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- Blog
- 22nd Aug 2019
The importance of replication
If you’ve ever run a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT), you know how exciting it is to find a solution that works.
- Blog
- 19th Aug 2019
Reducing household power usage during the hottest days of the year
On hot summer days, power usage in Australia skyrockets as households and businesses turn on their air conditioners. Energy usage can increase by over 45% on these days, particularly between 3pm and 6pm when both households and offices are running their air conditioning. The traditional approach to these peak-demand events…
- Blog
- 13th Aug 2019
Bringing consumers to the centre of consumer protection
Regulators are definitely getting smarter in their use of behavioural science and empirical methods, and lessons are being shared across the world. But are regulators still two steps behind commercial players, and particularly with respect to ‘market predators’?
- Report
- 18th Jul 2019
Improving consumer understanding of contractual terms and privacy policies: evidence-based actions for businesses
This guide is for all businesses who want to help their consumers better understand their T&C’s.
- Blog
- 18th Jul 2019
Terms & Conditions Apply
Today we published our best practice guide on how to present contractual terms and privacy policies. Commissioned by BEIS, this guide is for all businesses who want to help their consumers better understand their T&Cs.
- Blog
- 15th Apr 2019
Tackling online harms and manipulations: download our new paper
Most of us will spend at least half of our free time over the next year looking at screens
- Report
- 15th Apr 2019
The behavioural science of online harm and manipulation, and what to do about it
An exploratory paper to spark ideas and debate
- Blog
- 8th Apr 2019
How behavioural insights can help us regulate tech companies and keep people safe online
New White Paper from the UK government aims to tackle online harms
- Blog
- 3rd Apr 2019
Nudge 2.0
‘Nudge’, the landmark book by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, turned ten this year. Shortly after its publication, public sector experiments started to prove the concept at scale: adding social norms to tax letters and using defaults to get more people saving for retirement, for example. These first generation nudges…
- Report
- 28th Feb 2019
Testing behaviourally-informed messaging to increase rates of contact between mortgage lenders and customers facing arrears
A report for the Department for Communities, Northern Ireland