David Halpern (psychologist)
David Halpern is a British psychologist and civil servant, heading the Behavioural Insights Team (unofficially known as the Nudge Unit) spun out from the Cabinet Office.[1]
Education
Halpern attended King's School, Rochester, before attending St John's College, University of Cambridge to read natural Sciences specialising in experimental psychology. He then went on to complete a PhD in social and political sciences, also at St John's College, Cambridge.[1]
Career
Since October 2010 Halpern has been director of the Behavioural Insights Team, initially as part of the Cabinet Office and since 2013, as a partially privatised venture.[2] Prior to that he was director of the Institute for Government from 2008–10, where he is a senior fellow.[1][3] from 2001-07 he was chief analyst in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit.[1]
Prior to work in government, Halpern was a lecturer in social human sciences at the University of Cambridge (1996-2001), a Nuffield College, Oxford prize research fellow (1993–96), and a research fellow at the Policy Studies Institute (1991–94).[1]
He has authored or co-authored four books as well as a number of reports:
- Social Capital (2005).[1]
- Options for Britain (1996 and 2010).[1][4]
- The Hidden Wealth of Nations (2010).[1]
- Inside the Nudge Unit (2015) [5]
- The MINDSPACE report (Influencing behaviour through public policy), co-author.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Benjamin, Alison (5 February 2013). "David Halpern: 'We try to avoid legislation and ordering'". Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ↑ "Whitehall 'Nudge unit' to be part privatised". BBC. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ↑ "Institute for Government - our people". Institute for Government. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ↑ "Options for Brittain II". Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ↑ Halpern, David (2015). Inside the Nudge Unit: How small changes can make a big difference. WH Allen. ISBN 978-0753556535.
- ↑ MINDSPACE report (PDF). 2010.