In many areas, the delivery of the UN’s mandates is linked to changing human behaviour. Behavioural science refers to an evidence-based understanding of how people actually behave, make decisions and ...

Science can move forward only when it is clear which findings persist and which do not. This is especially true for the social and behavioural sciences, which can produce findings that are true in the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London (UCL) as a ...

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David Comerford does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

There was a time when ‘sustainable development’ meant economic development, or perpetual economic growth — not, as we know it today, environmentally sustainable development. The change in meaning can ...

Let's start by hearing from Ben Jones, a behavioural research expert, speaking to BBC World Service programme Business Daily.