{"id":6126,"date":"2025-07-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/?p=6126"},"modified":"2025-06-23T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:59:09","slug":"reminder-call-for-behavioural-insights-capstone-projects-due-jul-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/2025\/07\/09\/reminder-call-for-behavioural-insights-capstone-projects-due-jul-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Call for Behavioural Insights Capstone Projects (due Jul 31)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year our students in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/sauder.ubc.ca\/CBS-BI\">Advanced Professional Certificate in Behavioural Insights<\/a> <\/em>program complete a capstone project in partnership with an organization facing a challenge involving human behaviour. Past project topics have varied, but the common thread is that there is an opportunity to use behavioural science to make a positive difference for individuals, communities or organizations, and\/or the planet. Previous examples include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shifting customers from paper to online communications [<a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.ca.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=616944c2-bdc3-4b91-a74b-af4800205508\">watch an overview<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting injured workers in their return to work [see a poster about project <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/03\/BIG-Diff-BC-2021-Return-to-Work-Checklist.pdf\">#1<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/11\/BIGDiffmicro1aRoddick.pdf\">#2<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encouraging proper parking [read a working paper about project <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/03\/UBC-DIBS-2021-CBI-04-Parking-Signs.pdf\">#1<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/08\/UBC-DIBS-2022-CBI-03-Pay-Parking-Signs.pdf\">#2<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encouraging sustainable food choices [<a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.ca.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=2e8491de-69d8-4f8c-b867-b0b400385a4d\">watch an overview<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting employees in following best practices [<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/03\/BIG-Diff-BC-2021-REAL-Decision-Notes.pdf\">see a poster<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encouraging uptake of various programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Projects are completed over the course of 9 months. Working professional students work in teams of 3-4 to scope the problem, conduct exploratory research (including lit reviews, surveys, and analysis of existing data), design a behaviourally-informed solution and program of evaluation, trial the solution and collect data, analyze the data, and share evidence-based recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Do you have a lead on a potential capstone project for 2025-2026? Or know someone who does?<\/strong> Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2025\/06\/CBI-Capstone-Project-Pitch-2025-2026.docx\">pitch doc<\/a> for more information and to share potential project ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pitches are due July 31. <\/strong>Program faculty will meet with potential project sponsors in August to help shape ideas before the start of the next cohort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UBC-DIBS is soliciting pitches for potential capstone projects for the 2025-2026 academic year. Have an idea? Share by July 31 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6180,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions\/6180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}