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- Academic publication
- 23rd Mar 2017
Increasing social trust with an ice-breaking exercise – an RCT carried out with NCS participants
This paper reports the results of a small scale randomised controlled trial carried out by the Behavioural Insights Team in partnership with the National Citizens Service (NCS) and The Challenge, a charity that acts as a delivery organisation for NCS.
- Person
Dr Patrick Taylor
Paddy is a Principal Research Advisor. He is Head of Research for our Home Affairs, Social Cohesion and Education team, supporting the design, improvement and evaluation of complex interventions in these fields. Paddy has a PhD from the School of Public Policy, University College London, investigating the effects of voluntary…
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Dr Serene Koh
Serene oversees Singapore’s domestic consultancy work and capability development programme in the region. She helped to set up the Singapore office in 2016 and has led projects across various policy domains including water conservation, academic stress, and youth rehabilitation. Serene has deep expertise in training and capability building– to date,…
- Publication
- 20th Oct 2016
Poverty and decision-making: How behavioural science can improve opportunity in the UK
This report puts forward 18 recommendations on how behavioural science can improve opportunity in the UK in six key policy areas: consumer credit; rainy day savings; employment; welfare entitlements; child development; and post-secondary education.
- Blog
- 20th Oct 2016
Poverty and decision-making: How behavioural science can improve opportunity in the UK
A third of the UK population spent at least one year in relative income poverty between 2011 and 2014. Traditionally policymakers and anti-poverty organisations such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) have focused on boosting people’s economic capital (e.g., income) and human capital (e.g., educational attainment) to reduce poverty. While…
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Lucy Makinson
Lucy is Head of Policy for the Behavioural Insights Team & Nesta. She leads the organisations’ Rapid Insights Team, which brings together new research and expertise from both organisations to address pressing policy challenges. Lucy has a background in both policy and research, having previously worked as Policy Advisor to…
- Blog
- 9th Jun 2016
Talking grit with Angela Duckworth
Angela Duckworth, Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Behavioural Insights Team collaborator, was in London recently promoting her new book “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance”. BIT have taken inspiration from Angela’s work over the past few years and have previously used the concept of grit to…
- Blog
- 26th Feb 2016
People: peers, pain and power
One of the most fascinating and important areas in life is surely the fine line between wanting to help, and being wary of, those around us. It’s a tension woven deeply into policy and into our humanity. Recently I had one of those afternoons where an accident of meetings seemed…
- Academic publication
- 1st Feb 2016
Can simple prompts increase bequest giving? Field evidence from a legal call centre
We report the findings of a field study demonstrating the importance of non-pecuniary mechanisms for bequest giving.
- Publication
- 14th Jan 2016
Evaluating Youth Social Action - Final Report
Can you really measure the value of young people taking part in social action? This report provides compelling and robust evidence that young people who take part in social action initiatives develop some of the most critical skills for employment and adulthood in the process.