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- Academic publication
- 28th Apr 2017
Failure to CAPTCHA Attention: Null Results from an Honesty Priming Experiment in Guatemala
We report results from a large online randomised tax experiment in Guatemala. The trial involves short messages and choices presented to taxpayers as part of a CAPTCHA pop-up window immediately before they file a tax return, with the aim of priming honest declarations.
- Blog
- 16th Jun 2017
Introducing Test+Build – a BI Venture
Test+Build: a new tool to help you run your own randomised controlled trial. Register your interest here. Work in fraud, error, and debt, and especially tax compliance and collection, has always been a core part of what the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) does. One of our favourite pieces of work…
- Blog
- 7th Jul 2017
A first for children's social care: findings from our new trial
For children growing up in turbulent households the outcomes are stark. Young people in receipt of social care attain drastically lower than average GCSE grades, have an increased chance of suffering poor physical and mental health and, worryingly, are more likely to have offspring who endure a similarly detrimental childhood.…
- Blog
- 13th Jul 2017
Why England’s 11 new Research Schools are an exciting step forward for education
Yesterday Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for Education, announced that the government was to fund 11 Research Schools, bringing the total to 22 nationally. At BIT, we are very pleased to be working in partnership with one of these new Research schools, the Blue School in Wells. The Blue School…
- Blog
- 31st Jul 2017
More evidence on the power of role models
We have written here before about the power of inspirational role models to change young people’s beliefs and behaviours when it comes to their education. We, and others, have repeatedly found that having a positive, relatable role model can have substantial impacts on young people’s interest in applying to university,…
- Blog
- 17th Aug 2017
Behavioural Science Executive Education Programme - register your interest now
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and Warwick Business School (WBS) have launched an Executive Education Programme. We think it’s one of the first programmes of its kind – a collaboration between an academic institution and BIT that combines a deep dive into the academic literature with a practical focus on…
- Blog
- 23rd Aug 2017
Rethinking public health using behavioural science
How could - and should - findings from behavioural science make us approach public health differently? This week, BIT offered a provocative answer to this question in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. It was also a question addressed by over 100 academics and practitioners at a recent workshop organised by…
- Blog
- 4th Sep 2017
When's the right time to get people giving?
A lot of the behavioural biases that prevent us from achieving our goals have to do with time. We lament not having enough time to get everything done, and then spend hours binge-watching cooking shows. We all have that important task - like applying to university, or filling in our…
- Academic publication
- 25th Oct 2017
Evaluation of Complex Whole-School Interventions: Methodological and Practical Considerations
Evaluating the impact of complex whole-school interventions (CWSIs) is challenging.
- Blog
- 26th Oct 2017
Test+Build for Charities: a new tool to support volunteering and fundraising
It’s been three months since we launched Test+Build, our venture that helps organisations design their own interventions informed by behavioural science and then test them with a randomised controlled trial. We’re currently working with 5 organisations on issues such as tax compliance to get trials up and running. Now we’re…