Curated Collections of BEST Behavioural Research

The Curated Collections of BEST Behavioural Research Page is the hub for all of BEST’s publications, media, news, events and projects, all organised by some of our teams’ key research themes. These pages will be frequently updated with new content, so if you are interested in viewing our behavioural research into any of the topics below, please click the relevant links.

Digital trust, mistrust and cybersecurity

Behaviours that protect Australian food industries

Information for better decision-making in fisheries and aquaculture

Behavioural sports economics

In recent decades, sports data have been used to creatively explore various behavioural aspects that offer implications beyond just sports...

The science of science

Studying the science of science, understanding how scientific ideas develop and spread, is necessary if we are to hasten the innovation process...

Bias and resistance in adoption of biomedical innovation

The acceleration of biomedical technologies such as surgical and health-service robots, 3D printing technologies for surgical procedures, and virtual healthcare technologies, can save lives, be more efficient and cost-effective, and improve patient experiences...

The economics of fertility

Approximately 5% of children born every day in Australia have a parent that underwent some form of Assisted Reproductive Medical (ARM) treatment...

Customers Experiencing Vulnerability

All of us experience vulnerability from time to time. Importantly, vulnerability isn’t something we are, but something we are experiencing as part of a current situation...

Leveraging human behaviour for planetary benefit

Human behaviours have the power to support the planet and keep it (and us!) healthy and thriving into the future...

Technology for Wellbeing

Technology is all around us, influencing how we live our lives and the decisions that we make...

Why do people do the wrong thing? Regulation and compliance

Policy and Behaviour in End-of-Life Decision-Making

Data quality for behavioural insights

Data quality, one particular area of data governance, is a multi-dimensional notion which crosses the classical IT-business divide...

Sexes, Sexualities and Genders

Sexual economics theory is an idea about how men and women think, feel, respond, and behave in a sexual context, and that sexual access can be thought of as a commodity and free market, just as any other economic commodity...

Behavioural approaches to COVID-19

The world has lived with the COVID-19 pandemic for almost 3 years now and it has uprooted every single human-being in one way or another...

Employment and Economic Participation

Economic participation refers to how an individual’s engagement in work influences their access to economic resources and opportunities...