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Social Connections
We are working in partnership with the RSA, Stripe Partners, and the Neighborly Lab on a project funded by the Nuffield Foundation for Meta's 'Data for Good programme', utilising insights from Facebook data to understand "social capital," which is the way that social connections between people affect the opportunities they…
- Blog
- 2nd May 2024
Decisionscape: how thinking like an artist can improve our decision-making
Top of our reading list this month has been Decisionscape, a book by former BIT employee, Elspeth Kirkman, now Nesta’s Chief Programmes Officer.
- Blog
- 11th Apr 2024
Could summer jobs stop youth violence?
In many American cities, Summer Youth Employment Programs offer young people from disadvantaged backgrounds short-term paid employment during the long summer break from school. Some of these programmes have been in existence for decades and operate at a huge scale. Given the evidence from the US on violent youth offending,…
- Report
- 11th Apr 2024
Should wagering requirements on gambling bonus offers be capped?
Wagering requirements have significant consequences on how much consumers spend on gambling, and when they can withdraw bonus funds. However, in our earlier experiment testing the impact of slot game advert features, we found that despite their prevalence and consequences, wagering requirements are often hidden in footnotes of advertisements and…
- Report
- 9th Apr 2024
Improving the user journey to reduce dropout from residential gambling services
BIT’s Gambling Policy & Research Unit partnered with Gordon Moody to help address the issue of high dropout rates during the application process.
- Blog
- 8th Apr 2024
Are you ready to make the most of new flexible working legislation?
Many employers struggle to implement flexible working successfully. In our work, BIT has identified three barriers and provide suggestions for how to overcome them.
- Report
- 8th Apr 2024
Pension transfer decision making
Commissioned by People’s Partnership, BIT ran an online lab experiment with UK pension savers, testing the effect of incentives and referrals on people’s intention to transfer their defined contribution (DC) pension.
- Blog
- 2nd Apr 2024
Meta’s Community Forum on AI
Our ongoing partnership with Meta has yielded strong evidence that deliberative processes are promising mechanisms for platform governance. Last October, building on earlier deliberative processes and our focus on AI, BIT designed and delivered a third Community Forum (CF) sponsored by Meta and working with Stanford University’s Deliberative Democracy Lab.
- Report
- 27th Mar 2024
Behavioural Audit of Gambling Management Tools
In this report, BIT’s Gambling Policy and Research Unit presents findings from a behavioural audit of the user journey and design of gambling management tools.
- Blog
- 20th Mar 2024
Using behavioural insights to support the community finance sector
This week, we published a toolkit in partnership with Fair4All Finance that followed this approach for the benefit of the community finance sector. Read on to find out more about our advisory work in action.