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‘Selfie’, ‘FOMO’ and ‘twerk’ are added to the Oxford English Dictionary
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‘Selfie’, ‘FOMO’ and ‘twerk’ are added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Test, Learn, Adapt makes the case for randomised controlled trials in policy and wins the Inspiration for Government award
The paper we would like to highlight this week is a great example of how research can be transferred into practice. Garner (2005) tested the impact of attaching a Post-it note with a hand-written request to survey materials. The study found that the note roughly doubled response rates (76%, compared…
A randomised controlled trial measured how successful different approaches were in encouraging more people to join the Organ Donor Register.
David Halpern CBE is President Emeritus at the Behavioural Insights Team having previously been the team's CEO from launch of the company (2010-2023) and President & Founding Director (2023-2024). Prior to BIT, David was the first Research Director of the Institute for Government and between 2001 and 2007 was the…
Dr Michael Hallsworth is BIT's Chief Behavioural Scientist. Before his current role, Michael was Managing Director of BIT Americas and previously led BIT's global work on health and tax. Earlier in his career, Michael was a Senior Policy Advisor in the Cabinet Office of the UK government and has in-depth…
Elspeth joined BIT while it was still part of the Cabinet Office. During her time with BIT she held various roles, including overseeing health and education work and setting up and leading the North American office. She is the author of two books relating to behavioural science: Behavioral Insights (2020,…
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