Colin R. Kuehnhanss

I am a (behavioural) economist by training and a Policy Analyst at the Competence Centre for Behavioural Insights (CCBI) of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, where we

• → use behavioural insights to help design better policies
• → bridge the gap between policymakers and behavioural researchers
• → aim to increase the use of behavioural insights for policy, when they are relevant

The CCBI is part of the EU Policy Lab, a space for cross-disciplinary exploration and innovation in policymaking. We apply collaborative, systemic and forward-looking approaches to help bringing the scientific knowledge of the Joint Research Centre into EU policymaking.

I am also an affiliated researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga in the Department of Economics.

Kuehnhanss, C.R., Holm, J. & Mahieu, B. (2021)
Rally 'round which flag? Terrorism's effect on (intra)national identity.
Public Choice, 188, 53–74 DOI: 10.1007/s11127-020-00803-8
[accepted manuscript]

Heyndels, B. & Kuehnhanss, C.R. (2020)
Gender quotas as (non-)binding constraints: The case of semi-open list formation in Flemish municipalities.
Feminist Economics, 26(2), 160-186, DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2019.1685675
[accepted manuscript] [slides]

Kuehnhanss, C.R. (2019)
The challenges of behavioural insights for effective policy design.
Policy and Society, 38(1), 14-40, DOI: 10.1080/14494035.2018.1511188
[open access]

Kuehnhanss, C.R. & Heyndels, B. (2018)
All's fair in taxation: A framing experiment with local politicians.
Journal of Economic Psychology, 65, 26-40, DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2018.01.004
[accepted manuscript] [policy brief] [slides]

Kuehnhanss, C.R., Murdoch, Z., Geys, B. & Heyndels, B. (2017)
Identity, threat aversion, and civil servants' policy preferences: Evidence from the European Parliament.
Public Administration, 95(4), 1009-1025, DOI: 10.1111/padm.12348
[accepted manuscript]

Staat, C. & Kuehnhanss, C.R. (2017)
Outside earnings, electoral systems and legislative effort in the European Parliament.
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 55(2), 368-386, DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12460
[accepted manuscript]

Kuehnhanss, C.R., Heyndels, B. & Hilken, K. (2015)
Choice in politics: Equivalency framing in economic policy decisions and the influence of expertise.
European Journal of Political Economy, 40(pt.B), 360-374, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2015.06.001
[accepted manuscript]

Kuehnhanss, C.R. (2018)
Nudges and nodality tools: New developments in old instruments.
In Howlett, M. & Mukherjee, I. (eds.), chapter 15, 227-242, Routledge Handbook of Policy Design, Abingdon: Routledge
[accepted manuscript]