The OECD report shows how applying behavioural science to civil servants’ decision-making can make governments more effective, efficient and citizen-focused. Small, practical changes in communication, ...

In many areas, the delivery of the UN’s mandates is linked to changing human behaviour. Behavioural science refers to an evidence-based understanding of how people actually behave, make decisions and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A whole strata of academics became akin to rock stars thanks to their ability to explain why humans behaved the way they did.

A recent study provides evidence that some results of behavioral experiments with insects cannot be fully reproduced. So far, possible reproducibility problems have been little discussed in this ...

The content featured in this article is brand produced. “Some behavioural science research suggests that goldfish have an attention span of seven seconds, and North Americans have an attention span of ...

DDB Singapore has formed a new partnership with Temasek Polytechnic (TP) to launch a joint Behavioural Intelligence Group (BIG). Together, their research aims to help marketers bridge the gap between ...

Rennie Naidoo is a member of the AIS (Association for Information Systems), SAICSIT(the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists), and ISACA (Information Systems ...

Magda Osman receives funding from ESRC, Research England, British Academy, EPSRC, Food Standards Agency. Ken Murphy, CEO of the British multinational supermarket chain Tesco, recently said at a ...

The Noughties and early 2010s were a good time to be a behavioural scientist. At least, they were if you happened to be doing the right kind of behavioural science – the sexy kind. Pick an ...