In this paper, we critically review three assumptions that govern the debate on the legitimacy
of nudging interventions as a policy instrument:(1) nudges may violate autonomous decision …

A 'Behavioural Insights' movement has emerged within governments. This movement
infuses policymaking with behavioural scientific insights into the rationally bounded nature …

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Behavioral insights teams (BITs) employ behavioral experts and policy professionals to
collaboratively improve public policy. Most evaluations of BITs focus on the interventions that …

Public policy design takes place in a complex 'policy swamp'that is not easily analyzed, let
alone controlled. Nonetheless, recent scientific advances in understanding human behavior …

The diversity of knowledge surrounding behavioural insights (BI) means in the policy
sciences, although visible, remains under-theorized with scant comparative and …

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behavioural sciences on systems of government. Related policies are based on the …

'After a century in the wings, behavioural science had finally moved out of the laboratory and
into mainstream government policy'(Halpern, 2015: 9). David Halpern, het hoofd van het …