by Mukta Joshi and Marisa Nowicki
Combatting OSAEC in the Philippines: Explore the urgent need to address online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the country.
by Samantha Hammer, Alissa Fishbane, and Shannon McAuliffe
In this edition, we’re turning to a promising practice, rooted in behavioral science, that’s ripe for more courts to take up: grace periods following a nonappearance.
by The ideas42 Team
How a detective’s understanding of the impact of missed court dates is preventing arrest and changing lives.
by Nick O’Donnell
When most people think about the work nonprofits do, they think about direct-service work—providing food or offering low-cost healthcare. But work like this is only part of what the wide world of nonprofits can accomplish, and this limited view of their “typical” work often means that important, deserving organizations miss out on the resources they […]
by Merage Ghane and Ted Robertson
In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries across the globe, the health-care sector stands at a pivotal juncture. At ideas42, we are championing a nuanced approach to this better future of healthcare that marries the capabilities of AI with the intricacies of human decision-making. Our focus is on both harnessing the power […]
by The ideas42 Team
At ideas42, International Women’s Day is an annual reflection of the ways we live our mission to create a more equitable world using behavioral science.
by The ideas42 Team
ideas42’s Board of Directors enthusiastically announced the selection of Bridgette Gray as the nonprofit’s new CEO. Effective immediately, she will lead ideas42, one of the world’s top applied behavioral design firms.
by Eva Matos and Maya Faulstich-Hon
In the United States, there are deep-seated narratives about who deserves what, and why. One of the most pervasive (and false) narratives in American society is that people experiencing poverty have only themselves to blame—that their circumstances are the result of individual choices, rather than flawed social policies and programs that reinforce inequality.
by Samantha Hammer, Alissa Fishbane, and Shannon McAuliffe
Court date reminders are becoming a go-to tool for many courts, and for good reason: the more rigorous evaluations have found that reminders reduce nonappearance by 20-40%. Just like the reminders we’ve come to expect from our doctors, dentists, and hair salons, court reminders—whether sent by text message, email, phone call, or mail—work by making the court date details and consequences for nonappearance clear and top of mind.
by Nick O'Donnell
Across the 2018, 2020, and 2022 elections, only 70% of eligible voters participated at least once, and a meager 40% voted in all three.
It’s easy to look at these figures and think Americans don’t actually care about voting. Behavioral science tells a more nuanced story.
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