The kind of instinctive decision-making advocated in best-selling popular psychology books like ‘Nudge’, ‘Thinking Fast and Slow’ and ‘Blink’ is not backed up by reliable evidence, a study concludes.

As countries worldwide respond to the coronavirus pandemic by locking down borders, shutting schools, banning large gatherings and quarantining travellers, the United Kingdom’s government has just ...

Imagine removing a branch of the U.S. government, say the Supreme Court. What are the myriad ways that such an upheaval might reshape people’s lives? Policy makers and researchers probably would want ...

The psychology of regulation: applying nudge theory to compliance Nudge theory and the rise of advanced technology promise new methods for advisory firms to fight the good fight in a world where the ...

Weaving the irrational “human factor” into economics has earned Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago this year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Thaler is most famous for describing a ...

Developers and landlords are making strides toward high carbon efficiency as they try to hit net-zero targets and play their part in beating the climate crisis. But there is an important element that ...