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- 7th May 2020
Britain Connects: take part in our project to bring Britain together
As people across the country step outside of their homes this evening to clap for carers, we can see how the coronavirus crisis has created shared experience without precedent for all of us. We are working with the Mirror, the Daily Express and local newspapers in Britain on a unique…
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Elizabeth Bennett
Elizabeth is a Principal Advisor at BIT Americas. Her research focuses on improving service delivery via behavioral science and program evaluation for government and NGO partners. She currently leads our US portfolio on issues of labor and social protection. Prior to BIT, Elizabeth worked for an international development organization that…
- Press release
- 20th Feb 2020
Alex Sutherland appointed to Government What Works Trial Advice Panel
Alex Sutherland, Chief Scientist and Director of Research and Evaluation at the Behavioural Insights Team, has been appointed to the What Works Trial Advice Panel (TAP) to improve the quality and quantity of impact evaluation across central government. Comprising around 50 experts from outside government (mostly academia) and the Civil…
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Cameron Knott
Cameron is the Research Lead for our Singapore office, overseeing all research projects in Singapore and across the region. He also leads a set of flagship research projects and external training - including the BI Practitioner Program, a 13-week intensive course that trains Singaporean civil servants how to manage research…
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Leah Everist
Leah is a Senior Advisor in BIT’s New York office, where she leads BIT's portfolio of collaborations with US States. She has led work with teams around the country on using behavioral insights to improve the inclusiveness and effectiveness of programs that serve the public, designing for challenges such as…
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Dr Bowen J Fung
Bowen is a Senior Research Advisor in our Sydney office. His work focuses on public health, sustainability and the effective use of data to gain new insights. Bowen completed a PhD in cognitive science at the University of Melbourne. His thesis looked at how time perception is incorporated into different…
- Blog
- 10th Jan 2020
How government can predict the future
Fresh from its election victory in December, the UK government has put civil service reform high on the agenda. Writing in the Telegraph last week, Rachel Wolf, one of the authors of the Conservative Party election manifesto, added ‘superforecasting’ to her wishlist for civil servant training. We agree that this…
- Blog
- 8th Jan 2020
BIT Canada’s New Year’s Resolution - create a unicorn 🦄
The world needs more Canada." - Barack Obama There has been a flurry of activity since we opened our doors in Canada on October 1, 2019. Now, as our friends and colleagues do some end-of-year reflecting and new year goal-setting, we feel compelled to do the same. Our new Canadian…
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Caitlin Court
Caitlin is an Senior Advisor with our International team, and is based in our Sydney office. Her work focuses on international development, gender equality, environment and preventative health. Caitlin also provides training and capability building in BI to governments and organisations in Asia and the Pacific. Prior to joining BIT,…
- Academic publication
- 1st Dec 2019
Free riding or discounted riding? How the framing of a bike share offer impacts offer-redemption
We report the results of an experiment to increase use of a municipal bike sharing system. Two distinct groups – those who had newly moved close to a bike station (N=3,500) and those who lived in the vicinity of a newly built bike station (N=7,000) – were randomly assigned to…