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  • Projects and activities | 03 Jul 2024

Rethinking Biodiversity Policy: The Pivotal Role of Behavioural Science

Behavioural insights

Brief me

Context

EU biodiversity policy aims to preserve, enhance, and restore biodiversity across various land types, including agricultural land, oceans, freshwater, cities, and wetlands. Although many biodiversity issues are human-driven, there is still limited research on the application of behavioural sciences to biodiversity.

Goals

This project aims to establish a foundation for a behavioural research agenda aligned with future biodiversity policymaking. It will facilitate dialogue among relevant policymakers, behavioural scientists, and natural scientists to pave the way for this research.

Methods

  • Literature Review: Examining behavioural insights applied to biodiversity.
  • Media Discourse Analysis: Analyzing how biodiversity is discussed across all 27 EU Member States.
  • Behavioural Scientists Survey: Gathering insights from behavioural scientists working on biodiversity and/or climate issues to assess current work and future prospects.
  • Natural Scientists Survey: Understanding the behavioural insights needs of natural scientists to complement their research.
  • Workshop: Bringing together scientists and policymakers from relevant DGs, organized around the evidence collected from the above activities.

Expected outcomes

  • Literature Review Report: A comprehensive document summarizing key behavioural insights applied to biodiversity.
  • Final Report: A synthesized report compiling results from all workstreams, providing analysis and insights to contextualize and interpret the findings effectively.