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How can we give up bad habits for good?

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21 Nov 2017

Ian Burbidge

With the post-Christmas resolutions looming, when we try to address the worst of our seasonal over-indulgences, the question remains: how can we give up bad habits for good?
Financial capability and the power to create

Article

13 Jan 2017

Nathalie Spencer

Providing a financial safety net and improving financial capability enhances our power to create, as people are more likely to act on their ideas, explains behavioural scientist Nathalie Spencer
Why fake news doesn't swing elections

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13 Dec 2016

Tony Greenham

Fake news doesn’t swing elections, but neither does ‘truth’. We have always filtered new information to fit our existing prejudices. The real danger to our democracy is not an absence of truth, but an absence of trust.
Why it’s so good to talk

Blog

12 Sep 2016

Nathalie Spencer

Speaking with healthcare practitioners about health worries, and more generally opening up to create more and stronger social ties, can have many positive benefits.
Tell me a story? Or give me the figures?

Blog

05 Sep 2016

Nathalie Spencer

What is the best way to influence stakeholders and generate change? Different approaches to generating change have different strengths, when should each be used to the best effect?
Democracy in the 21st Century: Mind the Gap

Blog

01 Sep 2016

Andrew Norman

In the first of a series of posts discussing the state of democracy in the 21st Century, Andy Norman outlines the gaps that exist between the assumptions we make about our democratic system and the case in practice.
How to get more sleep

Blog

24 Aug 2016

Nathalie Spencer

Many of us would like to get more sleep but for some reason just don’t seem to get to bed in time to clock in our needed eight or so hours. Why might that be?
Complex problems need multidisciplinary approaches - including behavioural science

Blog

11 Aug 2016

Nathalie Spencer

In a recent article for Pan-European Networks magazine, we set out why a multi-disciplinary approach to problem-solving – including a behavioural science perspective – is so important.
Health as a Social Movement - but what does that mean?

Blog

26 Jul 2016

Nathalie Spencer

How can we create a social movement in health? In this 5 minute video, the RSA asked health and community leaders to help explain.
Healthy living, financial wellness, and gender equality: RSA Social Brain’s spring update

Blog

04 Apr 2016

Nathalie Spencer

All winter long, we’ve been busy with events and new programmes of work here in the RSA’s Social Brain. So what does the Spring have in store?

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Latest thinking

How can we give up bad habits for good?

Financial capability and the power to create

Why fake news doesn't swing elections

Why it’s so good to talk

Tell me a story? Or give me the figures?

Democracy in the 21st Century: Mind the Gap

How to get more sleep

Complex problems need multidisciplinary approaches - including behavioural science

Health as a Social Movement - but what does that mean?

Healthy living, financial wellness, and gender equality: RSA Social Brain’s spring update

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