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Behavioural Insights
Thoughtful analysis of how psychology shapes financial behaviour, spending habits, and long term decision making, translating academic research into practical insights that help individuals make smarter, more intentional financial choices.


Do You Know Your ABC?
Do you know your ABC’s? I’m sure you can recite the alphabet (I always do so in song-form), but do you know what they mean for...

Merle van den Akker
Aug 26, 20203 min read


Interview with Louise Ward
Behavioural Science is a rapidly expanding field and everyday new research is being developed in academia, tested and implemented by...

Merle van den Akker
Aug 24, 20204 min read


Scared to Leave Academia
Hey everyone! If you’ve been following this blog for a while, or if you’ve ever just checked the general overview, you can see that I’ve...

Merle van den Akker
Aug 21, 20205 min read


How to NOT Use a Credit Card
My topic of expertise is the many (unwarranted) consequences paying with different payment methods can have. Lucky for us, there is a...

Merle van den Akker
Aug 19, 20206 min read


Interview with Wim Steemers
Behavioural Science is a rapidly expanding field and everyday new research is being developed in academia, tested and implemented by...

Merle van den Akker
Aug 17, 20204 min read


Our Obessions with Productivity: The MVP Working Day
Within meme culture (I'm old, okay?) "You da true MVP" became legendary several years ago. MVP in this case stood for "Most Valuable...

Merle van den Akker
Aug 14, 20204 min read


Pandemic? Time to Save Money!
I've read mutliple articles in the past weeks from (Dutch) newspapers and financial journals indicating that saving has gone up. After...

Merle van den Akker
Aug 12, 20204 min read


Interview with Stuart King
Behavioural Science is a rapidly expanding field and everyday new research is being developed in academia, tested and implemented by...

Merle van den Akker
Aug 10, 20209 min read


Hacking Your Memories
Everyone has a memory to a stupid thing they did when they were a lot younger. And thinking back to that makes you cringe. It’s awful....

Merle van den Akker
Aug 7, 20204 min read
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