Elina Halonen
Much ado about the demise of nudging
I have been meaning to write about the nudge meta-analysis for several months, but since I had quite a few things to say, I kept putting...
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Elina Halonen
- May 9, 2022
- 7 min
The success of "Nudge" is fundamentally WEIRD
Tim Harford’s article in the FT titled “What Nudge Got Wrong” covers a recent paper by two big names in behavioural economics Nick Chater...
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 5 min
Behavioural Economics vs. Behaviour Change vs. Behavioural Science - what's the difference?
I've been working as a behavioural science practitioner for a decade now and I often come across misunderstandings about the difference...
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 4 min
Mini-masterclass on sludging when offboarding customers
Cancelling a subscription turned into a sludging extravaganza so here's an example of how to NOT use behavioural science.
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 7 min
If context is king, why has nudging ignored it so much?
The key idea of nudging is that our choices are influenced by context yet there has been little exploration of the choice environment.
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 8 min
All that glitters is not gold - 8 ways behaviour change can fail
The behaviour change movement has focused on successes for the sake of credibility - yet we need to examine our failures to make progress.
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 5 min
Which tools for the job? A snapshot of nudges across different domains
In this article we'll take a look at two evidence reviews that give us snapshots across domains and nudge types.
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 6 min
Nudge, boost, budge and shove - what do they all mean?
A quick look at more recent additions to the nudge lexicon.
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 5 min
Are nudges always good and sludges always evil?
Could nudge be a double-edged sword? A
look at the relationship between nudge and sludge.
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 6 min
A peek under the bonnet - when and where are nudges effective?
Can we categorise nudges based on their proposed mechanisms & the circumstances work best in?
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 4 min
Going beyond System 1/2 - the many flavours and layers of decision-making psychology
There is more to decision making psychology than System 1/2.
Elina Halonen
- Sep 20, 2021
- 7 min
An intervention is only as good as the evidence it's based on: the case of Nudge supermarket
The popularity of behavioural science means that it sometimes gets used as kind of window dressing or "fairy dust" to make public...
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