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Mind game to beat bad behaviour on planes and trains
Katia Moskvitch, BBC den 17. september 2014 Nudging to make us better passengers is also happening even before we board the planes – at airports. Behavioural scientist Pelle Guldborg Hansen, founder of the Danish Nudging Network is looking for environmental “nudges” to change people’s behaviour. He hopes to persuade passengers to board planes as orderly and efficiently as possible, without bossing them around. Hansen’s concept revolves around the idea of helping passengers make better choices. |
IS A 'NUDGE' IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ALL WE NEED TO BE GREENER?
George Webster, CNN den 15. februar 2012 Much of our behavior is habitual, says Pelle Hansen, behavioral philosopher at the University of Southern Denmark and chairman of the Danish Nudging Network. "We have long showers, leave appliances turned on and throw away rubbish as part of daily routines that involve little thought." |
In Tests, Scientists Try to Change Behaviors
Shirley S. Wang, The Wall Street Journal den 28. juli 2014 Pelle Guldborg Hansen, a behavioral scientist, is trying to figure out how to board passengers on a plane with less fuss. The goal is to make plane-boarding more efficient by coaxing passengers to want to be more orderly, not by telling them they must. It is one of many projects in which Dr. Hansen seeks to encourage people, when faced with options, to make better choices. Among these: prompting people to properly dispose of cigarette butts outside of bars and clubs and inducing hospital workers to use hand sanitizers. |
The Nudgy State
Joshua E. Keating, Foreign Policy den 2. januar 2013 How five governments are using behavioral economics to encourage citizens to do the right thing In the January/February issue of Foreign Policy, behavioral economist Richard Thaler urges governments to "apply behavioral science to find solutions to persistent problems." Here are five places that are already doing just that |
Data trackers monitor your life so they can nudge you
Hal Hodson, New Scientist den 6. november 2013 Once you know everything about a person, you can influence their behaviour. A thousand students with tattletale phones are going to find out how easy that is. THERE’S something strange about this year’s undergraduate class at the Technical University of Denmark – they all have exactly the same kind of phone.The phones are tracking everywhere the students go, who they meet and when, and every text they send. |