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Comment & Opinion 1st Apr 2025

Big shifts for behavioural science: boosting participation

This is the fourth and final piece in our series explaining the four big shifts in behavioural science that BIT is aiming to achieve. In this series, I've explored how behavioural science must evolve - by thinking in systems, understanding social drivers of behaviour, and adopting adaptive approaches. The final…

Comment & Opinion 13th Mar 2025

Could behavioural science help people put more money into their pensions?

How much do you pay into your pension pot every month? How do you know it’s the right amount? While thanks to auto-enrolment most employees in the UK now save regularly into a pension, many aren’t actually saving enough. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) estimates that about 4 in…

Comment & Opinion 25th Feb 2025

Big shifts for behavioural science: getting more flexible and adaptive

This is the third piece in our series explaining the four big shifts in behavioural science that BIT is aiming to achieve. This time, I’m talking about the third of our four ‘big shifts’ in behavioural science:  “Be more iterative and adaptive. Aim for continual improvement, rather than taking a…

Comment & Opinion 17th Dec 2024

Breaking down behavioral barriers to affordable housing in the US

The US is experiencing an affordable housing crisis, and renters are bearing the brunt of it. For nearly half of renters - over 21 million households - more than 30% of their income goes toward rent. This leaves little room to make ends meet, let alone to save for emergencies…

Comment & Opinion 10th Dec 2024

Big shifts for behavioural science: working with complexity and systems

This is the first piece in our series explaining the four big shifts in behavioural science that BIT is aiming to achieve. In 2023, we published our manifesto, which set out ten proposals for where the field of behavioural science should go next. Now, BIT and Nesta have taken things…

Comment & Opinion 2nd Dec 2024

Improving NHS productivity: the overlooked role of workforce management

The NHS made historic productivity gains of 15% between 2010 and 2018. Policymakers shouldn’t forget that these were fuelled in part by discretionary effort and that basic improvements in workforce management could help it rise again. NHS productivity finally looks to be recovering, but hospital productivity remains substantially lower than…

Comment & Opinion 23rd Oct 2024

Four Big Shifts: moving BIT into a new era

The reality is that BIT has always ranged wider than behavioural science, whether in terms of promoting deliberative democracy, the use of reliable evidence, or rapid and low-cost evaluations. Our goal is to improve outcomes in society, using rigour, pragmatism, and the best approaches available. We’re remaining true to that…

Comment & Opinion 10th Sep 2024

Can behavioural science stop the bomb?

We worked with Chatham House to uncover the risky behaviours built into nuclear weapons programmes and understand how we could cut the chances of the worst consequences.

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