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- Academic publication
- 23rd Apr 2016
Provision of social norm feedback to high prescribers of antibiotics in general practice: a pragmatic national randomised controlled trial
Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing contributes to antimicrobial resistance.
- Blog
- 4th Apr 2016
The Power of Thank You
From an early age our parents remind us to say “thank you”. But what is the impact of these words? Are employees more productive if thanked for their hard work? Does thanking people for charitable donations encourage them to keep giving? Over the past year, we’ve started to see a…
- Blog
- 29th Mar 2016
Reducing Mobile Phone Theft
Last week the Home Office published the second edition of “Reducing Mobile Phone Theft and Improving Security”, a report which details mobile phone crime in the UK and how it changes over time. A core part of this report is based on BIT’s analysis of data provided by the Metropolitan Police…
- Blog
- 24th Mar 2016
BIT launch PhD Scholarships Programme with UCL
We are pleased to announce the launch of the BIT PhD Scholarships Programme, a collaboration between the Behavioural Insights Team and the School of Public Policy, University College London (UCL). These three-year scholarships will run from autumn 2016. The scholarships can be on any area of behavioural science and public…
- Academic publication
- 26th Feb 2016
Nudge: Recent developments in behavioural science and public policy
Dr Michael Hallsworth, Director of BIT North America and Michael Sanders former Head of Research and Evaluations at BIT, discuss the increasing popularity of behavioural science among policymakers and explore the reason for it's rapid ascendancy in the UK political sphere.
- Academic publication
- 1st Feb 2016
Can simple prompts increase bequest giving? Field evidence from a legal call centre
We report the findings of a field study demonstrating the importance of non-pecuniary mechanisms for bequest giving.
- Blog
- 15th Jan 2016
Does social action help develop the skills young people need to succeed in adult life?
Today sees the publication of BIT's evaluation of the Cabinet Office's Youth Social Action Fund, an interim version of which was published last year. Our report provides compelling and robust evidence that young people who take part in social action initiatives, such as volunteering, develop some of the most critical…
- Academic publication
- 20th Oct 2015
Stating Appointment Costs in SMS Reminders Reduces Missed Hospital Appointments: Findings from Two Randomised Controlled Trials
Missed hospital appointments are a major cause of inefficiency worldwide. Healthcare providers are increasingly using Short Message Service reminders to reduce ‘Did Not Attend’ (DNA) rates.
- Blog
- 28th Sep 2015
Using a lottery to incentivise voter registration
A lottery made people register faster, saving the local authority money, but did not change the overall rates of voter registration
- Academic publication
- 1st Sep 2015
Applying Behavioral Economics in a Health Policy Context
The goal of this chapter is to describe how behavioural economics has been applied to health care sector, beginning with the origins of the Behavioural Insights Team in the United Kingdom, and concluding with the broad public health policy context in both the United Kingdom and across much of the…