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Maheswari, A. Uma. "Paradigm Shift in Sustainability: Unravelling the Human Psyche for Environmental Stewardship." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH IN COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT & SOCIAL SCIENCE 08, no. 02(II) (2025): 152–58. https://doi.org/10.62823/ijarcmss/8.2(ii).7621.
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Background: Traditional sustainability models have focused on technological advancements, economic incentives, and policy regulations to drive environmental responsibility. However, climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecological degradation continue to worsen, highlighting the limitations of policy-driven approaches. Research suggests that human psychology significantly influences sustainability adoption, yet cognitive biases, eco-anxiety, and social influences remain underexplored in environmental policies. A paradigm shift is needed—one that integrates behavioural science, cognitive psychology, and social reinforcement into sustainability frameworks to bridge the gap between awareness and action. Objective: This study examines the role of human psychology in environmental stewardship and proposes a behaviourally informed sustainability paradigm. It explores cognitive and emotional factors that influence sustainability decision-making, identifies psychological barriers and motivators, and presents evidence-based behavioural interventions to enhance engagement. The study further introduces a human-centered sustainability framework, prioritizing intrinsic motivation, social norms, and behavioural nudging over traditional external enforcement mechanisms. Methodology: This study employs a traditional literature review approach, synthesizing insights from behavioural science, cognitive psychology, and environmental studies. A qualitative narrative synthesis was conducted, analyzing peer-reviewed literature and theoretical frameworks on cognitive biases, eco-anxiety, and social norm interventions in sustainability behaviour. Results: Findings reveal that cognitive biases (status quo bias, present bias, optimism bias) create a disconnect between awareness and action, while eco-anxiety can either motivate or discourage engagement. Social norms and peer influence significantly impact sustainability choices, with community-based interventions and behavioural nudging proving more effective than policy enforcement. Conclusion: The study identifies three key pillars for a behaviourally informed sustainability paradigm: integrating cognitive and emotional insights into policies, leveraging peer influence and community-driven initiatives, and designing behavioural nudges that make sustainability effortless. By embedding psychology into sustainability frameworks, this study provides a comprehensive model for fostering long-term environmental responsibility.
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Müller, Michal. "A Review of how Behavioural Insights have been Applied to Tax-Related Policy and Field Experiments in the European Union." Ekonomski pregled 72, no. 6 (2021): 799–825. http://dx.doi.org/10.32910/ep.72.6.1.
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Tax evasion is a problem in every country. Since taxes are the most important source of income for the state budget, finance ministers and tax authorities strive to increase tax compliance and secure higher tax revenues. In the context of European Union objectives to monitor the effects of behavioural insights and gather information for critical evaluation, this article contributes to these efforts by summarizing policies and measures related to increasing tax compliance. This article is based on a systematic review and is complemented by other relevant sources related to applying behavioural insights to tax policy. The article concludes that although there is empirical evidence to suggest that behaviourally informed initiatives and interventions have had a significant impact on tax compliance in the short term, there is not enough evidence to draw conclusions on the long-term effects. In addition, the real motives and causal mechanisms that have led to increased tax compliance are not entirely clear. The results of the research suggest that deterrence is an important factor. Although deterrence might increase tax compliance, it is uncertain whether it has any positive effect on tax morale in general. The article raises the argument that many behaviourally-informed techniques are actually based on deterrence. In this respect, the article calls for further research to reveal the real effects of behavioural insights. Further work on reviewing and evaluating research results will also be important, as individual initiatives across EU countries are not easily traceable. This fact represents the limits of this study and highlights opportunities for future research.
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Ball, Sarah, and Brian W. Head. "Behavioural insights teams in practice: nudge missions and methods on trial." Policy & Politics 49, no. 1 (2021): 105–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557320x15840777045205.
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Behavioural and experimental projects have become increasingly popular with policymakers. Behavioural insights teams have used several policy design and implementation tools drawn from behavioural sciences, especially randomised controlled trials, to test the design of ‘nudge’ interventions. This approach has attained discursive legitimacy in government agencies seeking to use the best available evidence for behaviourally informed, evidence-based policy innovation. We examine the practices of governmental behavioural insights teams in Australia, drawing on two research projects that included interviews with key personnel. We find that teams make strong commitments to using and promoting randomised controlled trials in government policy innovation. Nevertheless, some members of these teams are beginning to appreciate the constraints of relying solely on randomised controlled trials in the development of behavioural public policy. We conclude that while an initial focus on rigorous trials helped behavioural insights teams establish themselves in policymaking, strict adherence may represent a risk to their long-term growth and relevance.
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HERTWIG, RALPH. "When to consider boosting: some rules for policy-makers." Behavioural Public Policy 1, no. 2 (2017): 143–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2016.14.
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AbstractIn recent years, public officials have shown a growing interest in using evidence from the behavioural sciences to promote policy goals. Much of the discussion of behaviourally informed approaches has focused on ‘nudges’; that is, non-fiscal and non-regulatory interventions that steer (nudge) people in a specific direction while preserving choice. Less attention has been paid to boosts, an alternative evidence-based class of non-fiscal and non-regulatory intervention. The goal of boosts is to make it easier for people to exercise their own agency in making choices. For instance, when people are at risk of making poor health, medical or financial choices, the policy-maker – rather than steering behaviour through nudging – can take action to foster or boost individuals’ own decision-making competences. Boosts range from interventions that require little time and cognitive effort on the individual's part to ones that require substantial amounts of training, effort and motivation. This article outlines six rules that policy-makers can apply in order to determine under which conditions boosts, relative to nudges, are the preferable form of non-fiscal and non-regulatory intervention. The objective is not to argue that boosts are better than nudges or vice versa, but to begin to spell out the two approaches’ respective conditions for success.
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Shabrina, Zafira Rahmania Nur, Insan Rekso Adiwibowo, and Nurul Aisya Beryllia. "Maladaptive Cognitive Bias in the New Normal Period: An Analyses from a Behavioural Science Perspective in the Time of Covid-19." Buletin Psikologi 28, no. 2 (2020): 153. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/buletinpsikologi.60763.
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The limited number of effective medical interventions to combat Covid-19 to date has resulted in government institutions focusing on preventive behaviours believed to minimize virus transmission. The Indonesian government has launched a ‘new normal’ campaign whereby outdoor activities are restricted by various health protocols established by health authorities, such as wearing a mask, habitual hand washing and social distancing. However, these protocols have not been implemented with a thorough understanding of human behaviour. The result is numerous violations of the protocol, which subsequently lead to the persistence of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia. Behavioural science as an approach can provide important insights regarding the systematic errors of thought that contribute to non-compliance with Covid-19 health signs. This article will elaborate on the different types of systematic errors, known as cognitive biases, that plays a role in Covid-19 protocol compliance and suggest the corresponding solutions deemed most effective to overcome these obstacles. Understanding of the dynamics paired with the application of behaviourally informed strategies will hence contribute to the attempt to flatten the Covid-19 curve.
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Dessart, François J., and René van Bavel. "Two converging paths: behavioural sciences and social marketing for better policies." Journal of Social Marketing 7, no. 4 (2017): 355–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsocm-04-2017-0027.
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Purpose This commentary argues that social marketing and the application of behavioural sciences to policy constitute two converging paths towards better policies. It highlights points of convergence and divergence between both disciplines and the potential benefits of further embedding social marketing principles and methods within the recent trend of applying behavioural sciences to policy. Design/methodology/approach The commentary relies on a review of the behavioural sciences and social marketing literatures and on an analysis of institutional reports reviewing cases of behaviourally informed policies. Findings Behavioural sciences are increasingly informing policies to promote societal well-being. Social marketing has seldom been explicitly considered as being part of this phenomenon, although it is de facto. Both disciplines share similar end-goals, inform similar policy applications and are rooted in behavioural analysis. They diverge in their theoretical frameworks, their relative emphasis on behaviour change and the span of interventions they generate. Several benefits of embedding social marketing principles and methods within the current way of applying behavioural sciences to policy are identified. Practical implications Scholars applying behavioural sciences to policy are encouraged, when appropriate, to use the insights and methods from social marketing. Social marketing can engage in a dialogue with behavioural sciences to explore how to pilot the convergence of both approaches in practice. Originality/value The novelty of this contribution lies in providing the first comparison of the application of behavioural sciences to policy with social marketing, and in using the policy-making cycle framework to map the contributions and complementarities of both disciplines.
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Piernas, Carmen, Melina Tsiountsioura, Nerys M. Astbury, Claire Madigan, Paul Aveyard, and Susan A. Jebb. "Primary Care SHOPping intervention for cardiovascular disease prevention (PC-SHOP): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to reduce saturated fat intake." BMJ Open 9, no. 4 (2019): e027035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027035.
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Introduction A diet high in saturated fat (SFA) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and intakes in the UK exceed dietary recommendations. The Primary Care Shopping Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (PC-SHOP) study aims to test the effect of an intervention for people with raised low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol involving health professional (HP) advice alone, or in combination with personalised feedback based on nutritional analysis of grocery store loyalty card data, on SFA intake and blood lipids in comparison with no intervention. Methods and analysis PC-SHOP is a three-arm parallel randomised controlled trial with an allocation ratio of 1:3:3 (‘no intervention’: n=16, ‘brief support’: n=48, ‘brief support plus shopping feedback’: n=48, respectively). Participants with raised LDL will be recruited from general practitioner (GP) practices for a 3-month intervention period. In brief support, an HP will deliver a behaviourally informed 10 min consultation and provide a written self-help guide to inform and motivate people to reduce their SFA intake. In brief support plus shopping feedback, the participants will receive the same HP-led behavioural support and, based on data from their grocery store loyalty card, personalised feedback on the SFA content of their grocery shopping, identifying high SFA purchases and suggesting swaps to similar but lower SFA items. Measurements for the primary and secondary outcomes will be collected at baseline and at follow-up (3 months). The primary outcome measure will be the between-group difference in the reduction of SFA intake between baseline and follow-up. Secondary outcomes include changes in blood lipids and SFA content of food purchases, with process measures to consider the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. Ethics and dissemination This study has been reviewed and approved by the National Health Service Health Research Authority Research Ethics Committee (Ref: 17/SC/0168). The trial findings will be disseminated to academic and HPs through presentations at meetings and peer-reviewed journals and to the public through the media. If the intervention is effective, the results will be communicated to relevant stakeholders, including policymakers and retailers. Trial registration number NCT14279335; Pre-results.
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Nicolau, M., P.M Aubert, A. Samoggia, and M. Gorton. "Putting Solutions on the Table: Successful approaches and interventions to support more sustainable food consumption behaviours in the EU." September 2, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5579494.
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"Putting Solutions on the Table" was the title of a webinar on successful approaches and interventions to support more sustainable food consumption behaviours in the EU. The webinar was organised by the H2020 project VALUMICS and held in July 2021. The purpose of the webinar was to share and discuss insights from existing evidence from hands-on, behaviourally-informed pilot interventions and strategies suitable for the food industry and policy makers in order to drive more sustainable food consumption practices. 170 persons registered for the event and more than 90 joined live to hear and interact on several key questions, notably: • How can we move towards a healthier and more sustainable food consumption, in view of the EU food consumption policy landscape, particularly the Farm to Fork Strategy? • Which sustainable food consumption targets lie ahead of us? • How can food consumption behaviours and solution-oriented interventions trigger and shift towards a more sustainable future? • How are these behavioural interventions applied in real life contexts and what might we learn from them?
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Howell-Jones, Rebecca, Natalie Gold, Sarah Bowen, et al. "Can uptake of childhood influenza immunisation through schools and GP practices be increased through behaviourally-informed invitation letters and reminders: two pragmatic randomized controlled trials." BMC Public Health 23, no. 1 (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14439-4.
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Abstract Background The UK is rolling out a national childhood influenza immunisation programme for children, delivered through primary care and schools. Behaviourally-informed letters and reminders have been successful at increasing uptake of other public health interventions. Therefore, we investigated the effects of a behaviourally-informed letter on uptake of the vaccine at GP practices, and of a letter and a reminder (SMS/ email) on uptake at schools. Methods and results Study 1 was a cluster-randomised parallel trial of 21,786 two- and three-year olds in 250 GP practices, conducted during flu season (September to January inclusive) 2016/7. The intervention was a centrally-sent behaviourally-informed invitation letter, control was usual care. The proportion of two- and three-year olds in each practice who received a vaccination by 31st January 2017 was 23.4% in the control group compared to 37.1% in the intervention group (OR = 1.93; 95% CI = 1.82, 2.05, p < 0.001). Study 2 was a 2 (behavioural letter vs standard letter) × 2 (reminder vs no reminder) factorial trial of 1108 primary schools which included 3010 school years 1–3. Letters were sent to parents from providers, and reminders sent to parents from the schools. In the standard-letter-no-reminder arm, an average of 61.6% of eligible children in each school year were vaccinated, compared to 61.9% in the behavioural-letter-no-reminder arm, 63.5% in the standard-letter-plus-reminder arm, and 62.9% in the behavioural-letter-plus reminder condition, F(3, 2990) = 2.68, p = 0.046. In a multi-level model, with demographic variables as fixed effects, the proportion of eligible students in the school year who were vaccinated increased with the reminder, β = 0.086 (0.041), p < 0.036, but there was no effect of the letter nor any interaction effect. Conclusion Sending a behaviourally informed invitation letter can increase uptake of childhood influenza vaccines at the GP surgery compared to usual practice. A reminder SMS or email can increase uptake of the influenza vaccine in schools, but the effect size was minimal. Trial registration Study 1: Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02921633. Study 2: Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02883972.
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Bull, Shirley L., Nicki Frost, and Eleanor R. Bull. "Behaviourally informed, patient-led interventions to reduce missed appointments in general practice: a 12-month implementation study." Family Practice, July 14, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmac064.
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Abstract Background Scalable, positive, behaviourally informed interventions may help people remember to attend their primary care appointment or cancel in good time, but have not yet been implemented long term. Aim To examine effects of social norms and making active commitments on missed and cancelled appointments in primary care over 12 months and explore implementation factors. Design and setting A mixed-methods design evaluation and implementation study led by a Patient Participation Group (PPG) member in a large GP practice in the West Midlands. Methods Following a 6-month baseline, waiting room notices were redesigned to emphasise positive social norms for desired behaviours. When booking appointments, receptionists were trained to invite patients to (i) verbally actively commit to cancelling if needed; (ii) write down their own appointment details. Monthly missed appointments (MAs) and cancellations were statistically compared with baseline averages and seasonally equivalent months. To explore implementation, reception staff completed a knowledge, attitude, and behaviour questionnaire at 9 months, analysed descriptively. Study team field notes were thematically analysed. Results Across 12 intervention months there was a mean of 37.67 fewer MAs per month (20% reduction) and 102.66 more cancellations (21.07% increase) compared with 6-month baseline means [MAs t(11) = −6.15, P &lt; 0.001; cancellations t(11) = 3.637, P = 0.004] with statistically significant differences in seasonally equivalent months [MAs t(5) = −4.65, P = 0.006; cancellations t(5) = 3.263, P = 0.022]. Receptionists (n = 12) reported implementing the strategies except when facing pressures; knowledge and attitudes varied. Conclusions Behaviourally informed interventions reduced primary care MAs longer term; PPGs and practice teams can work together on quality improvement projects with support from leaders to prioritise and embed new practices.
Book chapters on the topic "Behaviourally-informed interventions"
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Banerjee, Sanchayan. "Rethinking the Origin of the Behavioural Policy Cube With Nudge Plus." In Behavioral-Based Interventions for Improving Public Policies. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2731-3.ch001.
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This chapter goes beyond classic nudges in introducing public policy practitioners and researchers worldwide to a wide range of behavioural change interventions like boosts, thinks, and nudge pluses. These policy tools, much like their classic nudge counterpart, are libertarian, internality targeting and behaviourally informed policies that lie at the origin of the behavioural policy cube as originally conceived by Oliver. This chapter undertakes a review of these instruments, in systematically and holistically comparing them. Nudge pluses are truly hybrid nudge-think strategies, in that they combine the best features of the reflexive nudges and the more deliberative boosts (or, think) strategies. Going forward, the chapter prescribes the consideration of a wider policy toolkit in directing interventions to tackle societal problems and hopes to break the false synonymity of behavioural based policies with nudge-type interventions only.
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Ball, Sarah, and Brian W. Head. "Behavioural insights teams in practice: nudge missions and methods on trial." In Beyond Nudge. Policy Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447369141.003.0006.
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Behavioural and experimental projects have become increasingly popular with policymakers. Behavioural insights teams have used several policy design and implementation tools drawn from behavioural sciences, especially randomised controlled trials, to test the design of ‘nudge’ interventions. This approach has attained discursive legitimacy in government agencies seeking to use the best available evidence for behaviourally informed, evidence-based policy innovation. We examine the practices of governmental behavioural insights teams in Australia, drawing on two research projects that included interviews with key personnel. We find that teams make strong commitments to using and promoting randomised controlled trials in government policy innovation. Nevertheless, some members of these teams are beginning to appreciate the constraints of relying solely on randomised controlled trials in the development of behavioural public policy. We conclude that while an initial focus on rigorous trials helped behavioural insights teams establish themselves in policymaking, strict adherence may represent a risk to their long-term growth and relevance.
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Pykett, Jessica. "A critical neuro-geography of behaviourally and neuroscientifically informed public policy." In Towards a Spatial Social Policy. Policy Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447337904.003.0007.
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Amidst the growing enthusiasm for the application of behavioural insights from behavioural economics, psychology and the neurosciences in social policy, there has been a shift in emphasis from structural, through individuated and towards neuromolecular scales of explanation for social problems. This chapter explores the role of these trends in carving out new spatialities of social policy. The chapter considers the scale at which government intervention is deemed necessary, effective and efficient; and who should be responsible for health, productivity and wellbeing in liberal societies. It traces continuities between behavioural and neuroscientifically-informed public policy through analysis of international and supra-national policy documentation within societies in which neoliberalism is increasingly recognised as a source of social harm and economic instability. The chapter develops an approach to ‘critical neuro- geography’ which sheds new light on the strategic importance of scalar claims and other spatialities to forms of governance targeted at the mind, body and soul.