Crises shape everyday life - and the shopping cart. A recent in-depth psychological study conducted by the rheingold Institute in Cologne on behalf of Unilever shows how consumer behavior changes in uncertain times - shopping in the area of conflict between "survival" and "a better life".
The rheingold Institute has been nominated as a finalist for the German Market Research Innovation Award 2025 with the rheingold Avatar Suite. The award recognizes outstanding, forward-looking research tools that open up new avenues in market research.
A joint study by the rheingold Institute and the University of Mainz got to the bottom of how users deal with the new media diversity. The research has now been awarded first place for the best journal article in communication science 2024.
No rescue in sight - helplessness and an explosive mood dominate the election campaign. The mood of many voters ahead of the upcoming federal election is characterized by strong feelings of loss, worry and disappointment with politics.
In order to promote volunteering, it is important to know the psychological levers. Six central motives for volunteering show how the aspirations of potential volunteers can be specifically addressed.
Young people repeatedly complain that their world is breaking down into irreconcilable bubbles. The VCI study shows that they are very afraid of making themselves vulnerable in front of everyone on social networks.
The innovation service provider KitchenTown and the rheingold Institute are cooperating. Food manufacturers benefit from the strategic partnership through psychological analysis expertise combined with development and implementation power.
Dominic Macri is a performance artist, slam poet, actress and psychologist. The German-speaking team champion in poetry slam used her poetic recording to touchingly summarize the rheingold congress on stage.
With its "Fluid Strategy", the joint venture between the rheingold Institute, the digital agency Gerhard and Alexander Kiock offers flexible, data-driven strategies that are based on unconscious behavioral patterns and can be implemented as quickly as possible.