Cultural Evolutionary Behavioural Science in Public Policy

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Title
Cultural Evolutionary Behavioural Science in Public Policy
Journal
Behavioural Public Policy
Author(s)
Schimmelpfennig Robin, Muthukrishna Michael
ISSN
2398-063X (print)
2398-0648 (electronic)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
24/01/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Pages
1-31
Language
english
Abstract
Interventions are to the social sciences what inventions are to the physical sciences – an application of science as technology. Behavioural science has emerged as a powerful toolkit for developing public policy interventions for changing behaviour. However, the translation from principles to practice is often moderated by contextual factors – such as culture – that thwart attempts to generalize past successes. Here, we discuss cultural evolution as a framework for addressing this contextual gap. We describe the history of behavioural science and the role that cultural evolution plays as a natural next step. We review research that may be considered cultural evolutionary behavioural science in public policy, and the promise and challenges to designing cultural evolution informed interventions. Finally, we discuss the value of applied research as a crucial test of basic science: if theories, laboratory and field experiments do not work in the real world, they do not work at all.
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Behavioral Science
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