don’t switch to alternatives even if reaching the rebate becomes improbable. Contrary to common behavioral assumptions, the duration...
Firms, be it coffee shops or airlines, often try to bind customers with exclusivity rebates rewarding loyalty. The lab experiment presented in this video reveals that these programs are “sticky”: customers stay in those programs longer than would be “rational”. As ALEXANDER MORELL explains, customers often don’t switch to alternatives even if reaching the rebate becomes improbable. Contrary to common behavioral assumptions, the duration of rebate programs or the size of rebates did not affect the stickiness of the rebate.
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Field of Study
Psychology
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Alexander Morell, 1980-
Person Discussed
Alexander Morell, 1980-
Topic / Theme
Market competition, Economic policy, Decision making, Behavior modification, Consumers
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Do Financial Incentives Help Obese People to Achieve and to Maintain a Target Weight?
(Latest Thinking, 2017), 9 mins
By means of a field experiment, the research presented in this video tested the effects of financial incentives on the dieting behavior of obese people. As CHRISTOPH M. SCHMIDT explains, patients leaving rehabilitation clinics have been selected for the study and were given different treatments to help them achiev...
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(Latest Thinking, 2017), 9 mins
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By means of a field experiment, the research presented in this video tested the effects of financial incentives on the dieting behavior of obese people. As CHRISTOPH M. SCHMIDT explains, patients leaving rehabilitation clinics have been selected for the study and were given different treatments to help them achieve their target weight. It shows that those patients who received a financial incentive were more successful in sustaining healthy behav...
By means of a field experiment, the research presented in this video tested the effects of financial incentives on the dieting behavior of obese people. As CHRISTOPH M. SCHMIDT explains, patients leaving rehabilitation clinics have been selected for the study and were given different treatments to help them achieve their target weight. It shows that those patients who received a financial incentive were more successful in sustaining healthy behavior in the short term, with the effect weakening over time. These insights contribute to the question of the role financial incentives can play in encouraging healthy behavior.
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Christoph Matthias Schmidt, 1962-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Christoph Matthias Schmidt, 1962-
Person Discussed
Christoph Matthias Schmidt, 1962-
Topic / Theme
Rehabilitation, Personal finances, Obesity
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