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“Most policy and most government, you would hope, is based on evidence. But it turns out often the evidence base is very, very thin”. David Halpern CBE of The Behavioural Insights Team explains the findings of his new report. Story No.4 on this week's More or Less: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j…

Great sessions at discussion at Policy Live! Nesta The Behavioural Insights Team

Delighted to see ESRC funding and call to support evidence synthesis! Aligns strongly with recommendations of our Global Evidence Report. Moving forward! Stian Westlake Andrew Leigh The Campbell Collaboration Global Commission on Evidence The Behavioural Insights Team BBC More or Less Wellcome ukri.org/opportunity/tr…

Fantastic $45m 5yr initiative by Wellcome to expand systematic living evidence reviews! ...across fields 'from education and agriculture to energy and urban planning'. Builds on Economic and Social Research Council & glob evidence report. 😀 Stian Westlake Global Commission on Evidence The Behavioural Insights Team wellcome.org/news/evidence-…

Incredible: just a couple of weeks on from report, $60m committed by @esrc ($15m) & Wellcome ($45m) for major expansion of systematic, AI enabled, living evidence reviews. Wow! Stian Westlake BBC More or Less Mark Easton Will Moy Julian Elliott Andrew Leigh Cass Sunstein

Join ICON today at Labour Party conference. A new commission on neighbourhoods: exploring and addressing the challenges faced by England's most deprived neighbourhood with Dan Tomlinson MP Hetan Shah and commissioners Baroness Armstrong Matt Leach | @mattleach.bsky.social and David Halpern CBE

About to head off to panel session at Labour Party Conference on new Commission on Neighbourhoods, with Baroness Hilary Armstrong, Ros Wynne-Jones (Daily Mirror). It's 9.00am Museum of Liverpool, People’s Republic Gallery. Join! Local Trust More in Common UCL Policy Lab The Behavioural Insights Team

NEW: Labour should set out a “practical theory” of government that gives clearer direction to Whitehall as it works to realise its five “missions” to rebuild Britain, according to our new paper by David Halpern CBE The Behavioural Insights Team ➡️ bit.ly/catalytic-state

Hono(u)red to be speaking at LSE in December on Campus Free Speech. LSE Events LSE Department of Economics LSE Behavioural LSE Psychological & Behavioural Science Adam Oliver Laura Gilbert Nicholas Stern David Halpern CBE lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/12…

Do join if u can! Andrew Leigh is fantastic! The Behavioural Insights Team

Excellent documentary of Robert D. Putnam work now live. I've worked with Bob for 25years, and still learnt. Also great intro to incredible impacts of social networks on life, and the arc of rise and decline in US. Andrew G. Haldane Matt Leach | @mattleach.bsky.social Ben Page netflix.com/gb/title/81746…

Got to love this UK eccentricity... knitted postbox covers. This rather splendid example in Covent Garden...dinosaurs and volcanos... mad, funny, skillful... cause for smile In & Around Covent Garden Coventgardenlife CoventGarden FanClub Simply Knitting

Timely piece from Heywood Quarterly by Robert Chote on Office for Budget Responsibility . In recent years, OBR has asked HM Treasury awkward questions that HMT asks Departments, like 'what's the evidence for this?' V healthy! Gus O'Donnell Martin Wolf Gillian Tett

Another spot-on piece by Tim Harford ...esp relevant for governments needing to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public services. Will Moy Caroline Fiennes Stian Westlake Robyn Mildon, PhD The Behavioural Insights Team

Great piece from ICON Commissioner David Halpern CBE in The Times, exploring how strengthening social ties and building trust could be the missing key to economic growth. thetimes.com/comment/column… `

See my short piece in The Times and The Sunday Times on link between social capital and economic growth, & what to do HM Treasury, from Demos paper by Andrew G. Haldane and me. Thx to fellow Commissioners Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods and Polly Curtis The Behavioural Insights Team Robert D. Putnam Diane Coyle demos.co.uk/research/socia…

How can you transform government policy by understanding human behaviour? 🧠 In our latest article, David Halpern CBE takes us through the journey of behavioural science, from its early days to its current impact on policy making👇 heywoodquarterly.com/why-government…