Published - 8 April 2020
Thomas and Vishal are self-confessed behavioural insight infovores. Through New Zealand's COVID-19 lockdown, they have been reviewing academic papers, research articles, statistics and connecting with the international community to explore New Zealand's response from a behavioural science lens.
They hosted a Zoom webinar with the Auckland Behavioural Economics Network and the Wellington Behavioural Economics Network on 7 April 2020 to share their findings from behavioural science and related social sciences on moral decision-making, science communication, physical distancing and wellbeing.
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Kübler Experimental Economics Lecture 9: Social Norms - https://www.wiwi-experimente.tu-berlin.de/fileadmin/fg210/VL10_Social_norms_HE.pdf
Van Bavel, J. J., Boggio, P., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M., … Willer, R. (2020, March 24). Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/y38m9
Fehr, E., & Gachter, S. (2000). Cooperation and punishment in public goods experiments. American Economic Review, 90(4), 980-994.
Van Bavel, J. J., Boggio, P., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M., … Willer, R. (2020, March 24). Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/y38m9
Caria, S., Fetzer, T., Fiorin, S., Goetz, F., Gomez, M., Haushofer, J., Hensel, L., Ivchenko, A., Jachimowicz, J., Kraft-Todd, G., Reutskaja, E., Roth, C., Witte, M., & Yoeli. E., "Measuring Worldwide COVID-19 Attitudes and Beliefs", available online at: https://osf.io/3sn2k/
Pennycook, G., McPhetres, J., Zhang, Y., & Rand, D. G. (2020, March 17). Fighting COVID-19 misinformation on social media: Experimental evidence for a scalable accuracy nudge intervention. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/uhbk9
India Behavioural Economics Network - https://youtu.be/nwPLHlEBN30
Mona Chalabi - https://www.instagram.com/monachalabi/?hl=en
NZ Police & Wellington Paranormal - https://youtu.be/ttXnKa9lW7I
Ministry of Health - https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-current-situation/covid-19-current-cases
India Behavioural Economics Network - https://youtu.be/nwPLHlEBN30
https://econofact.org/lessons-from-the-1918-flu-pandemic
https://www.behaviouralbydesign.co.nz/post/3-wellbeing-insights-to-reduce-loneliness-in-lockdown
Boothby, E. J., Clark, M. S., & Bargh, J. A. (2014). Shared experiences are amplified. Psychological science, 25(12), 2209-2216.
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/loneliness/