Keynotes & Talks
Evidence-based talks on behavioral design, digital nudging, and how AI shapes human decision-making — drawn from my own research and the current literature, made accessible for executive audiences.
- Human-AI Interaction
- Behavioral Design
- Information Systems
I study how design changes behavior.
Dr. Vincent Beermann
- Postdoctoral Researcher & Interim Chair, Design Thinking and Innovation Research, Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam
- Affiliated Researcher, MIT Media Lab (Fluid Interfaces)
I am a psychologist and information systems researcher. My work connects behavioral science and design, with one question at its core: how AI changes the way we decide and work. I study human-AI interaction, digital nudging, and choice architecture — often in large-scale field experiments. I completed my PhD at the Hasso Plattner Institute (summa cum laude), where I now lead the Design Thinking and Innovation Research group on an interim basis, and I collaborate with the Fluid Interfaces group at the MIT Media Lab. I am also training toward licensure as a psychotherapist (systemic therapy) and work as an executive coach. Outside academia, I co-founded Menura Audio, where we build modular music equipment.
Work with me
I work with organizations that want to understand how people actually decide — and how to design technology, products, and AI systems accordingly. Everything here I do personally, as a psychologist and researcher.
Workshops & Executive Education
Teaching for practitioners: design thinking, behavioral design, and working with AI — from half-day sessions to multi-day executive programs, each with its own curriculum, defined learning objectives, and material I write myself. Most recently in the Executive MBA at the University of St. Gallen.
Executive Coaching
Coaching for individuals and teams, grounded in psychology: I am a psychologist (M.Sc.) and behavioral researcher, and I work from what the evidence says about how people change — patterns, context, and what a situation makes easy or hard. Strictly confidential. Not therapy, not life coaching.
Advisory
Scientific advice for teams whose products change behavior: intervention design grounded in the literature, choice architecture reviews, and rigorous evaluation — up to preregistered field experiments.
Research
What Is a Problem? Criteria and Guidelines for Crafting Research Problems in Design Science
Chatbot-Based Future-Thinking Interventions for Reducing Impulsivity and Promoting Healthier Dietary Choices: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Before You Scroll Again: Predicting Regretful Social Media Sessions from In-the-Wild Contextual and Wearable Sensing
The ABC of digital health: A framework for translating digital health interventions into real-world applications
Algorithmic Nudging
Confidence Cues in AI-Supported Decisions: How Communicated Uncertainty Shapes Trust Calibration and Reliance Behavior
Delivery channel shapes behavioural heating feedback in a German field trial
A Layered Internalization Architecture for Behavior Change Support Systems: Energy and Water Conservation Without a Financial Stake
Participatory Choice Architecture: Three Mechanisms for Co-Designing Digital Environments
Digital self-nudging: A framework for levels of user agency