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How Does Breakthrough RESEARCH’s Work Respond to Practitioner Priorities?

by Abigail Sellman

This piece originally appeared on Breakthrough ACTION+RESEARCH’s blog. In October, I had the privilege of attending the first annual CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. This year’s conference theme was “Leverage, Link, and Learn for Community Health.” The event was attended by dozens of individuals from organizations working in community health across sub-Saharan Africa […]

13 Ways Behavioral Science Improved Lives in 2019

by ideas42

Each year, the behavioral science community expands our knowledge about humans and decision-making and builds evidence for how to use behavioral science to improve lives. This rapidly growing community is made up of brilliant researchers, dedicated practitioners who apply behavioral science in their work solving problems, pioneering organizations that fund behavioral innovation around the […]

Nonvoter Innovation Lab: Leveraging 2018 Midterm Success to GOTV in 2020

by Moises Roman-Mendoza, Antonia Violante, & Maya Alper

It would be an understatement to anyone who reads the news or logs on to social media platforms to say that the 2020 presidential election is top of mind for many Americans. What isn’t so clear, however, is whether or not people will channel that energy into turning out to vote next November. With nearly […]

“Public Charge” Rule (Pure Sludge) Already Reduced Social Safety Net Access

by Jeremy Barofsky, Allison Yates-Berg & Ariadna Vargas

The Trump Administration’s expanded “public charge” rule was set to begin on October 15th before being temporarily blocked by a federal judge only days before going into effect. If implemented, the rule would withhold green cards from immigrants who use common social safety net programs such as Medicaid, which provides health insurance to low-income […]

ideas42 Seminar Series: A Talk with Rebecca Ratner

by ideas42

With the ideas42 Seminar Series, we invite leading scholars to share their insights and what inspires their exploration into human behavior. We were pleased to host Rebecca Ratner, the Dean’s Professor of Marketing at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Her research explores the factors underlying suboptimal consumer decision making and […]

Poverty Retold: Why Narratives Matter for Economic Mobility

by Allison Yates-Berg

This post originally appeared on the Arithmetic of Compassion. What is it like to live in poverty in the United States? Without lived experience, you probably can’t imagine the constant set of challenging choices that people living with low incomes confront each day. You may also have a hard time imagining the tremendous resilience and […]

The Triumph of the Randomistas: Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, and Michael Kremer Win the Nobel Prize in Economics

by ideas42

At ideas42, we’re becoming accustomed to welcoming several days of excitement around this time of year, for reasons that have very little to do with the crispness in the air or the changing colors of the foliage, and very much to do with happenings in faraway Stockholm. We speak, of course, of the annual announcement of […]

Curbing Men’s Drinking to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence

by ideas42

Globally, 35% of women have experienced gender-based violence. The vast majority of this violence is perpetrated by partners. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a fundamental injustice that violates women’s basic rights and affects the mental and physical well-being of affected women, their families, and broader communities. While many circumstances can contribute to violence, researchers working […]

Behavioral Science Can Help More Consumers Bank Sustainably

by Griffin Smith

The global financial system provides the fuel which feeds the fires of climate change, Bill McKibben recently argued in The New Yorker. McKibben highlights the key role of banks, asset managers, and insurance companies in funding the extractive ventures of fossil fuel giants. The scale is stunning: in the three years since the Paris Agreement […]

New Proposal to Change SNAP Eligibility Will Hurt Families

by Allison Yates-Berg

How many kids should go hungry to prevent someone from getting food stamps they don’t “deserve?” This summer, while volunteering to help the elderly apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a retired Minnesota millionaire decided to apply for SNAP himself to see if he could “game” the system. He qualified for the program […]

How Does Breakthrough RESEARCH’s Work Respond to Practitioner Priorities?

13 Ways Behavioral Science Improved Lives in 2019

Nonvoter Innovation Lab: Leveraging 2018 Midterm Success to GOTV in 2020

“Public Charge” Rule (Pure Sludge) Already Reduced Social Safety Net Access

ideas42 Seminar Series: A Talk with Rebecca Ratner

Poverty Retold: Why Narratives Matter for Economic Mobility

The Triumph of the Randomistas: Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, and Michael Kremer Win the Nobel Prize in Economics

Curbing Men’s Drinking to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence

Behavioral Science Can Help More Consumers Bank Sustainably

New Proposal to Change SNAP Eligibility Will Hurt Families

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