Brain to understand choices and behaviours

We generate behavioural insights through an empirical approach, gathering contributions from various behavioural sciences.
Our Lab uses behavioural insights to support EU policy-making by identifying behavioural elements in policies and testing behavioural levers to increase policy effectiveness.
Find out more about our work, explore our latest publications and join our community on the Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights website.
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As the EU moves forward on its pledge to put Intergenerational Fairness (IGF) at the heart of its policymaking, the visioning phase has become an inspiring journey, filled with creative aspiration, honest dialogue and the practical tools we’ll need to build a Europe where every generation thrives.
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How do we better protect the natural world when biodiversity is under unprecedented threat? If we want to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, we need to address the behaviours that drive it and how we design policies. To do this, all actors in society are key.
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Find out how the EU Policy Lab has been co-creating Europe’s harmonised Waste Sorting Labels: lessons from our workshop series.
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Imagine a Europe where the voices of the young, the old, those yet to be born, and even the living world (animals, plants and ecosystems) are all heard and valued equally around the same table.
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Building resilient communities in the face of disasters requires more than issuing warnings or providing information.
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European education is currently standing at a (digital) crossroads, where the promise, as well as their pitfalls are real.
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Here is a sneak peek into some of the results of the scoping phase which has yielded valuable insights and lessons that could shape the future of policymaking in Europe.
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Chasing unpaid taxes weighs on administrations as it is time- and resource-intensive.
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An EU Policy Lab exploration of transformative actions for adaptive water governance
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We've just launched the process to design the next EU Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness. Found out more about how we did it.
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