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- 15th Jun 2020
Life after lockdown: an opportunity for change?
Widespread lockdown, it turns out, has presented many of us with an unexpected opportunity to make positive changes to our lives.
- Blog
- 29th Jun 2020
Life after lockdown: A strong & sustainable economic recovery
As our current economic lockdowns ease we have a unique opportunity to take a fresh start so we have strong and sustainable recoveries
- Report
- 26th Nov 2020
The Behavioural Economy
A new 10-point manifesto published by The Behavioural Insights Team which sets out a clear roadmap for how governments, regulators and central banks can start using powerful behavioural levers and nudges available to economic policy makers that have the potential to deliver real positive change.
- Blog
- 14th Dec 2020
Automatic switching: a win for consumers and behavioural public policy
I doubt any of us would say no to a £300 windfall. Indeed, most of us would be thrilled! It could cover the Christmas shopping, pay a chunk off your credit card bill or simply boost your rainy day savings fund. The good news is that the typical UK household…
- Blog
- 27th Oct 2021
Podcast: Can we nudge to net zero?
In the first of a two-part climate change special, BIT’s Lis Costa sits down with Nobel Prize Winner Professor Richard Thaler, Cambridge University’s Lucia A. Reisch and BIT CEO and founder Professor David Halpern to answer one big question ahead of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference: Can we Nudge to Net Zero?
- Blog
- 2nd Feb 2022
Five behavioural challenges and opportunities for 2022
In 2021, we saw the reach and impact of behavioural science continue to extend. From the UN hosting its first behavioural science week and declaring behavioural science as a “critical tool to progress on its mandate” to the publication of the final edition of Thaler and Sunstein’s classic book Nudge.…
- Blog
- 8th Feb 2022
Safer Internet Day: 5 behavioural projects to improve online safety
Today is Safer Internet Day, a day used to campaign for all stakeholders to ‘make the internet a safer and better place for all, and especially for children and young people.’ In this blog we outline why online platforms are so adept at influencing human behaviour and showcase five projects…
- Blog
- 14th Feb 2022
Tinder Swindling: A darker side to Valentine’s Day
Many of us grew up with Hollywood-style dreams of how we might meet our partner - whether that be a chance encounter in a bar, on a long plane journey, or fighting over the last apple in the supermarket. In reality, however, more of us are turning to the internet…
- Blog
- 24th Aug 2022
Supporting households through the cost of living crisis
Inflation is running at a 40 year high and the Bank of England forecasts that the UK will enter a recession by the end of the year. Many people across the country are facing enormous pressure, which is only mounting. Tackling this will be a huge policy challenge over the…
- Blog
- 20th Sep 2022
How can citizens shape the future of social media platforms?
An everyday genius of humans is that we collaborate and cooperate to get things done. We share with others our thoughts and values, and they in turn share, support, and challenge. However, this process can also create the conditions for offence, misunderstanding and conflict. Nowhere do we see this more…