Reviews are in! See what Katy Milkman has to say about the final book in the #BIOrg series “What Works, What Doesn’t (and When)” edited by Dilip Soman 🇨🇦

👉Foreword by Michael Hallsworth
👉17 #CaseStudies in applied behavioural research

📚Preorder: utorontopress.com/9781487548735/…

Large field experiment by Lamar Pierce et al, assigning $66 million in bonus payments randomly to loss framing, suggests loss framing can be detrimental to sales efforts (and shows that such negative results should in fact be theoretically expected): buff.ly/3x2Ybf0

Antimicrobial resistance could kill millions. So why isn't the message landing? Because the branding needs to be better. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #framingmatters

It's an exciting day for city government as we announce 22 cities have achieved 2023 WWC Certification!

This is a movement of hundreds of data-driven leaders across the Americas. Congratulations and thank you to all of our Certified cities. bit.ly/WWC2024Cert

1️⃣2️⃣ new cities have achieved What Works Cities Certification for their exceptional use of data to inform policy decisions, strengthen government and improve residents' lives.

🎉Congratulations to these cities that are using data to deliver results!

⬇️whatworkscities.bloomberg.org/news/january-2…

🚀 The FINAL 2023 Habit Weekly Award winners are here! 🤩

📰 Best Article/Resource:
🥇 A Manifesto for Applying #BeSci  Michael Hallsworth
🥈 7 Routes to Applied #BeSci Experimentation and Observation, Affective Advisory + OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives
🥉 Lesson on Fraud and Whistleblowing Zoé Ziani, Ph.D.

On the anniversary of 9-11, the most well-researched disaster of all time (at least until Covid), here is a thread of some of the readings I recommend on public behaviour during the event (mostly free access)
#September11th 1/11

Thinking of everyone in Morocco or with loved ones in Morocco. This is so horrific.

🚰 How can cities maintain safe water?

📦We're beyond proud of our work w/ Water Management & Bloomberg Philanthropies to improve their water lead testing program.

📈Read on to see how a BI-informed redesign increased test kit return rates by 20pp!

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Pre-order Decisionscape (and a bunch of other great books at Barnes & Noble!) on the #BNPreorder - 25% off preorders with Barnes & Noble between the 6th and 8th of September with code PREORDER25 ⁦@MITPress
barnesandnoble.com/w/decisionscap…

We are recruiting for a Director to lead our growing work in Latin America and the Caribbean! ✨
This is a senior role, based in Mexico, Peru or Colombia, that will allow you to shape how behavioral science is applied to real-world challenges.
Apply here: bi.team/vacancies/dire…

🔥Call for papers🔥

How do trust & norms shape societal polarization?

Join our interdisciplinary workshop (organizers: Kati Kish Bar-On Yphtach Lelkes David G. Rand & myself) at MIT on Dec 1-2. Keynotes by Mina Cikara & @BenjaminEnke

Deadline: September 11.
Submissions: rb.gy/tgpmb

BIT is thrilled to partner with Scripps Research and a great group of other organizations to support enrolling and engaging participants in the The NIH All of Us Research Program. scripps.edu/news-and-event…

Looking for robust behavioral science effects? We replicated Richard H Thaler mental accounting in 21 countries. Led by the amazing folks JDM LAB from Università di Padova. Pre print osf.io/apc26/
🙏 to the 5K+ volunteer Ps

❓Should users have a say in policies that  impact their digital lives 🤔

We think so - & our Community Forums with Meta are showing much promise - see what we've learned from a recent session with 6,300 people from 32 countries and 23 languages 👇

bi.team/blogs/applying…

Your attention, please:

For a limited time, you can get 24 Essential Knowledge Series books for... $18. There's an even smaller bundle for $1. Aaand you'll be supporting Covenant House, a nonprofit org that helps unhoused youth.

Info here: humblebundle.com/books/essentia…

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Congratulations to the new cities achieving What Works Cities certification! We're so proud to continue to be part of this drive for evidence-based practices and creative thinking. Can't wait to see how these cities innovate next! bit.ly/June2023Cert

Every year I retweet this piece on how to spot drowning. Last year someone replied saying they’d read my RT the previous year and later rescued a kid. TL;DR: drowning kids usually don’t scream or splash about. slate.com/technology/201…

These books represent an eclectic mix of various styles and moods, but any one of them will be exactly right if you want a brainteaser, Ilana Masad writes: on.theatln.tc/fQ58i95

We’re excited to announce UN Behavioural Science Week 2023 from June 12 -16!

Join 26 @UN Entities in 17 events discussing areas such as:

🏥 Health
🤖 AI
🌱 Climate
🕊️ Peace & security
🚺 Women's empowerment &
🌆 Embedding #BeSci !

Register here - free & open to all!
bit.ly/UNBeSciWeek2023