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Dr Alex Gyani
Alex is the Managing Director of the Behavioural Insights Team's APAC offices. He has been based in Sydney since 2014. He has advised governments around the world on how to use behavioural science to improve policy outcomes and increase the use of evidence-based policy more generally. Previously Alex oversaw the…
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Hannah Burd
Hannah has designed, led and executed complex and effective change programmes in her 6+ years at BIT. She has been responsible for BIT's NHS portfolio and subsequently Programme Director for one of our largest policy programmes - the Gender & Behavioural Insights Programme - that delivered 30 individual behavioural science…
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Nida Broughton
Nida Broughton is co-Director of Economic Policy at the Behavioural Insights Team. She oversees BIT's work across consumer policy, business regulation, economic growth, sustainability and EDI. Nida and her team work with partners across the public, private and third sector to apply behavioural science to tackle social impact challenges: improving…
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- 10th Nov 2017
How flexible working can improve gender equality in the workplace
Today is Equal Pay Day - an annual reminder of gender inequality in the workplace. While attention rightly tends to focus on the pay gap between men and women, there are a number of issues that impact differently on employees depending on their gender. One of those is flexible working.…
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- 23rd Nov 2017
When attempts to improve the treatment of women fail
The recent spotlight on sexual harassment in the workplace has led employers from Hollywood to Westminster to think about how they treat women. This, alongside the introduction of the new requirement for employers to report their Gender Pay Gap, means it is a good time to ask the question: what…
- Blog
- 6th Feb 2018
One hundred years of votes for women: what next to close the gender gap in politics?
Behavioural science can offer a range of solutions for the political gender gap. One promising direction is to increase the visibility of female politicians that young women can identify with.
- Report
- 21st Jun 2018
Presenting gender pay gap figures to the public: an online randomised controlled trial
We worked with GEO to test alternative ways of presenting GPG figures to affect comprehension and public attitudes; we wanted the public to be able to distinguish between companies with a large GPG and those with a small GPG.
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- 1st Aug 2018
New for employers: the latest evidence on What Works to reduce the Gender Pay Gap
Imagine a four-person shortlist that has three women and one man on it. With this shortlist, a woman will be hired only 67% of the time. If you've got two women and two men on the shortlist, a woman will be hired 50% of the time - the odds you…
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- 1st Aug 2018
Reducing the gender pay gap and improving gender equality in organisations
Evidence-based actions for employers
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Shoshana Davidson
Shoshana is a Principal Advisor at the Behavioural Insights Team, leading BIT’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team. She was previously the Programme Manager for BIT’s 3.5-year £2.8m ‘Gender and Behavioural Insights’ (GABI) research programme. Recent research includes trials with Zurich Insurance and John Lewis & Partners to advertise all jobs…