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Design Research 2018

The power of proverbial expression in design research

Earlier in the year, BETA caught up with Professor John A. List at the 2018 Behavioural Exchange Conference (BX2018) where he presented a keynote speech. Professor List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Chairman in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. He’s a pioneer in using field experiments as a methodology to better understand human behaviour. 

In this episode, Professor List talks about: 
• the importance of field experiments in getting the theory or policy right 
• how we need to improve the science of doing science, in particular how we scale up successful case studies 
• how we can better invest in human capital.

Professor List also mentions some of the work he’s done in behavioural economics, including his year-long stint in the White House using behavioural economics to tackle big policy issues.

BETA Podcast - Interview with John A. List

In this podcast we talk to Elizabeth Hardy, Senior Lead for Behavioural Insights at the Impact and Innovation Unit in the Government of Canada. Elizabeth oversees the application of behavioural science and design to public policy challenges.

Disclaimer: BETA's podcasts discuss behavioural economics and insights with a range of academics, experts and practitioners. The views expressed are those of the individuals interviewed and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government.

BETA Podcast: Interview with Elizabeth Hardy

How can we boost the attendance of people from ethnic minorities and poorer backgrounds at universities, graduate programs and youth programs? Michael Sanders spoke to BETA in their most recent podcast about his work applying behavioural insights to tackle these issues.


Disclaimer: BETA's podcasts discuss behavioural economics and insights with a range of academics, experts and practitioners. The views expressed are those of the individuals interviewed and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government.

BETA Podcast: Interview with Michael Sanders

This week’s episode of the BETA podcast dissects the issue, with Professor Ben Newell, Deputy Head of the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, and Harry Greenwell, BETA’s own head of trial design and evaluation.

Ben goes through some famous replication-fails, while Harry talks about what BETA and others are doing to mitigate these risks and give confidence to findings.

Disclaimer: BETA's podcasts discuss behavioural economics and insights with a range of academics, experts and practitioners. The views expressed are those of the individuals interviewed and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government.

BETA Podcast: Replication Crisis

Disclosure is supposed to act as a warning so clients can adjust their decision or behaviour accordingly. But is that how disclosures actually work in the real world?

BETA is joined on its latest podcast by one of the world’s leading experts in this area—Professor Sunita Sah of Cornell University. She talks to BETA’s then acting head of Behavioural Advice, Janine Bialecki, about what the evidence really says. Don’t miss this one.

Disclaimer: BETA's podcasts discuss behavioural economics and insights with a range of academics, experts and practitioners. The views expressed are those of the individuals interviewed and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government.

BETA podcast: When conflict of interest disclosures backfire

Join us for this fascinating chat with one of the world’s leading experts in the field, Professor Toby Walsh.

Toby chats to BETA’s resident data science expert, Dr Shea Houlihan, about the future of AI and the major role behavioural science can play. Don’t miss this one.

Disclaimer: BETA's podcasts discuss behavioural economics and insights with a range of academics, experts and practitioners. The views expressed are those of the individuals interviewed and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government.

BETA Podcast - Interview with John A. List

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