What We Read is a curated collection of resources covering a wide range of topics linked to using behavioral sciences to understand and solve social and economic issues. Here we post articles, reports and resources about current applications of behavior-smart solutions or that cover interesting behavioral topics. We have also provided a set of links to our favorite publications, blogs and podcasts covering behavior-related topics.
When we move things, rather than people, around efficiently, no feelings need to be taken into account. Planning can be mathematically optimized without any consideration of psychology.
For centuries, transport has been a battle of ideologies: the utilitarians versus the romantics. One side strives to optimize journeys against quantifiable measures while the other nostalgically recounts the joys of travel.
Sustainability Trends Report 2021 identifies tipping points across the landscape of sustainability that set the scene for COP26 and the post-pandemic recovery – from the mainstreaming of net zero to action on social equity, and the rise of clean technologies and natural solutions. But as we enter this exciting new phase for sustainable investing, stronger guardrails are urgently needed.
Activity tightly regulated by governments has been disrupted more than has behaviour reflecting individuals’ choices
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When Covid hit, travel’s broad cross-section of content creators — bloggers on free or paid press trips, social media influencers, and multimedia storytellers — saw their revenues plummet overnight.
Some scrambled to redefine their business models with a focus on local travel, while others shifted into lifestyle, fashion, food, self-help and home decor, or exited travel content creation altogether.
When they wake up on a Saturday morning to find rain coursing down the windows of their Gothenburg apartment, four-year-old Enja Bäckström and her six-year-old brother Charlie often still want to go out to play.
The Government has adopted a national strategy for a circular economy that sets out the direction and ambition for a long-term and sustainable transition of Swedish society. This is an important step towards Sweden becoming the world’s first fossil-free welfare nation.
The Behavioral Insights Team (BIT) is a thought leader in behavioral economics so their blog is one of the best ways to stay up to date with current applications of behavioral thinking across different socio-economic contexts.
The Decision Lab is one of the creative doers in the field of behavioral economics so their insights space is a great resource to keep track of if you want to stay informed of interesting developments in the field.
Behavioral Scientists is an excellent resource for readers with more academic and theoretical interests. It offers a fantastic bridge between the theories shaping the behavioral sciences and the everyday realities in which we can observe phenomena explained by them.
Ideas42 is one of the leaders in applying behavioral sciences to design solutions to a variety of social challenges across a wide number of issues. Their blog is one of the really great resources showing the power of leaning on behavioral economics when solving social challenges.
Canvas8 is a leader in translating cutting edge knowledge from behavioral sciences into practical strategies and solutions for companies and brands. Their blog is one of the best resources keeping track of long-term and short-term behavipral trends and their meaning for societies and markets.
behavioraleconomics.com is essentially a knowledge portal for the field. It is the publisher of the Behavioral Economics Guide, an annual publications that reflects the state of the field. In addition, its blog is a fantastic go-to place for current insights and developments. The resources area offers links to many valuable and interesting readings, TED talks, events, books, and others
Choiceology is an interesting podcast presenting topics related to irrational decision making.
The Brainy Business is a fun podcast that covers a wide variety of behavioral topics related to business and everyday realities.
If you are curious to explore more books, academic journals, TED talks, podcasts, and others, you can find extensive collections in the resources area of behavioraleconomics.com as well as at the end of every Behavioral Economics Guide.