A new study has found that habit, not conscious choice, dictates the majority of our actions. Helen Coffey asks the experts ...

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The Behavioural Science and the Wider World Initiative is a platform that brings together and contextualises the latest developments from behavioural science. Founded within the Department of ...

We cover Behavioural Science from a broad range of areas, such as behavioural and experimental economics, psychology, judgement and decision-making, marketing and consumer behaviour, wellbeing, and ...

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To deliver faster access to pain relief and specialist care, several hospitals across the country are implementing a sickle ...

As the world comes together to focus on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, finding ways to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals is more urgent than ever. Behavioural science ...

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 ...

How much control do we really have over our own lives? It’s a question that’s preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ...