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- 22nd Nov 2022
5 traps to avoid on Black Friday
It’s Black Friday time again. This year UK spending is expected to hit £7.5bn with customers spending over £200 each on average according to PwC. This trumps the typical spend during Boxing Day of around £186 each. Businesses know this is a lucrative sales time, but also that record levels…
- Blog
- 16th Nov 2022
Helping users shape their digital world
Who should make decisions regarding governance of a social media platform that connects billions of people?
- Person
Eva Myers
Eva Myers is joint Director of Economic Policy with Nida Broughton in our UK office. She oversees BIT’s work on energy, environment and sustainability, diversity and inclusion as well as wider work on financial, consumer and business behaviour. Eva has over 15 years of international economic and financial policy experience…
- Past event
- 29th Nov 2022
Market Behaviour
The Behavioural Insights Team's Gambling & Policy Research Unit is hosting a reception in the House of Lords to bring together experts in the field to discuss actions that need to be taken NOW to bring the huge UK gambling market up to date to protect consumers from gambling harms.
- Person
Tom van Zantvliet
Tom is an Advisor in the Financial Inclusion Team, specialising in tackling gambling-related harms within BIT's Gambling Policy and Research Unit. Tom's expertise lies in the intersection between Behavioural Science and International Development, as well as in misinformation and online harms. Tom holds an MSc in Behavioural Science from the…
- Blog
- 13th Oct 2022
Reaching nonprofit program participants - developing more effective tools by learning what doesn’t work
Many nonprofits strive to increase program participation but reaching new people can be challenging. The behavioural insights approach can identify which outreach tools are worth investing in
- Person
Antonio Hanna-Amodio
Antonio is an Advisor in the International team. His work involves designing behavioural policies that are tailored to a range of contexts and cultures, with a focus on impact and scalability. Antonio has worked across many policy areas: including sustainability, diplomacy, healthcare and economic policy. He holds a first-class honours…
- Blog
- 5th Oct 2022
Investors are stuck between climate commitments and action
Many financial institutions have announced major climate commitments. Are they real shifts or just empty claims to capitalise on greener consumer preferences?
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Ellie Lugt
Ellie is a Senior Advisor within the Financial Behaviour team in the London office. Ellie leads projects focussed on applying behavioural insights to improve financial wellbeing. Prior to joining BIT, Ellie worked for the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as a Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor and…
- Blog
- 28th Sep 2022
Supporting employees to save via Credit Unions in Northern Ireland
Payroll saving schemes can help people struggling to save but they are only offered by about 3% of UK employers with over 100 employees and take-up rates are in the single digits.