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- 8th Aug 2013
Partners in Washington to build on BIT work
Over the past week or two there has been lots of coverage of a new team in the White House that will look to apply lessons from behavioural sciene to public policy. The US team will be headed by Maya Shankar, who met members of BIT in Washington to discuss how we will exchange ideas…
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- 14th Apr 2014
Behavioural Exchange 2014
In June 2014 our CEO, Dr David Halpern, will be heading to Sydney to speak at Behavioural Exchange 2014, the world’s first public policy behavioural insights conference. Since November 2012, Dr Rory Gallagher - our Managing Advisor & Director of International Programmes - has been based in Sydney, working with…
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- 9th Jun 2014
BX2014 wrap up
Behavioural approaches are really about "restoring common sense to economics". These were the provocative words of Richard Thaler – Professor Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and co-author of Nudge – while speaking via video link at BX2014, the world’s first public policy…
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- 7th Aug 2014
Press release: new $1m partnership between the Behavioural Insights Team and Harvard
Press release: new $1m partnership between the Behavioural Insights Team and Harvard A new partnership has been established by the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) in the UK and the Behavioural Insights Group (BIG) at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The partnership is supported by…
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- 7th Oct 2014
Behavioural Exchange 2015 (BX2015)
On 2 and 3 September 2015, the Behavioural Insights Team will host the largest gathering of the world’s greatest behavioural scientists and policy practitioners.There will be space for some 500 delegates over two days, with sessions that combine the latest academic findings with real-world results from projects being undertaken by…
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- 17th Feb 2015
Behavioural Exchange 2015, hosted by the Behavioural Insights Team
Join us and 700 other behavioural insights practitioners and academics at the second annual Behavioural Exchange (BX2015), a behavioural science conference taking place in London on the 2nd and 3rd September 2015. To purchase tickets, click here.BX2015 builds on the success of last year's conference in Sydney. We've assembled a…
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- 12th May 2015
BIT launch BX2015 Awards: celebrating the achievements of behavioural science scholars and practitioners
The Behavioural Insights Team is pleased to announce a call for submissions to the BX2015 Awards, to be presented at the BX2015 conference in September. The last ten years have seen tremendous growth in the scope, ambition and achievements of the behavioural sciences, bringing growing recognition and application to policy.…
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- 10th Jun 2015
BX2015 Awards deadline is this Sunday – don’t miss the chance to celebrate your work in behavioural science
The BX2015 Awards submissions deadline is fast approaching – applications must be with us by this Sunday, 14th June, at 11pm London time. The awards will be presented at the BX2015 conference in September, and the winners will be invited to present their work at the conference among leading thinkers…
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- 22nd Jul 2015
Matthew Hancock MP announced to open BX2015
We are delighted to announce special guest Matthew Hancock MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office & Paymaster General, will be opening BX2015, the behavioural science conference taking place in London on the 2nd and 3rd September 2015. With over 70 speakers confirmed, the focus of BX2015 will be to learn…
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- 11th Aug 2015
Behavioural Insights: The Next Generation
Junior academics and practitioners in the field of behavioural science are incredibly fortunate to benefit from the pioneering work of academics such as Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Cass Sunstein, Richard Thaler, Carol Dweck, Max Bazerman and Iris Bohnet, to name but a few. The work that these eminent figures have…