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- 22nd May 2019
How to build cohesive societies
Launch of two new projects to translate academic research into real change
- Blog
- 16th Sep 2019
The behavioural science community gathers in London
It’s nearly ten years since BIT was set up in No10 with the seemingly simple (but in reality daunting) aim of incorporating a better understanding of human behaviour into public policy, while also saving the government ten times our running costs.
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Marta Garnelo Caamano
Marta is a Principal Advisor at BIT Americas. She works with government agencies to design and evaluate policies and services informed by behavioral science. Since joining the team in 2016, Marta has worked on policies to promote gender equality, reduce violence, and improve public health and educational outcomes. She has…
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Paloma Bellatin
Paloma Bellatin is a Principal Advisor at BIT, where she leads the Latin America and Caribbean portfolio. She designs, implements, and analyzes rigorous evaluations to determine the impact of policies, with a thematic focus on gender-based violence and social protection policy. She specializes in the use of technology and educational…
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Sebastian Salomon
Sebastian is a Senior Advisor leading international development projects at BIT. He has 5 years experience running social impact projects to address social challenges and has advised over 35 governments, government agencies, and civic purpose organizations to apply behavioral science strategies and rigorous evaluation approaches to pursue sustainable development goals.…
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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…
- 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…
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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,…
- 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…
- 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…