David Halpern CBE
@DavidHalpernCBE
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President & Founding Director at The BIT & (ex) National WW Adviser. Author: Inside the Nudge Unit; Social Capital; Hidden Wealth of Nations. Views my own.
Joined May 2022
Packed room at Labour Party Conf on future of HE and skills with @KingsCollegeLon Policy Institute, and Minister Jackie Smith. Striking stats on the perception gap: people think 4 in 10 students regret degree, actually less than 1 in 10. @BobbyDuffyKings
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National of strangers? Dont underestimate everyday genuius of 'strangers' gwtting along. Good to see robust discussion @LabourTogether session with @RSylvester1 @MrBrendanCox @Miatsf at Labour Party Conference...
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AI and human behaviour -new @B_I_Team report being presented by @Lis_Costa_ on augmentation, adoption, alignment and adaption https://t.co/YnvIfHGruc
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How can you transform government policy by understanding human behaviour? đ§ In our latest article, @DavidHalpernCBE takes us through the journey of behavioural science, from its early days to its current impact on policy makingđ https://t.co/bUOGzAo4qz
heywoodquarterly.com
David Halpern, founder of the worldâs first behavioural insights unit, explains the importance of policymakers understanding human behaviour.
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See my short piece in @thetimes on link between social capital and economic growth, & what to do @hmtreasury, from Demos paper by @AndyHaldaneRSA and me. Thx to fellow Commissioners @iconeighbours and @pollycurtis @B_I_Team @RobertDPutnam @DianeCoyle1859
demos.co.uk
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Great piece from ICON Commissioner @DavidHalpernCBE in The Times, exploring how strengthening social ties and building trust could be the missing key to economic growth. https://t.co/LykJR3uO2i `
thetimes.com
The government is struggling to deliver on its number-one priority: to grow the economy. Amid market turmoil, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has reportedly told colleagues to draft alternative plans
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Another spot-on piece by @TimHarford ...esp relevant for governments needing to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public services. @puzzlesthewill @carolinefiennes @stianwestlake @robynmildon @B_I_Team
âKnown unknownsâ, or how to plug the gaps in public research
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Timely piece from @HeyQuarterly by Robert Chote on @OBR_UK . In recent years, OBR has asked @hmtreasury awkward questions that HMT asks Departments, like 'what's the evidence for this?' V healthy! @Gus_ODonnell @martinwolf_ @gilliantett
With the Budget looming we are delighted to publish today, Robert Choteâs view on whether the OBR âexperimentâ has worked⌠https://t.co/g3Twk8oOaT
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Got to love this UK eccentricity... knitted postbox covers. This rather splendid example in Covent Garden...dinosaurs and volcanos... mad, funny, skillful... cause for smile @coventgardenuk @CoventGardenGB @CoventGardenFan @SimplyKnitMag
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Excellent documentary of @RobertDPutnam work now live. I've worked with Bob for 25years, and still learnt. Also great intro to incredible impacts of social networks on life, and the arc of rise and decline in US. @AndyHaldaneRSA @matt_leach @benatipsos
https://t.co/TDBiiDJRxA
netflix.com
This documentary examines social scientist Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" theory of how declining community engagement created an American civic crisis.
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Next week, I'll be travelling to the UK to discuss policy evaluation, including two public events. * Wed 2 Oct 4pm: public lecture at Oxford University on randomised trials https://t.co/0nVdSkt88h * Thu 3 Oct 3.30pm: London event with David Halpern https://t.co/GFWPnYdvC6
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Hono(u)red to be speaking at LSE in December on Campus Free Speech. @LSEpublicevents @LSEEcon @LSEBehavioural @LSE_PBS @1969ajo @statsArePower @lordstern1 @DavidHalpernCBE
https://t.co/WrdDsBcsty
lse.ac.uk
3pm Thurs 5 Dec | Cass R. Sunstein | Registration Required | Free public event at LSE
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NEW: Labour should set out a âpractical theoryâ of government that gives clearer direction to Whitehall as it works to realise its five âmissionsâ to rebuild Britain, according to our new paper by @DavidHalpernCBE @B_I_Team âĄď¸ https://t.co/pa6h2WBzqb
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Join ICON today at Labour Party conference. A new commission on neighbourhoods: exploring and addressing the challenges faced by England's most deprived neighbourhood with @Dan4Barnet @HetanShah and commissioners Baroness Armstrong @matt_leach and @DavidHalpernCBE
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About to head off to panel session at Labour Party Conference on new Commission on Neighbourhoods, with Baroness Hilary Armstrong, @roswynnejones (Daily Mirror). It's 9.00am Museum of Liverpool, Peopleâs Republic Gallery. Join! @LocalTrust @Moreincommon_ @UCLPolicyLab @B_I_Team
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Incredible: just a couple of weeks on from report, $60m committed by @esrc ($15m) & @wellcometrust ($45m) for major expansion of systematic, AI enabled, living evidence reviews. Wow! @stianwestlake @BBCMoreOrLess @BBCMarkEaston @puzzlesthewill @jhjelliott @ALeighMP @CassSunstein
The Global Evidence Report lays out a sense of how 4 countries (& hopefully more in the future) can come together & start to articulate their shared needs for evidence & then ensure that the mechanisms are in place to deliver that evidence https://t.co/crpMV2qSXB đ§ľ3/8 #SoTF
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Fantastic $45m 5yr initiative by @wellcometrust to expand systematic living evidence reviews! ...across fields 'from education and agriculture to energy and urban planning'. Builds on @ESRC & glob evidence report. đ @stianwestlake @EvidenceComm @B_I_Team
https://t.co/ImQzu7cGm8
wellcome.org
Wellcomeâs Chief Executive Officer John-Arne Røttingen announces the backing of the development of new data and tools for accelerating âliving evidence synthesisâ with ÂŁ45 million in funding over...
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Delighted to see ESRC funding and call to support evidence synthesis! Aligns strongly with recommendations of our Global Evidence Report. Moving forward! @stianwestlake
@ALeighMP @CampbellReviews @EvidenceComm @B_I_Team @BBCMoreOrLess @wellcometrust
https://t.co/7Un0uW9K5A
ukri.org
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âMost policy and most government, you would hope, is based on evidence. But it turns out often the evidence base is very, very thinâ. @DavidHalpernCBE of @B_I_Team explains the findings of his new report. Story No.4 on this week's More or Less: https://t.co/CGEvK6vOGD
bbc.co.uk
Plus, Migrants vs Pensioners and Ed Milibandâs energy auction claim
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