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- 16th Dec 2021
Dangerous left turns slow by 17% in traffic study leveraging behavioral science
Our research showed that unsafe turning habits are preventable, and behaviorally-informed intersection design helps drivers make better turns
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Neus Torres Blas
Neus works as a Research advisor in the Education and Home Affairs team, supporting the team through the design, implementation and evaluation of trials and conducting quantitative analysis on a range of policy interventions in education. Previously to her work at BIT, Neus was a researcher in the Centre for…
- Blog
- 21st Jan 2022
Increasing retention and reducing burnout of 911 dispatchers
Burnout has become an issue that employers, especially those in the public sector, can’t afford to ignore. Chronic stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic has made the problem even more serious. According to a 2021 survey, 42% of public sector employees have felt burnt-out over the past year. Nearly a…
- Report
- 24th Jan 2022
Mass media, behaviour change & peacebuilding
Up to 100,000 people are killed each year as a result of violent conflict. But this is only one part of the human cost. Impact on families and communities can be felt decades later. Millions of individual decisions underpin these tragic impacts: people decide either to stoke hatred or to…
- Blog
- 25th Jan 2022
Can mass media reduce violent conflict?
Violent conflict is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. Armed violence causes physical devastation, suffering, displacement and death. It creates trauma now and for generations to come. So how can we reduce violent conflict or prevent it from happening in the first place?
- Blog
- 26th Jan 2022
Reducing age bias against older workers in recruitment
Over the coming years, we can expect older workers to make up more of our workforce, both as a result of an ageing population and due to rises to the State Pension Age. Therefore, it is critical to find solutions to the barriers that older workers face when looking for…
- Blog
- 28th Jan 2022
If you build it, will they come? Increasing handwashing in Bangladesh during a pandemic
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, over a quarter of people around the world didn’t have access to handwashing facilities at home. The Hygiene Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC), set up by the UK government and Unilever, sought to change this. As part of the coalition, BIT supported BRAC to…
- Blog
- 8th Feb 2022
Safer Internet Day: 5 behavioural projects to improve online safety
Today is Safer Internet Day, a day used to campaign for all stakeholders to ‘make the internet a safer and better place for all, and especially for children and young people.’ In this blog we outline why online platforms are so adept at influencing human behaviour and showcase five projects…
- Report
- 16th Feb 2022
Financial First Aider Pilot
People tend to ask friends or family for financial advice. Financial First Aiders (FFAs), employees who are trained to give guidance on financial matters, can give their colleagues another option to find help for money issues. This report summarises key learnings from a pilot project to test out the implementation…
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- 16th Feb 2022
Peer-to-peer financial guidance at work: Lessons from the field
If you are an employer, it will come as no surprise that financial concerns impact your employees’ mental and physical health, and can even affect work performance. Research estimates that money worries cost the UK economy £120bn and 17.5 million lost hours of work. The good news is, employers can…