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Participant voice first: The Busara research agenda on ethical research in the Global South

Groundwork Participant voice first: The Busara research agenda on ethical research in the Global South Download PDF SECTOR Ethical research PROJECT TYPE Field and Lab Experiments BEHAVIORAL THEME Integrity…

Unlikely tools for unlikely times: 9 things to consider before using IVR as a research tool

In 2016, INC ran an interview titled “This CEO runs a billion-dollar company with no offices or email.” The interview profiled Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of Automattic, which runs WordPress. WordPress…

Remotely different: a tale of research during COVID

When you hear the word remote, it probably signals an access challenge. It creates the visual image of a rural or distant area, far off from the general population, possibly…

The Little Jab Book: 18 behavioral science strategies for increasing vaccination uptake

Case study The Little Jab Book:18 behavioral science strategies for increasing vaccination uptake Download PDF PARTNER Save The Children | Common Thread SECTOR Health PROJECT TYPE Field Experiments BEHAVIORAL THEME…

Driving behavior change in the face of COVID: is increasing access to reliable information effective?

A decision alone is not enough, it must be an informed one. To achieve highly impactful decisions, one must have access to quality information, shared through the right reliable channels,…

A Partnership to teach: training the next generation of behavioral scientists with the MIT Governance Lab

In recent years, behavioral sciences, or ways to better understand determinants of human behavior, have emerged as a leading innovation across disciplines and sectors. These novel methods and data allow…

The Process is the Outcome: testing whether gendered processes create cultural distance for women in the workplace.

Women’s day often brings with it a resurgence of disheartening statistics such as only 1% of venture capital in Africa has gone to female founders, women fill less than 20% of US…

Can TV Teach Children Comprehension

The things we believe about something, whether true or untrue, define our approach towards it. In Europe, for example, the tomato was considered poisonous in the 1700s as it was…

Assembly Line of Success: from the low-hanging fruit to long-term social change

Imagine waking up one morning with a burning desire to bring about social change in the developing world (for some of us, all over again). How many ways can you…

Paychecks don’t tell all: Working towards gender pay equality through recruitment processes

Case study Paychecks don’t tell all: Working towards gender pay equality through recruitment processes Download PDF SECTORGenderPROJECT TYPEField ExperimentsBEHAVIORAL THEMEDiversity| Equality| Incusion OVERVIEW Bridging The Pay Gap At Busara…