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Tim Ramsey
Tim is a Principal Advisor in the International Team, overseeing BIT's work in the Middle East and North Africa. He has 8 years experience of running complex projects in the UK and overseas, including in behavioural science and qualitative research. Before joining BIT, Tim was the Founder and Chief Executive…
- Blog
- 25th Nov 2021
16 days of activism against gender-based violence
In 2019, one in three women reported having experienced physical or sexual abuse, the majority of which was committed by intimate partners. During the UN's upcoming 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (November 25 to December 10), we will be publishing a series of blogs outlining the projects we've been…
- Academic publication
- 1st Nov 2021
Persisting effects of social norm feedback letters in reducing household electricity usage in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe
In a large-scale randomized field experiment in Chisinau, Moldova, with over 120,000 households, we tested the influence of a simple, one-time letter presenting electricity-usage social comparison feedback.
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Chiara Cappellini
Chiara is a Senior Research Advisor, acting as a delivery lead for BIT's new project in partnership with the UAE's Office of Development Affairs. She is specialised in applying behavioural science to sustainable development, with a focus on climate policy and education. Before leaving for Abu Dhabi, she worked from…
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Ol Jonatan Beun
OL (Jonatan) is a Principal Advisor at BIT Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining BIT, he worked as a Behavioral Scientist at the World Bank’s Mind, Behavior and Development Unit (eMBeD), and he also served as Director for Capability Building and Innovation at the Federal Government of Argentina. From…
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Dr Inês Barreiros
Ines is a Senior Advisor in the Home Affairs and Social Cohesion team, where she works on evaluations and data analysis across a range of policy areas. Some of her recent projects at BIT involved applying behavioural insights to increase vaccine uptake, reduce antibiotics prescription, countering corruption, and promoting literacy…
- Podcast: Inside The Nudge Unit
- 4th Oct 2021
Combatting sexual harassment and violence; economic policy-making
In this latest episode of Inside The Nudge Unit BIT’s Aisling Colclough and Lis Costa look at two more major areas of work by the team around the world. First they are joined by colleagues Dr Vera Newman and Monica Wills Silva to explore BIT projects in Australia and Latin…
- Academic publication
- 4th Oct 2021
The EmpaTeach intervention for reducing physical violence from teachers to students in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp
We tested whether the EmpaTeach intervention could reduce physical violence from teachers to students in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania.
- Blog
- 17th Sep 2021
Applying behavioural insights and dialogue to build Smart Peace in conflict settings
For three years, The Behavioural Insights Team has been part of Smart Peace, an initiative to apply a deep understanding of human behaviour to develop new tools for peacebuilding in some of the world’s most fragile states. In collaboration with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Conciliation Resources and ETH Zurich,…
- Report
- 24th Aug 2021
Using edutainment to encourage COVID helpline calls in the presence of stigma
Continuing a collaboration started in March 2017, the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and the Access to Information (a2i) team of the Bangladeshi government came together in mid-2020 to explore how behavioural insights could be applied and tested as part of the government’s Covid-19 pandemic response. This report summarises our findings.