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How Durham, NC’s mayor uses effective behavioral economics
  • Oct 15 2019
  • Published in: Smart Cities Dive
  • Keywords: Sustainability, Transportation, Government

The mayor of Durham, NC isn't afraid to get dirty — literally.…

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How Durham is using user-testing to design a compost system that works
  • Oct 15 2019
  • Published in: Fast Company
  • Keywords: Sustainability, Government

In the city of Durham, North Carolina, roughly 30% of the garbage…

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Garbage in, insights out: What every city can learn from Durham’s composting prototype
  • Oct 2 2019
  • Published in: Bloomberg Cities
  • Keywords: Transportation, Government

Tenita Poole had never separated her kitchen food waste for composting before.…

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Should Helicopter Personal Finance Be a Thing?
  • Aug 26 2019
  • Published in: Triple Pundit
  • Keywords: Improve Cash Flow Management, Common Cents Lab

As soon as we can speak, we insist we can do it…

Lindsay Juarez ALUMNUS

Pre-notification and reminder SMS text messages with behaviourally informed invitation letters to improve uptake of NHS Health Checks: a factorial randomised controlled trial
  • Aug 22 2019
  • Published in: BMC Public Health
  • Keywords: Government

The NHS Health Check (NHS HC) is a cardiovascular risk assessment to…

Joseph Sherlock PRINCIPAL, GOVERNMENT

Is There an Optimal Time to Encourage the Underserved to Improve Their Financial Health?
  • Jul 16 2019
  • Published in: ngenuity
  • Keywords: Increase Short-and Long-Term Savings, Common Cents Lab

For years, the digital transformation of financial services has been ballyhooed as…

Mariel Beasley PRINCIPAL, COMMON CENTS LAB

Mayors Challenge: Meet the people driving 9 innovative projects forward
  • Jun 26 2019
  • Published in: Bloomberg Cities
  • Keywords: Transportation, Government

Innovation doesn’t happen by accident. Behind every bold idea and pathbreaking program…

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Opinion How behavioral science can help CUs’ financial literacy efforts
  • Jun 21 2019
  • Published in: Credit Union Journal
  • Keywords: Improve Cash Flow Management, Manage Debt, Common Cents Lab

Like most people, credit union members must tackle difficult financial issues such…

Mariel Beasley PRINCIPAL, COMMON CENTS LAB

Behavioral Shopping: This Is Why You May Be Spending More
  • Jun 19 2019
  • Published in: Honey
  • Keywords: Improve Cash Flow Management, Decrease Expenses, Common Cents Lab

While habitual spending and impulse spending are commonly seen as being one…

Mariel Beasley PRINCIPAL, COMMON CENTS LAB

HOPE for Financial Inclusion- Now with FinTech Inside!
  • Jun 11 2019
  • Published in: Best Innovation Group
  • Keywords: Common Cents Lab

Glen reports from the HOPE Global Forum on financial inclusion and empowerment,…

Mariel Beasley PRINCIPAL, COMMON CENTS LAB

The best of behavioural science in UK Government: moving from micro to macro
  • Jun 1 2019
  • Published in: The Behavioural Insights Team
  • Keywords: Transportation, Government

Since BIT’s pioneering work after 2010, dozens of Government bodies have set…

Joseph Sherlock PRINCIPAL, GOVERNMENT

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