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- 21st Mar 2019
A landmark evaluation of the Troubled Families programme
New study released this week from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- 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
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Blog
- 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…