The UK’s Net zero strategy paints an optimistic picture of job creation, levelling up and technological advancements. …

Political polarisation has become a powerful force of division in the UK. …

Last month Professor Richard Thaler and Professor Cass Sunstein published Nudge: The Final Edition. The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) was built on the ideas developed and popularised in the original edition, and we have been hugely grateful for the inspiration, energy and guidance Richard and Cass have provided over the…

To meet net zero emissions all sectors of the global economy will need to embark on unparalleled transformation. The financial industry is a key player in this transition — with the potential to accelerate us towards that goal or impede the journey, depending on investment and divestment strategies. However, fossil…

Replication is important to scientific progress, but is not always seen as the most exciting area for researchers. In this blogpost, we discuss a recent New Zealand project on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in which we have replicated the fundamentals of a previous BIT intervention, but have also used the opportunity…

Of the almost 10,000 patients critically ill with COVID-19 in hospitals in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the start of the outbreak in the UK, 33% were from Black, Asian, Mixed or Other ethnic minorities — even though people from these groups account for 14% of the population (excluding…

2m, 1.8m, 1.5m, 1.4m, 1m. Different countries recommend different distancing guidelines to help limit the spread of coronavirus. As parts of the world begin to leave lockdown, some of these guidelines have begun to be refined — Denmark reduced its recommended distance from 2m to 1m in May, and the…

It has been 5 months since the coronavirus pandemic upended ‘normal’ life and forced millions of people around the world to establish novel behaviours. The disruption was, and continues to be felt, in every area of our lives from relationships to work to physical wellbeing. …