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Behavioural Insights Team (UK)
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BIT
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Report
Solutions to reduce age bias in recruitment
The Behavioural Insights Team worked with the Centre for Ageing Better to develop solutions for age bias in recruitment as part of the Good Recruitment for Older Workers (GROW) programme. This report summarises the research.
Working paper
Two interventions for mitigating the harms of greenwashing on consumer perceptions
To identify the impact of greenwashing, and to test potential interventions, the authors of this paper designed an online experiment featuring a series of three advertisements featuring hypothetical companies. This paper outlines the findings from their research.
Guide
A manifesto for applying Behavioral Science
This publication includes proposals that aim to improve the scope, methods and values of applied behavioural science - critical for practitioners, clients, academics and funders to engage in to take the field into its next decade of impact.
Literature review
Green jobs: rapid evidence review
This evidence review aims to summarise what we know in terms of the drivers and barriers to getting more people into 'green' jobs. It also outlines some initial ideas for how policy-makers and employers can intervene.
Report
How to build a Net Zero society
Tackling climate change is not only a moral and legal obligation in the UK, but is also the growth opportunity of the 21st century, and is backed by huge public support. This report builds on several years’ research and dozens of case studies across the domestic energy, transport, food and waste sectors.