David Halpern (psychologist)

Halpern at Chatham House in June 2014

David Halpern is a British psychologist and civil servant, heading the Behavioural Insights Team (unofficially known as the Nudge Unit) spun out from the Cabinet Office.[1]

Education

Halpern attended King's School, Rochester, before attending St John's College, University of Cambridge to read natural Sciences specialising in experimental psychology. He then went on to complete a PhD in social and political sciences, also at St John's College, Cambridge.[1]

Career

Since October 2010 Halpern has been director of the Behavioural Insights Team, initially as part of the Cabinet Office and since 2013, as a partially privatised venture.[2] Prior to that he was director of the Institute for Government from 2008–10, where he is a senior fellow.[1][3] from 2001-07 he was chief analyst in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit.[1]

Prior to work in government, Halpern was a lecturer in social human sciences at the University of Cambridge (1996-2001), a Nuffield College, Oxford prize research fellow (1993–96), and a research fellow at the Policy Studies Institute (1991–94).[1] He currently is a visiting professor at King's College London.[4]

He has authored or co-authored four books as well as a number of reports:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Benjamin, Alison (5 February 2013). "David Halpern: 'We try to avoid legislation and ordering'". Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Whitehall 'Nudge unit' to be part privatised". BBC. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Institute for Government - our people". Institute for Government. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "King's College London Halpern". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Options for Brittain II". Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Halpern, David (2015). Inside the Nudge Unit: How small changes can make a big difference. WH Allen. ISBN 978-0753556535.
  7. ↑ MINDSPACE report (PDF). 2010.
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