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Sarene Shaked
Sarene is an Associate Advisor at the Behavioral Insights Team Americas. Before joining BIT, she worked as a Research Associate for Innovations for Poverty Action Uganda, where she managed an RCT evaluating an entrepreneurial model of community health workers, looking particularly at its effect on infant mortality. Prior to moving…
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Erin Britton
Erin is a Senior Advisor at BIT Americas. Prior to joining BIT, Erin worked as a social impact consultant, providing strategy, capacity building, and program evaluation support to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and foundations across the U.S. and internationally. Her work and interests lie in managing change, building strong, collaborative…
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- 16th Mar 2021
Narratives as a tool: shifting mindsets at scale
Stories provide an accessible way of presenting complex issues. They make it easier for us to relate to people from different backgrounds. Stories' ability to transport us can also make us less likely to push back against the assumptions in a narrative. They can even change health behaviors; researchers have…
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- 9th Oct 2020
Nudging to boost volunteer sign-ups during the coronavirus crisis
BIT and the Local Government Association (LGA) partnered with North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) to encourage good deeds and maintain altruistic behaviours throughout the crisis. We developed a set of messages designed to encourage volunteering behaviours. To maximise the impact of these messages we incorporated several behavioural insights or nudges…
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- 3rd Mar 2020
R&D in the Third Sector
At BIT we’ve been doing a growing amount of work in recent years to support third sector organisations and funders to develop their programmes, particularly in the fields of social action and social capital. This often involves helping organisations to develop theories of change and do robust evaluations. In the…
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Saul Wodak
Saul is an Associate Advisor in our Sydney office. Saul joined the Behavioural Insights Team after completing an MSc in Behaviour Change at University College London, with a primary research focus on pro-environmental behaviour change and sustainable food consumption. Saul also has a Bachelor of Psychology from the University of…
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Kirstie Paul
Kirstie is an Advisor with BIT Americas and works primarily on helping local and city governments apply behavioral insights to policy. Kirstie holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bath and an MA in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University. Prior to joining BIT, Kirstie worked in various psychology…
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Sebastian Salomon-Ballada
Sebastian is a Senior Advisor at the Behavioural Insights Team. He is a founding member of BIT’s Canadian office and currently leads applied behavioural science projects across the Americas, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. He has advised over 15 government agencies in the region on the…
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- 26th Jun 2019
We asked our colleagues to talk to strangers - this is what happened
Could we encourage our co-workers to strike up new social connections on their way into the office?
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- 23rd May 2019
Using small changes to tackle loneliness
Last week, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration published a new report, written in conjunction with The Challenge. It includes ideas to bring people together and reduce loneliness, such as using public transport as a place to spark conversation and connections, encouraging the development of intergenerational care homes,…