Comprehensive Evaluation of the Behavioral Insights Group Rotterdam

Behavioral insights teams (BITs) employ behavioral experts and policy professionals to collaboratively improve public policy. Most evaluations of BITs focus on the interventions that BITs develop, but not the functioning of BITs. Here, we report the first comprehensive evaluation of a BIT, the Behav...

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Published inAdministration & society Vol. 55; no. 8; pp. 1555 - 1583
Main Authors Dewies, Malte, Merkelbach, Inge, Edelenbos, Jurian, Rohde, Kirsten I. M., Denktaş, Semiha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2023
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Behavior
Public policy
Qualitative research
evaluation
behavioral insights team
behavioral public administration
behavioral public policy
nudge
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Summary:Behavioral insights teams (BITs) employ behavioral experts and policy professionals to collaboratively improve public policy. Most evaluations of BITs focus on the interventions that BITs develop, but not the functioning of BITs. Here, we report the first comprehensive evaluation of a BIT, the Behavioral Insights Group Rotterdam. We investigate how its resources were used, for what activities, with what outputs, and to which effects. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, we derive nine propositions to describe and improve the integration of behavioral insights into public policy and administration.
ISSN:0095-3997
1552-3039
DOI:10.1177/00953997231180302