Martin Koehring - Global Sustainability Expert | Ocean Futurist | Charity Board Member | TEDx Speaker | I help create multi-stakeholder partnerships & impactful research on 🌏 Climate 🌏 Nature 🌏 Blue Economy

Behavioural economics in healthcare: making sense of emotional drivers of decision-making

In July 2018 I moderated a very interesting webinar on behavioural economics in healthcare, organised by The Economist Events. The discussion was based on a report written by The Economist Intelligence Unit, Preventative care and behavioural science: The emotional drivers of healthcare decisions.

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Martin is a global ocean, climate and sustainability expert and futurist with 20+ years of experience. His recent roles include Global Director of Impact at the international sustainability NGO Forum for the Future, Head of The Economist’s World Ocean Initiative, Practice Lead for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources at Economist Impact (The Economist Group), Senior Strategic Expert in Blue Economy for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Director/Trustee of both the people-powered think tank New Economics Foundation and the Marine Conservation Society (the largest marine conservation charity in the UK).

A prolific global speaker, Martin has chaired the World Ocean Summit since 2019 and has spoken at other major global events such as London Climate Action Week, Climate Week NYC, Economist Sustainability Week, edie, COP26/World Biodiversity Summit, World Water Week, Blue Earth, Sustainable Foods, the World Green Economy Summit and the UN Ocean Conference.

Martin is known for accelerating the growth and impact of the World Ocean Initiative, helping to establish Economist Impact’s Sustainability Project (winner of a Webby Award for “Best Writing – Editorial”), serving as project director for the award-winning Food Sustainability Index, and giving a TEDx talk on “How a just & regenerative mindset can help us navigate the polycrisis”.

Martin is open to consulting and speaking opportunities.

Martin Koehring - Global Sustainability Expert | Ocean Futurist | Charity Board Member | TEDx Speaker | I help create multi-stakeholder partnerships & impactful research on 🌏 Climate 🌏 Nature 🌏 Blue Economy

Martin’s TEDx talk about the power of mindset shifts

Behavioural economics in healthcare: making sense of emotional drivers of decision-making

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