Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

11-2020

Abstract

Behavioural Insights Teams (BITs) have gained prominence in government as policy advisors and are increasingly linked to the way policy instruments are designed. Despite the rise of BITs as unique knowledge brokers mediating the use of behavioral insights for policymaking, they remain underexplored in the growing literature on policy advice and advisory systems. The article emphasizes that the visible impact that BITs have on the content of policy instruments, the level of political support they garner and their structural diversity in different political departments, all set them apart from typical policy brokers in policy advisory systems connecting the science-policy divide.

Keywords

Behavioural Insights Teams, behavioral insights, policy advice, policy change, policy design

Discipline

Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Administration and Society

Volume

52

Issue

10

First Page

1538

Last Page

1561

ISSN

0095-3997

Identifier

10.1177/0095399720918315

Publisher

SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399720918315

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