Press releases
- Press release
- 9th Feb 2022
Behavioural Insights Team expands into Latin America and the Caribbean
LONDON 09 FEBRUARY 2022 - The Behavioural Insights Team, innovators in the application of behavioural science to public policy around the world, is today announcing the expansion of its operations to Latin America and The Caribbean. Since its launch by the UK Government in 2010 and acquisition by innovation charity Nesta…
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- Press release
- 13th Dec 2021
Nesta acquires Behavioural Insights Team to help tackle society’s biggest social challenges
Nesta and BIT have a proud history of working together to change society for good
- Press release
- 19th Nov 2021
Dangerous left turns slow by 17% in new traffic study leveraging behavioral science
All U.S. cities can prevent pedestrian deaths with practical investments that yield fast, meaningful improvements in safety
- Press release
- 4th Nov 2021
Behavioural Insights Team release Get-Greener
Get-Greener.com recommends specific actions and behaviours that are feasible and relevant to individual circumstances
- Press release
- 15th Sep 2021
Behavioural Insights Team launches Gambling Policy & Research Unit
The Gambling Policy & Research Unit is a dedicated team of specialists with a mandate to develop and rigorously test methods and approaches that will significantly reduce harms in the UK’s £14 billion gambling market
- Press release
- 8th Apr 2021
Rent Guarantees could be key to help Universal Credit claimants unlock the private rental market
Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are most effective in opening up the private rented sector for people receiving benefits according to major new research from the Centre for Homelessness Impact, the Behavioural Insights Team and the National Residential Landlords Association. The study found these approaches had the greatest…
- Press release
- 5th Mar 2021
New wave of 174,000 flexible jobs would boost post-COVID gender equality
BIT analysed more than 780,000 job postings on Indeed.co.uk by 100,000 employers and found that prompting employers to clearly advertise flexible working options led to a 20% increase in the number of jobs advertised as flexible.
- Press release
- 20th Jan 2021
Gamblers reduce their online gambling spending limits by almost half once operator defined options are removed from view
New research from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) has found that by removing industry-set options for deposit limits, online gamblers reduce the amount they set for themselves by up to 46%. Deposit limit tools are a common feature of gambling sites in Great Britain. Customers are typically required to scroll…
- Press release
- 26th Nov 2020
The Behavioural Economy
The IMF is predicting the worst fall in UK GDP since the Great Depression of the 1930s due to the COVID-19 pandemic and new BIT research undertaken this month found that 55 per cent of people in the UK think that the economy has become more unfair over 2020 as…
- Press release
- 27th Oct 2020
The Behavioural Insights Team opens new office in France
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), a pioneer in the application of behavioural science for social impact, is pleased to announce the expansion of its international presence with the opening of a new office in Paris. This first office in mainland Europe joins BIT’s existing offices in London, New York, Sydney,…