Journal article
Use caution when applying behavioural science to policy
H IJzerman, NA Lewis, AK Przybylski, N Weinstein, L DeBruine, SJ Ritchie, S Vazire, PS Forscher, RD Morey, JD Ivory, F Anvari
Nature Human Behaviour | NATURE RESEARCH | Published : 2020
Abstract
Social and behavioural scientists have attempted to speak to the COVID-19 crisis. But is behavioural research on COVID-19 suitable for making policy decisions? We offer a taxonomy that lets our science advance in ‘evidence readiness levels’ to be suitable for policy. We caution practitioners to take extreme care translating our findings to applications.
Grants
Awarded by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Funding Acknowledgements
The preparation of this work was partly funded by a French National Research Agency "Investissements d'avenir" program grant (ANR-15-IDEX-02) awarded to H.I., a Huo Family Foundation grant to A.K.P., an ERC 647910 (KINSHIP) grant awarded to L.D., and an ERC 851890 (SOAR) grant awarded to N.W. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.