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Blog 11th Apr 2024

Could summer jobs stop youth violence?

In many American cities, Summer Youth Employment Programs offer young people from disadvantaged backgrounds short-term paid employment during the long summer break from school. Some of these programmes have been in existence for decades and operate at a huge scale. Given the evidence from the US on violent youth offending,…

Blog 2nd Apr 2024

Meta’s Community Forum on AI

Our ongoing partnership with Meta has yielded strong evidence that deliberative processes are promising mechanisms for platform governance. Last October, building on earlier deliberative processes and our focus on AI, BIT designed and delivered a third Community Forum (CF) sponsored by Meta and working with Stanford University’s Deliberative Democracy Lab. 

Blog 28th Mar 2024

Broadcasting anti-corruption education to millions

In 1969, Simplemente María, a soap opera about an industrious single mother, led to a spike in literacy class enrollment in Peru. Edutainment experiments have also helped promote healthy sexual development, improve financial decision making, and prevent intimate partner violence. 

Blog 28th Mar 2024

Remembering Danny Kahneman: Reflections from David Halpern

This week we had the sad news of the death of Danny, a truly monumental figure in behavioural science. He was an inspiration and massive influence on me personally, on the work of the Behavioural Insights Team, and on many of my generation.

Blog 20th Mar 2024

How can a behavioral science lens reduce corruption?

Since 2019, BIT has been partnering with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on their On Nigeria Big Bet. The initiative aims to bolster the momentum around Nigerian-led efforts to strengthen accountability, reduce corruption, and improve the quality of life for Nigerians.

Blog 19th Mar 2024

We need to talk about behaviour change and climate

Fresh from the Chatham House Energy Transition Conference, Toby Park, our Head of Energy, Transport and Sustainability Policy at the Behavioural Insights Team, sat down with Professor Felix Creutzig (lead author of the IPCC on demand), Dr Christina Demski (Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformation)…

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