Free registration is now open!
BIG Difference BC 2025 is on Friday, November 7. Join us for one session or all seven!
When: Fri., Nov. 7, 9am-4pm Pacific
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free!
Register: https://bit.ly/BDBC2024register
Changing Behaviour in Complex Systems
Throughout the day, we’ll be exploring how behavioural science is being used in British Columbia, across Canada, and around the world to change behaviour in complex systems.
- Keynote address on “Behavioral Science for Functional Policy & Practice“. How do we build governments and systems that truly work? Based on over a decade of research in and with various governments, Elizabeth Linos (Harvard Kennedy School) will draw on new behavioral science research to examine the people, processes, and feedback loops that sustain effective policy and practice—and the big questions that remain unanswered. She will explore how to strengthen the workforce, design interactions that deliver, and overcome the bottlenecks that limit the adoption of evidence. By surfacing these critical questions, the talk will chart a shared agenda for researchers and policymakers alike.
- Special session on “Expanding Your BI Playbook”. Applied behavioural science is constantly evolving—as a field, we are always learning new things about human behaviour and about how to do better science. Lindsay Miles-Pickup (BC Public Service) will moderate this session exploring tools and perspectives that will advance your practice of behavioural science, including:
- Integrating Systems Thinking: Jennifer Macklin(BehaviourWorks Australia) will share how to use behavioural systems mapping to help incorporate systems thinking principles into behavioural science.
- Including Indigenous Perspectives: Emily Salmon (Unxiimtunaat) (Simon Fraser University) will discuss the importance of understanding our own worldviews and including other worldviews.
- Leveraging Qualitative Methods: Rhiannon Mosher (Public Health Agency of Canada) will explain how and why to use mixed methods throughout behavioural science projects.
- Using Artificial Intelligence Wisely: Sasha Tregebov (BIT) will talk about the ways behavioural science practitioners can use AI to increase their efficiency and efficacy.
- Lightning talks and micro-presentations from a variety of researchers and practitioners who have used Behavioural Insights to change behaviour in complex systems or more broadly to create positive behaviour change.
