Discover the lessons behind the UK's Eat Out to Help Out scheme and how it successfully revived the hospitality sector during the pandemic.| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
A one-size-fits-all approach to nudging can be ineffective, or even backfire. Personalising nudges is a way of recognising and acting upon known heterogeneity across and within groups of people to deliver successful behaviour change. … More How Can We Personalise Nudges?| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
Recommender systems are online algorithms that can help users, reducing complexity and search costs. But they also target and exploit behavioral biases. Recommender systems lend themselves to regulation through 'budges'. … More Algorithms and Autonomy: Regulating Recommender Systems in the Age of Hyper-Nudging| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
Discover the lessons behind the UK's Eat Out to Help Out scheme and how it successfully revived the hospitality sector during the pandemic.| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
Explore how system change and individual behavior change work together to drive climate action in four impactful pathways.| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
AI safety discussions predominantly focus on easy to conceptualise, highly salient risks including algorithm bias, hallucinations and disinformation. While these are crucial concerns, they overlook a fundamental truth we've learned from other high-stakes fields like aviation and healthcare: sometimes the most dangerous risks can hide in plain sight. Dr Moira Nicolson and Holly Marquez (Government Communications, Cabinet Office, UK Government) introduce a framework for anticipating and managin...| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
From keynote visions of ‘Behavioural AI’ to field experiments on job matching and green transport, the 2025 BPP Workshop in Singapore showcased how rigorous behavioural science meets real-world policy. Two days blended cross-disciplinary panels, data-rich case studies and Marina Bay networking, sparking fresh collaborations across sustainability, labour, finance and AI. … More Reflections from the 2025 Singapore Workshop| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
Discover how collective framing boosts public support for necessary climate adaptation policies, enhancing citizen engagement and action.| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
As global temperatures rise, so does our reliance on air conditioning (AC), which accounts for 7% of global electricity use in 2022. But what if the solution to sustainable cooling is not just about better AC technology to cool the entire space, but about changing our behaviour to cooling ourselves? Maggie Yang explores how social … More From AC to me: Can social norms encourage personal cooling in Chinese offices?| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
Explore the differences in research approaches between academia and government and discover how collaboration can enhance public policy outcomes.| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
Tax compliance remains a thorny issue for governments worldwide—especially in developing countries where informal economic activity, mistrust in government, and limited enforcement capacity create persistent gaps between potential and actual tax revenues. Can a few carefully worded text messages make a difference? … More Nudging Tax Compliance in Pakistan: Lessons from a Large-Scale Text Message Experiment| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
Policymakers often introduce programs to encourage businesses to adopt environmentally friendly practices. But even minor administrative hurdles – known as “sludge” – can si…| Behavioural Public Policy Blog