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Built for Sprints, Needed for Marathons

Surveying 22 scientists and 108 users to prioritise 18 design principles for digital habit formation, exposing where scientific evidence, what users want, and what apps actually implement pull in different directions.

ECIS 2026

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Reinsch, F., Sitzberger, M. L., Kählig, M., & Stark, J. (2026). Built For Sprints, Needed For Marathons: Mapping The Gap Between Science, Users, and Implementation In Digital Habit Formation Apps. ECIS 2026 Proceedings.

Felix Reinsch

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