Guides and learning

Guides

Pragmatic and better practice survey guide

A guide to assist the APS to develop better surveys.

Improving government forms better practice guide

A ‘how to’ guide and framework for applying behavioural insights to design better forms.

Developing behavioural interventions for randomised controlled trials

These nine guiding questions outline our approach to developing and testing behavioural interventions.

Richer veins for behavioural insights

Looking to the future, this paper identifies policy areas where wider scale behavioural change could be achieved.

The best laid plans

A guide exploring the benefits of plan-making behaviour and how policymakers can prompt people to make plans.

Harnessing the power of defaults

A guide outlining what makes an effective and ethical default.

Behavioural insights for public policy

A report exploring how the work of behavioural insights units across Australia have achieved outcomes for the public.

Behaviour Discovery Tool

Our Behaviour Discovery Tool can help you assess the behaviours your project is targeting and whether behavioural insights can help achieve your desired behaviour change.

In less than 10 minutes, this tool will:

break down your policy problem into components and highlight which area can be supported with behavioural insights
provide you with tips to better understand and influence behaviours
provide you with a report with practical next steps and bite-sized advice.

Start the Behaviour Discovery Tool

eLearning

Behavioural Insights for Public Policy

This free online course will guide you through the foundations of applying behavioural insights to public policy.

You will dive into the world of behavioural economics and explore:

the basics of behavioural insights
how behavioural insights can be applied in a government context
designing and evaluating behavioural insights interventions
BETA’s work.

This course includes 6 learning modules with interactive quizzes. The estimated completion time for this course is approximately 2 hours. You can work through the course at your own pace and save your progress as you go.

Please note: this course works best in Google Chrome (not Internet Explorer).

Start the course: Behavioural Insights for Public Policy

4D Framework

If you’re ready to put behavioural insights into action, BETA’s 4D Framework will step you through the 4 stages of a behavioural insights project.

You will explore BETA’s 4 project stages: Discover, Diagnose, Design and Deliver, and see the project lifespan from start to finish.

This course includes 4 modules with quizzes, activities and resources. The estimated completion time for this course is approximately 1 hour. You can work through the course at your own pace and save your progress as you go.