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Press releases
- Press release
- 18th Oct 2024
Study finds behaviourally informed chatbot triples vaccine uptake
LONDON, 18 October 2024 - A team of international researchers co-led by the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and Argentina’s Behavioural Insights and Public Policy Unit, has found that a behaviourally-informed chatbot more than tripled COVID-19 vaccine uptake compared to a control group.
- Press release
- 18th Oct 2024
Women underestimate public support for extra workplace adjustments for menopause
New research shows 70% of the public supports extra workplace adjustments, but misperceptions may deter women from seeking essential support for their health and well-being
- Press release
- 1st Oct 2024
More than half the public think they’re good at spotting false information online - but only a third think other people are
A new survey of the public’s online awareness, carried out by BIT (the Behavioural Insight Team) finds wide variations in people’s confidence in spotting false information online.
- Press release
- 9th Sep 2024
Study reveals $100 billion ‘evidence gap’ in public policy
A new report reveals minimal government investment in public policy evidence, with R&D spending in the UK, Canada, Australia, and the US at under 0.1% of total expenditure in key areas like education, social protection, and public order.
- Press release
- 1st Aug 2024
Be In A Net: Behavioural Insights to improve the use of Insecticide-treated Malaria nets in Nigeria and Uganda
Nearly every minute, a child under five dies from malaria. Despite significant progress in reducing the disease in the last two decades, malaria continues to cause over 200 million infections and over 600,000 deaths each year. The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is a world leader in behavioural science, having completed…
- Press release
- 18th Jun 2024
Update from BIT and David Halpern
David Halpern, the Founding Director and President of the Behavioural Insights Team will be moving on from his role and the team from July 31st 2024.
- Press release
- 21st May 2024
BIT and Ofcom trial methods to boost engagement with content controls on social media sites
BIT and Ofcom’s Behavioural Insight specialists ran two online trials to test different ways of encouraging people to use content controls.
- Press release
- 1st May 2024
BIT and HelpMum Africa selected for the new 8.5M VaxSocial grant to develop behavioural social media interventions to build vaccine confidence
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and HelpMum Africa have been awarded a major significant grant to explore the role of behavioural change interventions in vaccine uptake in Nigeria, India and Indonesia.
- Press release
- 18th Mar 2024
UK GDP held back by hidden information on price and quality
A lack of available information that could help consumers and businesses compare quality and price when buying goods or services is costing the UK economy around £14 billion in revenue, new research from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) finds.
- Press release
- 18th Oct 2023
Groundbreaking research on WhatsApp chatbot to reduce intimate partner violence published in PLOS
Patterns of violence can start at an impressionable age, when teenagers and women start their first serious relationships and learn what is “normal”—or even desirable—in a partner. There is a strong connection between positive power equity beliefs and lower IPV prevalence.