• Report
• 26th Sep 2024

Understanding public support for Net Zero policies

We (The Behavioural Insights Team; BIT) were commissioned by the European Climate Foundation (ECF) and Nesta to better understand public attitudes to Net Zero policies, the factors that underpin support or opposition, and what can done in the way policies are designed to increase popularity.

• Past event
• 3rd Oct 2024

Professor David Halpern in conversation with The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP

We are pleased to host the Honourable Andrew Leigh MP of Australia in conversation with BIT President Emeritus David Halpern

• Report
• 9th Sep 2024

A Blueprint for Better International Collaboration on Evidence

Governments collectively spend trillions on public services. Despite this, surprisingly little is known on what works across most areas of public spending. Alongside this, R&D spending by governments across most areas of spending, with the exception of health and defence, are incredibly low. For the U.S., UK, Australia and Canada,…

• Blog
• 2nd May 2024

Decisionscape: how thinking like an artist can improve our decision-making

Top of our reading list this month has been Decisionscape, a book by former BIT employee, Elspeth Kirkman, now Nesta’s Chief Programmes Officer.

• Blog
• 9th Mar 2022

How much are we willing to pay to make home heating greener?

When it comes to reducing emissions from the way people heat their homes (home heating is currently responsible for around 14% of UK emissions), the UK government (alongside many other countries) is betting a lot on heat pumps. We tried to understand how willing UK householders are to adopt a…

• Blog
• 15th Dec 2021

Why BIT and Nesta are deepening their relationship

Nesta CEO Ravi Gurumurthy shares why he's so excited about closer collaboration with BIT as it becomes wholly-owned by Nesta

• Article

Increasing remote learning engagement