A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of published results are replicated by new studies.

In many areas, the delivery of the UN’s mandates is linked to changing human behaviour. Behavioural science refers to an evidence-based understanding of how people actually behave, make decisions and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A whole strata of academics became akin to rock stars thanks to their ability to explain why humans behaved the way they did.

In a significant step towards fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and driving evidence-based social change, the Cheistha Kochhar Foundation and the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS ...

A seven-year-long project in the US that analysed 3,900 claims from research papers in social sciences has revealed that results from about half the papers examined for reproducibility were precisely ...

There is a vacancy for a fixed-term full-time position as Researcher (code 1109) at MediaFutures,: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation, University of Bergen. The position is ...

A new project led by the University of Portsmouth which will explore how humans and AI can work together in high-pressure security environments has ...

When fiction’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, needed to solve a crime, he turned to his sharp observational skills and deep understanding of human nature. He used this combination more than ...

The studentship is funded by the Queen Mary University of London. It will cover home tuition fees, and provide an annual tax-free maintenance allowance for 3 years at the UKRI rate (£23,805 in 2026/27 ...

The Noughties and early 2010s were a good time to be a behavioural scientist. At least, they were if you happened to be doing the right kind of behavioural science – the sexy kind. Pick an ...