Use caution when applying behavioural science to policy

IJzerman, Hans, Lewis Jr, Neil A., Przybylski, Andrew K., Weinstein, Netta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2200-6617, DeBruine, Lisa, Ritchie, Stuart J. and Vazire, Simine 2020. Use caution when applying behavioural science to policy. Nature Human Behaviour 4 , pp. 1092-1094. 10.1038/s41562-020-00990-w

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Abstract

Social and behavioural scientists have attempted to speak to the COVID-19 crisis. But is behavioural research on COVID-19 suitable for making policy decisions? We offer a taxonomy that lets our science advance in ‘evidence readiness levels’ to be suitable for policy. We caution practitioners to take extreme care translating our findings to applications.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	2397-3374
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 October 2020
Date of Acceptance:	29 September 2020
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2024 01:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/135538

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