Real World Behavioural Science Podcast

The RWBS podcast looks at how behavioural and social sciences is being used in the real world to help change the public’s health.

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This podcast is aimed at people working in public health, academia and industry, who have an interest in how behavioural science is being used to improve health and wellbeing.

The Real World Behavioural Science (RWBS) podcast is recorded by the Behavioural Science and Public Health Network (BSPHN) to help spread the word about the great work going on around the world.

Each month, Stu King (BSPHN Committee Member and founder & CEO of behaviour change specialists BeeZee Bodies) interviews professionals from the worlds of public health, academia and industry, who are using behavioural science to help change people’s lives.

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Dr Rachel Carey is back for the second of two podcasts, hosted by Stuart King and Dr Tiago Moutela. The first podcast (episode 26) was recorded back in 2021, and Rachel kindly came back on the podcast
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Dr Rachel Carey is this episode’s guest – and this is the first of two podcasts with Rachel, which were previously recorded back in 2021 – hosted by Stuart King and Dr Tiago Moutela. This fascinating
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Professor Marie Johnston is our guest on the first episode back, hosted by Stuart King and Dr Tiago Moutela… what a start! Marie epitomises what this show is all about. Her passion, dedication and
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Professor Angel Chater is a Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of The British Psychological Society and a Health & Sport & Exercise Psychologist with the Health & Care Professionals Council. She
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Maddy Arden is Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology (CeBSAP) at Sheffield Hallam University. She is a Chartered Psychologist, a full
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Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele is a social marketer and behavioural scientist. She is the Founding Director of Social Marketing at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, which is the largest
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Professor Richard Wiseman has been described as ‘…one of the most interesting and innovative experimental psychologists in the world today.’ His books have sold over 3 million copies and he
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Susan Michie is Professor of Health Psychology and Director of UCL's Health Psychology Research Group. She is also a chartered clinical & health psychologist and elected Fellow of the Academy of
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This is a special episode with the Current Chair, Past Chair, and Past-Past Chair and Treasurer of the BSPHN! Having had the BSPHN's annual conference in February, this is the perfect time to get some
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In this episode, Stu is joined by Dan Makoski; an executive that brings an organisation’s deepest purpose to life by weaving technology and strategy together through brilliant design. Dan is Chief
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In this episode, Stu is joined by Adam Ferrier, Founder & Chief Thinker at Thinkerbell, an agency that practices measured magic – bridging marketing science and hardcore creativity. Thinkerbell won
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In this coronavirus special, Stu talks with Jim and Dan about conspiracy theories – including what separates conspiratorial thinking from more simple questioning, and how as conspiracies become more
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Guests joining Stu King: Professor Jim McManus – Director of Public Health at Hertfordshire County Council & Vice President of the Association of Directors of Public Health. Wayne Bateman
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This week Stu is joined by two PR and Marketing experts; Chloe Franses and Andrew Thomas. Chloe's experience extends from working as head of creative relationships at Amnesty International to building
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Stu is joined by Dr Nisreen Alwan & Prof Susan Michie. Nisreen is Associate Professor in Public Health, University of Southampton. Susan is Director, UCL Centre for Behaviour Change & a committee
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Professor Ivo Vlaev is Professor of Behaviour Science at Warwick Business School, Warwick University. He began his career working in the lab on understanding why people make irrational choices
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RWBS welcomes back Professor Susan Michie in the run-up to another national lockdown. Stu and Susan discuss what has led us to this point, including the flaws with the current test, trace and isolate
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For this podcast, I am joined by: Em Rahmen, Head of Public Health Workforce Development at Health Education England, Aoife Fortescue-Webb, Public Health Registrar at NHS West Midlands, Ashlee
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This episode is recorded in the midst of the Coronavirus lockdown and features Aline Holzwarth. Aline is an applied behavioural scientist, specialising in digital health research and scientifically
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This episode comes out just as the lockdown has been extended for a further 3 weeks. In this episode, we discuss what this further period of isolation and distancing means for the population. The
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Samuel Salzer joins me, Stu King, for this month's RWBS podcast. Samuel Salzer is an experienced behavioural strategist specialising in the digital health space. His work involves applying insights
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The fourth episode in this mini-series covers some big topics, including: Individual strategies to staying physically and mentally healthy during this challenging period of staying at home. The
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The third episode in the coronavirus mini-series deals with the difficulties and realities of self-isolation. Stuart King, Professor Susan Michie and Professor Jim McManus discuss the behavioural
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Jim McManus and Susan Michie join host, Stuart King, for another discussion on using behavioural science to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.Susan and Jim cover the importance of not just hand
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In this Real World Behavioural Science special, Susan, Jim and I discuss how behavioural science can be used to help prevent the spread of COVID19 (Coronavirus).Susan shares some of the insights from
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Dr Tim Chadborn is Head of Behavioural Insights and Evaluation Lead for Public Health England. He shares just a small amount of his 25 years of experience working in health, across the Department of
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Kim Roberts has been HENRY’s Chief Executive since 2012. Her background is in family support and early development, which has given her both a profound insight into the impact of children’s very early
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Professor Wendy Wills is the Professor of Food and Public Health and Director of the Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care at the School of Health and Social Work at the University
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This is the second instalment of the 2-part Christmas Special with Professor Mike Kelly. If you haven’t listened to part 1, why not do them in order! In part 1 of our discussion, we covered Mike's own
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This Christmas Special (Part 1) features Professor Mike Kelly, who is Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the Institute of Public Health and a member of St
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This episode features Dr Justin Varney. who is Director of Public Health for Birmingham City Council. An interesting fact about this episode is that despite being in the beautiful City Council
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In this episode, Rich Sheridan describes a very practical application of behaviour change science. In 2001, Rich co-founded Menlo Innovations, in Ann Arbour, Michigan, with a goal to end human
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This episode features Professor Chris Armitage. Chris is a Health Psychologist, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Chris woks day
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This episode features Dr Nick Cavill. Nick is a director of an independent public health consultancy and a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. He specialises in the
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Professor Jim McManus has over thirty years experience in the public health industry. This all started as a volunteer and a service provider driven by a passion for psychology and a desire to be
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This interview with Dr Amy Bucher highlights how behavioural science is being used in the industry to improve people's lives realistically and sustainably. Amy is the Behaviour Change Design Director
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