How we used behavioural insights to encourage organ and tissue donor registration among young adults
There are around 1,800 Australians currently waiting for an organ or tissue transplant. Approximately 80 per cent of Australians say they would like to be organ donors, however, only 1 in 3 are registered on the Australian Organ Donor Register (AODR).
Improving energy bills
BETA partnered with the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to apply behavioural insights to the design of energy bills.
Stay smart: helping consumers choose cyber secure smart devices
‘Smart devices’ are products with extra functionality to connect to the internet (like smart lights, TVs, and watches). Internationally, cyber security labels have been introduced to help consumers choose smart devices that are more cyber secure. BETA collaborated with the Department of Home Affairs to evaluate the effectiveness of cyber security labels in the Australian context, to test how they influence people’s purchasing decisions, and understand how they influence awareness about the risks of insecure smart devices.
Slow down, shop around: supporting decision-making about add-on insurance
Remember when we used to travel? A quick flight to Perth for a wedding, a weekend skiing in New Zealand, a few days relaxing with the family on a beach in Bali?
051120 New challenges, new behaviours (COVID-19 series)
191120 Impact on work and beyond (COVID-19 series)
101120 Think global, act local (COVID-19 series)
Nudge vs superbug—the surprising persistence of a peer comparison
While the world has been consumed this year with the immediate, large and fast‑moving threat posed by COVID‑19, another large but creeping health risk has been looming for several years: antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Apply a behavioural lens to your policy problem with BETA’s Behaviour Discovery Tool
Why did we develop the Behaviour Discovery Tool? Many people come to the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) because they are stuck on a problem.