Behavioural Insight

We have a fascinating opportunity for a University of Edinburgh undergraduate student to join our team as an intern this summer. The job has a cool title: nudge intern — or behavioural insights intern if you want to be a little more formal about it. If you’ve read the book…

Our ‘Spotlight’ series features members of the Behavioural Insights Scotland network so we can learn about their history with behavioural science, what they’re up to now, and what they think about the future of our field. This week we have Charlie Nixon. Originally from Sheffield in England, Charlie graduated from…

Our ‘Spotlight’ series features members of the Behavioural Insights Scotland network so we can learn about their history with behavioural science, what they’re up to now, and what they think about the future of our field. We have Silvia Cottone this week. She contributes to the Behavioural Science field from…

By Dr. Meera Paleja In 2013, China’s largest travel agency, CTrip, was dealing with soaring costs of commercial real estate in Shanghai in addition to a high attrition rate of its employees. Senior management at the company started to think about their options- could a work from home model work…

Part 01: Understanding how to identify your target behaviours — A strategic approach to the practical application of behavioural science. Interest in behavioural approaches to change has grown rapidly over recent years. In academia, government and commercial sectors we’ve seen a surge of new papers and graduates, units and teams, departments and consultancies — all focussed on the application of behavioural science to real-world challenges

Losing a job can affect the rest of your life. The early weeks of COVID-19 saw mass layoffs in BC. Our province lost nearly 400,000 jobs. Unemployment doubled. During this difficult time, the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SDPR) has played a major role. Through its WorkBC program…

This article was first published on LinkedIn on 25th June 2020 The biggest behaviour change experiment in living memory has unfolded before our eyes. …