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)
Citation
MUKHERJEE, Ishani, & GIEST, Sarah.(2020). Behavioural Insights Teams (BITs) and policy change: An exploration of impact, location, and temporality of policy advice. Administration and Society, 52(10), 1538-1561.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3274
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Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399720918315