The costs of polarizing a pandemic: Antecedents, consequences, and lessons

JJ Van Bavel, C Pretus, S Rathje… - Perspectives on …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Polarization has been rising in the United States of America for the past few decades and
now poses a significant—and growing—public-health risk. One of the signature features of …

A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19

K Ruggeri, F Stock, SA Haslam, V Capraro, P Boggio… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Scientific evidence regularly guides policy decisions, with behavioural science increasingly
part of this process. In April 2020, an influential paper proposed 19 policy recommendations …

Cultural evolutionary behavioural science in public policy

R Schimmelpfennig, M Muthukrishna - Behavioural Public Policy, 2023 - cambridge.org
Interventions are to the social sciences what inventions are to the physical sciences–an
application of science as technology. Behavioural science has emerged as a powerful toolkit …

Seeing the nudge from the trees: The 4S framework for evaluating nudges

S Mills, R Whittle - Public Administration, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nudging is a popular and influential approach in policymaking. Yet, it has faced substantial
criticism from several policy perspectives, with growing concern raised about the efficacy of …

Evaluating expectations from social and behavioral science about COVID-19 and lessons for the next pandemic

Social and behavioral science research proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic,
reflecting the substantial increase in influence of behavioral science in public health and …

Delay discounting predicts COVID-19 vaccine booster willingness

JG Halilova, S Fynes‑Clinton, CM Terao… - Cognitive Research …, 2025 - Springer
Develo** ways to predict and encourage vaccine booster uptake are necessary for
durable immunity responses. In a multi-nation sample, recruited in June–August 2021, we …

Engaging faith-based communities in pro-environmental behavior using soft regulations: The case of single-use plastics

D Kaufmann, A Tikotsky, T Yoreh… - … in Environmental Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The consumption of single-use plastics, such as disposable tableware (DTW), conveys a
high benefit-cost ratio for consumers while having large environmental externalities. To …

Behavioral Insights and Public Policy

P Belardinelli - … Behavioral Public Policy: Citizens' Preferences and …, 2024 - Springer
This chapter introduces the use of behavioral insights in public policy. Beginning with the
notion of rationality, it firstly provides an overview of the most relevant concepts and …

Cultural Evolution and Public Policy

R Schimmelpfennig, M Muthukrishna - 2023 - academic.oup.com
Interventions are to the social sciences what inventions are to the physical sciences—an
application of science as technology. Behavioural science has emerged as a powerful toolkit …

Behind the Veil of Choice: Testing the Effect of Decision Information and Decision Structure Interventions in a Self-Service Food Setting

E Thomassen, C Øritsland - 2024 - uia.brage.unit.no
Through a series of three high powered studies, this thesis explores and measures
responses to two different nudging interventions related to price display and serving utensils …