The PDG was influenced by a number of different theories, concepts and accounts of behaviour and behaviour change, drawn from the social and behavioural sciences. These include: resilience, coping, ...

You might have heard about the top five regrets of the dying – and, if not, look it up – but have you ever thought about the top regrets of the retiring? Think towards the end of your career in ...

Our burgeoning understanding of the brain’s ‘reward centres’ provides powerful new tools for understanding (and changing) classroom behaviour. We will therefore seek to apply insights from recent ...

Real change begins with repetition — often so small it barely registers as effort. These tiny actions, repeated consistently, ...

‘Procrastination is the thief of time’ wrote Edward Young in his 1742 poem, Night Thoughts. I doubt back then that he was thinking about its application to life in 2015, but never has it been so true.

The consumer driven sustainability revolution never materialised. We know that some consumers decide which tomatoes to buy based on their provenance or which shampoo to buy based on carbon footprint, ...

'More should be done' to ensure the traffic light label system is used, the committee says Much of what all governments do concerns trying to change our behaviour - but what is the best way to do that ...

Over the past year we have helped 23 schools save an average of 12 per cent on their energy bills, with a collective projected saving of £250,000 a year. This was achieved through a behaviour-change ...

Anyone who has tried to give up smoking, cut down on alcohol or take up more exercise will know how hard it is to embrace new habits that are painful in the short term but offer huge long-term ...

Horse & Hound reports from the National Equine Forum, where topics included the importance of human behaviour change in relation to disease prevention and control Changing human behaviour could be key ...