BeweLab: Digital Interventions for Research and Practice

Translating validated cognitive training into accessible digital tools for scientists, clinicians, and public health partners.

From lab to product: Bewe.com

Our research programme generates scientifically validated intervention protocols, gamified cognitive training tasks, and digital behavioural biomarkers that have demonstrated efficacy in preregistered, double-blind randomised controlled trials. To ensure these tools reach the populations that need them, we develop and maintain our intervention software through BeweLab SA (bewe.com), a University of Fribourg spin-off based at Biopôle Lausanne.

BeweLab develops standalone smartphone applications for cognitive training, behavioural change, and rehabilitation. The platform delivers Go/NoGo and approach-avoidance training with adaptive difficulty, gamification, and built-in outcome tracking, the same infrastructure used in our academic trials, packaged for use in clinical, research, and public health settings.

Current focus

We are currently running randomised controlled trials to test the efficacy of our interventions, with a primary focus on modifying eating habits and substance use by targeting the reward processes that drive cue-induced craving. In parallel, we are validating the Motivational Salience Index (MSI), our patented digital behavioural biomarker for implicit craving assessment, which will enable objective monitoring and adaptive intervention delivery within the platform.

Available for research and clinical use

With the primary aim of supporting the scientific validation and continued development of our tools, we make our training solutions available to researchers, clinicians, health-promoting institutions, and industry partners. Current collaborations span insurance providers, clinical centres in obesity care and addiction medicine, medtech partners, and independent nutrition professionals.

The platform can be configured for controlled experimental protocols (with randomisation, blinding, and compliance tracking) as well as for routine clinical or preventive use. Domain-specific cue sets are available for food, alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco, and custom configurations can be developed for new applications.

Governance

The relationship between the University of Fribourg research group and BeweLab SA operates under formal conflict-of-interest management. Academic research is conducted independently, with preregistered protocols, university-held data, and analysis plans locked before unblinding. Scientific specifications are transferred to BeweLab only after peer-reviewed publication. This structure ensures research integrity while enabling a credible pathway from evidence to deployment.

Get in touch

If you are interested in using our platform for research or clinical purposes, or in exploring a collaboration, please do not hesitate to contact us.