We know that our contribution to weathering this crisis (along with physical distancing, wearing masks, and washing our hands) is in using behavioral science to create innovation. We will continue to look to and amplify the message of health experts and public officials as well as economic resources and guidelines as we monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and adapt to a rapidly-evolving world.
The decisions and actions people take around the world over the coming months truly have the power to change lives, and that’s where evidence-based behavioral design comes in.
The Behavioral Side of COVID-19 Blog Series
- Social Distancing & When to Seek Medical Help
- When Social Distancing Is Impossible: Humanitarian Crises and Human Behavior
- So You’re Working From Home? Make the Most of it with Behavioral Science Tips
- Behavioral Insights for Keeping Your Sanity While Working at Home with Kids
- When Panic Buying Hurts: Strategies to Lessen the Impact on WIC Participants
- Designing for Effective Physical Distancing in Essential Public Spaces
- Inoculating Democracy from COVID-19
- Resources for Making Financial Supports Behaviorally Informed During a Crisis
- Behavioral Design for Public Agencies’ COVID-19 Response
- Making Government COVID-19 Communications More Effective
- COVID-19 Is Different–Charitable Giving Should Be Too
- Could Temporary, Behaviorally Informed Changes to WIC Be Program Fixtures?
- What Behavioral Science Can Teach us 4+ Months into the COVID-19 Pandemic
- New Playbook Helps Officials Prepare People to #VoteSafe
- Now Is the Time to Improve the WIC Participant Experience
- The College Student Journey in the Time of COVID-19
- 8 Strategies for College Leaders Advancing Change Initiatives
- Using Behavioral Insights to Make the Most of Emergency Social Protection Cash Transfers
- Brain, Meet Modern Journalism
- Boosting Student Voter Participation During a Pandemic
- Helping Community Food Advocates Spread the Word about Pandemic-EBT Food Benefits to NYC Families
Op-Eds + Audio Features
- #ChecksChecksChecks: Why We Need A Universal Basic Income Now
- How to Maximize the Impact of Cash Transfers, During and After COVID-19
- 20 questions to ask instead of “How are you doing right now?”
- Responding to COVID-19 in the Developing World
- Behavioral science can help students succeed in classes suddenly moved online (collaboration with Nudge4 & Lumina Foundation)
- Why Do We Treat Unemployment Applicants as Potential Criminals?
- What Behavioral Science Tells Us About the COVID-19 Response
- We’re All New Voters Now
- Pandemic Disruption: How Public Benefit Programs Can Use Behavioral Science to Create Successful Innovation
- How to Prevent the Minor Errors that Disqualify Mail-In Ballots