Global Health

World Health Day 2018: Behavioral Science Promotes #HealthForAll

by ideas42

This Saturday is World Health Day, an awareness campaign the World Health Organization (WHO) leads which in 2018 focuses on universal health coverage (UHC) or #HealthForAll. According to WHO, half the world lacks access to essential health services—UHC means ensuring that all people have access. While barriers to health services are at times structural or […]

Failing Forward: Innovative Approaches to Improve Reproductive Health in Senegal

by Lydia Trupe

In any given field, the top 10% of performers produce more than 50% of the big breakthroughs. What is the key to these superstars’ success? Fortunately for most of us, the answer is not raw talent or even expertise. The truth is, these top performers produce as many bad ideas as everyone else—but, crucially, they […]

Simple Steps to Take Now that Produce Benefits All Year

by ideas42

We all have big plans for changing our lives at the beginning of a new year, thanks to the fresh start effect. But time moves fast…and reality is probably starting to set in for many people. This may not be the year you become a workout guru, vault your career in a new direction, or […]

Our 5 Favorite Behavioral Insights of 2017

by ideas42

We’ve learned a lot this year. Thankfully, we haven’t uncovered all the strange little quirks in human decision making, so with every passing year, a few more insights come to light. As 2017 comes to a close, we look back at some of the insights that made us think, laugh, cry, and question our own […]

ideas42 Seminar Series: A Talk with Jack Cao

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With the ideas42 Seminar Series, we invite leading scholars to share their insights and what inspires their exploration into human behavior. Our New York office was pleased to host Jack Cao, a 5th year PhD candidate in social psychology at Harvard University. Jack’s research examines the divide between the conscious values we try to uphold and […]

Richard Thaler Wins Nobel Prize in Economics

by DJ Neri & Evan Nesterak, The Behavioral Scientist

Richard Thaler, our long-time advisor (and a source of inspiration for our work), has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work in applied behavioral economics. Below is an article about the impact of his contributions to the field that originally appeared on the Behavioral Scientist.  Richard Thaler, an economist at the University of […]

Breaking Through Behavioral Challenges in Global Health

by Karina Lorenzana & Jana Smith

It’s hard to argue that health isn’t essential to a good and productive life. When we’re sick, it’s difficult if not impossible to work. Managing an illness or health condition can be a full-time job, or it can be so stressful and difficult that it leads to other maladies. Moreover, the costs of medical care […]

Got Behavioral Science Results? Help Us Build a Resource for All

by ideas42

It’s been more than three months since the launch of the Behavioral Evidence Hub, a community-driven collection of behavioral interventions proven to create impact. Jointly launched by Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), the University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE), and ideas42, the B-Hub (as it’s affectionately called) has been visited […]

ideas42 Seminar Series: A Talk with Mitesh Patel

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ideas42’s network of academic affiliates represent some of the world’s foremost experts in behavioral science. With the ideas42 Affiliate Series, we invite leading scholars to share their insights and what inspires their exploration into human behavior. Our New York office was pleased to host Mitesh Patel of the University of Pennsylvania. Mitesh studies innovative ways to change health […]