Users are open to innovations - High importance of data protection
ConPolicy submits report about big data in public transport
ConPolicy, together with InnoZ (The Living Lab for Connected Mobility), has completed a survey on big data in public transport for the project association ABIDA (Assessing Big Data).
As part of the report, InnoZ outlined possible applications of Big Data in public transport and ConPolicy investigated the potential impact of such innovations on consumers. Results show that customers are in principle open to digital innovations in public transport, but have a high need for security – especially with regard to data protection.
Consumer behavior in digital financial markets
ConPolicy starts new project for the European Commission
The digitalization of financial services is developing rapidly and is transforming the way consumers behave in digital financial markets. Although these developments bear a lot of advantages for consumers, they likewise imply risks, e.g. with regard to the marketing and information disclosure of financial products.
The European Commission assigned ConPolicy (together with a consortium consisting of LE Europe, Ipsos NV and VVA Europe) to map the European landscape of commercial practices in online financial markets and to identify and test the drivers behind the effectiveness and propagation of these commercial practices through behavioral experiments.
New mandate
ConPolicy-Director appointed to the investment committee of ÖKOWORLD
Sustainable consumption cannot only be witnessed in daily consumption choices in the supermarket, but also in private investment decisions. Since 1995 ÖKOWORLD offers the sustainable investment funds ÖKOVISION. Which titles are considered sustainable and are included in the universe of this funds is decided by an independent investment committee. This committee comprises of 11 members. Members are inter alia Dr. Martin Kunz (expert in fair trade), Prof. Andreas Kraemer (founder of the Ecologic Institute) as well as Prof. Dr. Angelika Zahrnt (honorary chair of the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland). ConPolicy-Director, Prof. Dr. Christian Thorun, was appointed as a new member to this committee to strengthen the consumer perspective.
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