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- 21st Nov 2023
Stamp out carbon emissions - would a retrofit rebate on stamp duty be a good idea?
The Chancellor will deliver the 2023 Autumn Statement on Wednesday. The details are under wraps but there are plenty of rumours about what the Chancellor will – and won't – announce.
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- 14th Nov 2023
Boosting digital skills with behavioural insights
Countries across the globe are facing a significant digital skills gap, and the UK is no exception. UK employers are already finding that over one third of their hard-to-fill vacancies are related to a lack of digital skills.
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- 2nd Nov 2023
AI & BI : Building Trustworthy Tools - Testing AI chatbots in Public Service
We need powerful and safe frontier AI models. But we also need an interface that people trust and want to use. That’s why we’re running an experiment to understand how people might interact with AI in public services.
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- 30th Oct 2023
Behavior change is key to successful climate action plans
Successful climate action plans must consider, and plan for, changing people’s behavior. For the world to reach net zero emissions by 2050, 62% of emissions cuts require residents or businesses to change what they do.
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- 25th Oct 2023
Hacking the learning process: Learn how to apply BI by running your own project
We know that practical experience, or learning-by-doing, is a powerful method for learning. When we run training programmes, we want to make sure that every learner walks away with a deep understanding not only of what was on our slides, but more importantly, of the underlying principles and how to…
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- 21st Oct 2023
Is a Zero-Waste Lifestyle Possible?
Is it truly feasible for individuals and communities to adopt such a lifestyle, and what role can behavioural sciences play in improving the uptake of sustainable practices?
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- 19th Oct 2023
Encourager la participation des femmes au dépistage du cancer du sein
Sur la période 2021-2022, en France, moins de 50% des femmes éligibles au programme de dépistage organisé du cancer du sein y ont participé. À titre de comparaison, elles étaient 65% au Royaume-Uni.
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- 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.
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- 12th Oct 2023
A behavioural lens on Keir Starmer's conference speech
It was the Leader of the Opposition’s fullest, and most personal, account of what he thinks ails Britain and how a Labour government might go about fixing it.
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- 11th Oct 2023
Combating sedentary behaviour in the office, one step at a time
Four out of ten French people spend more than 7 hours a day sitting down and 95% of us do not exercise enough to protect our health from the consequences of this sedentary lifestyle. That's why Paris 2024 is trying to encourage Parisians to "move more," starting in their own…