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Working with parents to support the use of positive parenting strategies at home
- Blog
- 6th Apr 2023
Sugar Tax and the response to the Casey report into policing
What is the sugar tax equivalent for changing police culture? What intervention not only tackles bad standards but also positively re-enforces itself, to counter the doom loop of poor standards leading to weak recruitment?
- Report
- 30th Nov 2022
Understanding homicide: A framework analysis
Funded by London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), this framework analyses police data to better understand the drivers of homicide and identify opportunities to intervene earlier. The VRU commissioned the Behavioural Insights Team to work alongside the Met police to develop the framework using data from 50 homicide cases to capture…
- Blog
- 17th Oct 2022
Expanding the social innovation pipeline
Many fields oscillate between optimism and despair and crime and youth justice policy has arguably seen the most extreme oscillations
- Person
Martin Wessel
Martin is an Associate Advisor in our Home Affairs and Social Cohesion team. He works on policy areas spanning crime, justice and social capital and mobility. Before joining BIT, Martin worked in financial services with a particular focus on microfinance. Martin holds an MSc in Behavioural Science from LSE which…
- Person
Andras Beszterczey
Andras leads on security & justice, and governance & government interventions. Andras joined BIT in 2022, previously working with civil society organisations focusing on violence prevention/reduction for 10 years - primarily in the Middle East, living in Beirut and Cairo, with some experience in east and central Africa - and…
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Neeraj Rahal
Neeraj is an Advisor in our Home Affairs and Social Cohesion team. Prior to joining BIT, Neeraj was a forensic psychologist in training with HM Prison and Probation Services, carrying out psychological risk assessments, and providing advice to parole boards and other stakeholders. Additionally, he has also worked as a…
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Dr Laure Bokobza
Laure is a Senior Research Advisor in the Home Affairs, Security and Education team. Before joining BIT, she completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Oxford, where her research focused on wealth inequality and redistribution, social movements, and non-democratic politics. She also taught quantitative methods to graduate…
- Blog
- 1st Sep 2022
Saving the elephants with behavioural insights
Valued at approx £15 billion annually, illegal wildlife trade is the 4th biggest international illegal activity after drugs, illegal arms dealing, and human trafficking. Influencing consumer demand is core in tackling illegal wildlife trade. However, there are gaps in existing literature about what works to reduce consumer motivation and demand.…
- Blog
- 8th Aug 2022
Celebrating the birth of the Ending Youth Violence Lab
The birth of something new is nearly always a good reason to celebrate. The birth of the new Ending Youth Violence Lab is no exception. My day job is leading the Youth Endowment Fund. I and my team go to work every day with a single mission in mind: To…