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REPORTS AND STUDIES
- ALGORITHMS AND CHOICE MANIPULATION
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE & POLICYMAKING
- CHANGE MANAGEMENT
- DATA AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
- FREELANCE AND WORKPLACE ISSUES
- CREATIVE INDUSTRY TRENDS
- SYSTEMS THINKING/DECISION-MAKING
ALGORITHMS AND CHOICE MANIPULATION
The benefits and harms of algorithms: a shared perspective from the four regulators
UK government regulatory bodies consider social, ethical and economic impact of algorithms.
(UK Government 2022)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI and Business: How what you put in shapes what you get out
London School of Economics Professor Edgar Whitley on the dangers of AI dependency and the importance of context.
(London School of Economics 2025)
Are your students ready for AI?
Professor Oguz A Acar offers a useful framework for effective use of AI. (Harvard Business Impact 2023)
(Harvard Business Impact, 2022)
Effective Prompts for AI: The Essentials
Basic guide for business on effective prompting of generative AI.
(MIT Management, 2023)
The challenge to mainstream journalism from online content creators,
(Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center, December 2024
Independent UK Government report on economic advantages of AI
(UK Government, January 2025)
AI & Human Behaviour – BIT Reports, 2025.
Augment, Adopt, Align, Adapt by Michael Hailsworth, Elisabeth Costa & Deelan Maru
(NESTA Behavioural Insights Team)
How Behavioral Science Can Improve the Return on AI Investments – Harvard Business Review, 2025.
Many AI projects fail because leaders treat adoption as a tech purchase instead of a behavioural change problem.
(David de Cremer, Shane Schweitzer, Jack J. Maguire, Devesh Narayanan)
Seizing the agentic AI advantage – McKinsey, 2025.
Consultancy giant MckKinsey’s latest report on the state of AI business implementation.
(NESTA Behavioural Insights Team)
BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE & POLICYMAKING
Influencing behaviour through public policy
(Institute for Government & Cabinet Office of UK Government. Paul Dolan, Michael Hallsworth, David Halpern et al. March, 2010)
including COM-B model, where capabilities, opportunities and motivations combine to impact behaviour.
(Susan Michie, Maartje M van Stralen & Robert West. Implementation Science, Article Number 42, 2011).
Unlocking the Full Potential of Behavioural Insights for Policy
(European Commission, February 2025)
What happens in the brain when we experience art
(American Psychological Association, September 2025)
Evidence of the role of art in improving mental health and wellbeing
(World Health Organisation, 2025)
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Reference Report: An overview of behaviour change models and their uses
Useful review of social-psychological models of change management
(Andrew Darnton, Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Westminster, July 2008)
DATA AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Strong introductory study of the development of a Knowledge Economy.
(Powell, Walter W and Snellman, Kaisa, Harvard Review 2004)
FREELANCE AND WORKPLACE ISSUES
Looking Glass Report: Mental Health in TV, Film and Cinema
In-depth report into a ‘mental health crisis’ in screen industries.
(Film + TV Charity, 2024)
All-Member Survey results: Your issues, concerns and priorities
Screen trade union BECTU report on creative industry worker concerns
(Bectu, 2024)
The Winners and Losers Of Generative AI in the Freelance Job Market
Research on areas of freelance work most likely to be impacted by AI.
(Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2025)
CREATIVE INDUSTRY TRENDS
(European Audiovisual Observatory, 2025)
YouTube Culture and Trends Report 2025
(YouTube, 2025)
SYSTEMS THINKING/DECISION-MAKING
The Civil Servants System’s Thinking Journey
2023 guide for UK civil servants on the value of systems thinking and how it can be implemented.
Project Implicit. Includes links to a range of implicit bias tests.
(Harvard University)
Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases.
Study on how judgements are made and the inherent flaws in methods. (Amos Tversky/ Daniel Kahneman)
Science, Vol. 185, No. 4157 (1974)
Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk. (Econometrica Vol 47. 1979)
Argument exposing flaws in ‘utility’ approaches to decision-making under pressure and alternative options
(Amos Tversky/ Daniel Kahneman, Economet)
You Need To Be Bored: Here’s Why
There are more ways to avoid boredom than ever before but boredom is actually essential to our mental wellbeing and to decision-making.
(Arthur C. Brooks. Harvard Business Review. 2025))