Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK)

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Leadership hub for behavioural research funded by UK Research & Innovation @ESRC. Involving eight Universities & partners in government, charities & business. Learn more www.br-uk.ac.uk

Behavioural Research UK Commissioning Fund now open. Up to £50,000 available for early career researchers undertaking behavioural research on environment and sustainability. Deadline: 11 September 2026.
Flyer for an online course, “Embedding EDII in Behavioural Research,” with dates 13 and 27 May, 1–3pm, and a QR code for registration.
Promotional flyer for a Behavioural Research UK Methods Webinar titled "Systematic Reviews and Beyond: How Evidence Synthesis Is Evolving." The flyer features headshots of two speakers — Professor Andrew Booth and Dr Lesley Uttley, both from the University of Sheffield — and is chaired by Dr Hui Zhang, also from the University of Sheffield. A QR code and registration details are shown at the bottom, with the event scheduled for April 27th 2026 at 12pm. The flyer uses a teal and light grey colour scheme with the Behavioural Research UK logo at the top.
A promotional flyer from Behavioural Research UK titled "Upcoming Events" on a geometric blue and grey background, with a QR code top right. Six events are listed: The Ethics of Conducting Behavioural Research — Webinar, 14 April, 1pm. Red-bordered "Last Chance to Register" highlight. Public Engagement in Research and Policy — Training, 15 April, 1pm. Full – Waitlist Open. Systematic Reviews and Beyond: How Evidence Synthesis Is Evolving — Methods Seminar, 27 April, 2pm. Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Intersectionality in Public Engagement — Training, 13 May, 1pm. Last Few Spaces Available. Statement on Use of AI in Behavioural Research — Webinar, 26 May, 11:30am. Knowledge Mobilisation — Training, 10 June, 1pm. Full – Waitlist Open. A "Find Out More & Book Your Place" prompt appears at the bottom.
A job advertisement graphic for a Post Doctoral Research Assistant position. The TRL (The Future of Transport) logo appears in the top left in orange and grey. A teal circular shape in the top right contains the text "Position Available" in white bold font. Large bold black text reads "POST DOCTORAL" on a white background, transitioning into a teal section where "RESEARCH ASSISTANT" is displayed in large outlined letters. A QR code appears in the bottom right corner alongside the Behavioural Research UK logo and name.
Promotional image for an upcoming webinar on May 36th at 11.30am. The top image is of a hand with computer/digital icons above it. Text below reads: webinar: statement on the use of AI. Images of six speakers are included along with a QR code to link to the registration page.
Promotional poster for the “BR-UK Webinar Series” titled “The Ethics of Conducting Behavioural Research.” The design features a teal background with white and orange text. Three speaker headshots are shown: Professor Liam Delaney (London School of Economics), Professor Jessica Pykett (University of Birmingham), and Professor Robert West (University College London). Below them, a smaller image shows Professor Susan Michie, who is chairing the session (BR-UK Co-Director, UCL). The event date and time are listed as April 14th at 1PM. In the bottom left corner, there is a QR code with the label “Register Now,” and the Behavioural Research UK logo appears on the right.
The image is a poster for Behavioural Research UK's upcoming events, featuring details of six events with dates, times, and descriptions. At the top, it reads "UPCOMING EVENTS" with a link: "www.br-uk.ac.uk open_in_new Events & Webinars." The ethics of conducting behavioural research Webinar: April 14th, 1pm Ethical principles in practice. Public Engagement in Research and Policy Training: April 15th, 1pm Enhance public engagement skills. Systematic Reviews and Beyond Methods Seminar: April 27th, 2pm Evolving evidence synthesis. Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Intersectionality Training: May 13th, 1pm Design effective engagement. Statement on use of AI in behavioural research Webinar: May 26th, 11.30am Responsible AI use. Knowledge Mobilisation Training: June 10th, 1pm Mobilising research knowledge. At the bottom, there's a logo and text promoting more information and bookings. The design features a geometric background with teal and blue tones.
Promotional flyer for the BR-UK Webinar Series titled "The Ethics of Conducting Behavioural Research." The flyer features headshots of three speakers: Professor Liam Delaney from the London School of Economics, Professor Jessica Pykett from the University of Birmingham, and Professor Robert West from University College London. The session is chaired by Professor Susan Michie, BR-UK Co-Director at UCL. The webinar is scheduled for April 14th at 1PM. The Behavioural Research UK logo appears at the bottom, along with a "Register Now" link.
Picture title: Today's Speaker with the logo of BR-UK on the left of the screen. Below are six individuals: Dr Julze Alejandre, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh; Professor Pedro Bordalo Professor of Financial Economics, University of Oxford; Professor Lucie Byrne Davis, Professor of Health Psychology, University of Manchester; Dr Nia Coupe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Manchester; Scott Dickinson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UCL & LSE; Professor Thomas Webb, Professor of Psychology, University of Sheffield.
Promotional graphic for the “Building Capability in Behavioural Research Conference 2026.” The top half has a teal background with white text reading: “Building Capability in Behavioural Research Conference 2026,” “June 30 2026,” and “Teaching and Learning Building, University of Birmingham (Excellent transport links).” A circular badge on the right states “Abstract deadline 26 February,” and another circle reads: “Be part of the UK behavioural research community – where government, academia, business, public and voluntary sectors unite.” The lower half shows a photo of diverse professionals seated in a conference audience, smiling and applauding. At the bottom are the logos for Behavioural Research UK and Centre—UB (Understanding Human Behaviour).
Promotional poster for a Behavioural Research UK webinar titled “Behaviour Change for Health, Environment and Safer Communities.” The design features a teal and light grey background with a QR code labeled “Register to Attend” and the word “REGISTER” at the top left. The event time and date read: “Join us at 1pm GMT, February 16th, 2026.” Four speaker headshots are shown with names and titles: Vera Buss, Senior Research Fellow, UCL Tobacco & Alcohol Research Group Graham Moore, Professor of Social Sciences & Public Health, Cardiff University David Shipworth, Professor of Energy and the Built Environment, UCL Energy Institute Jill Weekley, Principal Evaluation Consultant, TRL Text at the bottom states that this webinar is the first of two marking the launch of the next phase of BR-UK research, focusing on mobilising behavioural science to address urgent UK challenges in health, environment, and community safety
Promotional poster for an event titled “Building Capability in Behavioural Research,” taking place on June 30th, 2026 at the Teaching and Learning Building, University of Birmingham. The design features logos for Behavioural Research UK and Centre-UB at the top. On the right is a headshot of the keynote speaker, Professor Paul Taylor. Text announces a keynote by Professor Paul Taylor, Chief Scientific Adviser at the National Police Chiefs’ Council and Chair of the Social and Behavioural Science for Emergencies Steering Group. Additional text highlights early bird registration, a QR code for registration, and a call to submit abstracts by January 15th, 2026, with a message encouraging attendees not to miss the opportunity to learn about the future of behavioural research and policy.
Promotional flyer for a webinar hosted by Behavioural Research UK, scheduled for 11am on January 12th, 2026. The event is titled “Scoping of Policy Impacts for Regulating E-cigarettes (SPIRE)” and focuses on data and decision-analytic modeling for vape regulation. The flyer features headshots of four speakers: Hazel Squires, Jamie Brown, Loren Kock, and Lion Shahab, with their academic titles and affiliations. It includes a QR code labeled “REGISTER,” and encourages viewers to catch up on past webinars via YouTube. The design uses teal, orange, and black text on a light background.
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Banner for the “Building Capability in Behavioural Research” 2026 Conference, organized by Centre–UB and Behavioural Research UK. The event date is 30 June 2026. The banner announces that abstract submission and registration are now open and provides the website link: uobevents.eventsair.com/bcbr2026. The background shows people walking across a large open plaza viewed from above.
Banner for the “Building Capability in Behavioural Research” 2026 Conference, organised by Centre–UB and Behavioural Research UK. The event date is 30 June 2026. The banner announces that abstract submission and registration are now open and provides the website link: uobevents.eventsair.com/bcbr2026. The background shows people walking across a large open plaza viewed from above.
Banner for BR-UK event “Surfacing and Mitigating the ‘Hidden Risks’ of AI,” featuring Holly Marquez, Dr Moira Nicolson, Dr Amy Rodger, and Dr Maggie Guanyu Yang. Event on 24 Nov 2025 at 10am GMT, online via Zoom, with a QR code to register.
Flyer outlining the details of an upcoming webinar from BR-UK in partnership with Acas with decorative shapes in the background. Text reads: BR-UK online webinar: Using behavioural insights to shift employer behaviour. Date and time: November 26th at 1pm. Speakers: Dr Annette Cox and Dr Leah Culhane from Acas. Chaired by Prof. Linda Bauld, BR-UK Co-Director. Link to register included. Abstract for webinar reads: BR-UK invites researchers to a webinar introducing Acas’s new Behavioural Insights (BI) model and toolkit. The session is aimed at potential collaborators interested in using the toolkit to trial and evaluate interventions that encourage positive employer behaviour.  
A blue and white slide with the text 'Research Showcase'. Facilitated by Susan Michie, BR-UK Co-Director, Dr Sharon Cox, BR-UK Deputy Director & EDII Co-Lead, Professor Linda Bauld, BR-UK Co-Director. In this webinar, our research team will present the key findings from our Demonstration Projects. These projects research focused on how we used existing/expanded frameworks and data to generate rapid new findings.
A blue and white slide with the text 'Research Showcase'. Facilitated by Susan Michie, BR-UK Co-Director, Dr Sharon Cox, BR-UK Deputy Director & EDII Co-Lead, Professor Linda Bauld, BR-UK Co-Director. In this webinar, our research team will present the key findings from our Demonstration Projects. These projects research focused on how we used existing/expanded frameworks and data to generate rapid new findings.
A blue and white slide with the text 'Research Showcase'. Facilitated by Susan Michie, BR-UK Co-Director, Dr Sharon Cox, BR-UK Deputy Director & EDII Co-Lead, Professor Linda Bauld, BR-UK Co-Director. In this webinar, our research team will present the key findings from our Demonstration Projects. These projects research focused on how we used existing/expanded frameworks and data to generate rapid new findings.
A blue and white slide with the text 'Research Showcase'. Facilitated by Susan Michie, BR-UK Co-Director, Dr Sharon Cox, BR-UK Deputy Director & EDII Co-Lead, Professor Linda Bauld, BR-UK Co-Director. In this webinar, our research team will present the key findings from our Demonstration Projects. These projects research focused on how we used existing/expanded frameworks and data to generate rapid new findings.
An image of a group of researchers standing in front of University of Manchester building, with the text 'Meet Our Researchers.'
Image announcing that the BR-UK Commissioning Fund is no longer accepting applications as the deadline has passed.
A woman sitting with her hands crossed at a table covered in papers and a laptop.
A woman sitting with her hands crossed at a table covered in papers and a laptop.
A woman sitting with her hands crossed at a table covered in papers and a laptop.
A woman sitting with her hands crossed at a table covered in papers and a laptop.
A woman sitting with her hands crossed at a table covered in papers and a laptop.
A woman sitting with her hands crossed at a table covered in papers and a laptop.
A woman sitting with her hands crossed at a table covered in papers and a laptop.
A blue and white graphic banner with the title 'Launching July 1st BR-UK Commissioning Fund. Advancing behavioural research across the UK through exemplar projects.
green and white graphic with the text: Read our report. Building the UK’s Behavioural Research Capabilities: A scoping study and strategy from the Behavioural Research UK Leadership Hub. Prepared by: Nia Coupe, Niamh Hart, Guanyu Yang, Joanna Davan Wetton, Maria Fomina, Rosie Webster, Sharon Cox and Jo Hart on behalf of the BR-UK Capability Working Group. Image includes the BR-UK logo and a graphic of a book and magnifying glass.
An image of a woman standing at the front of a busy room, speaking to the information presented on the 2 projection boards behind her.
An image of a woman standing at the front of a room, in front of two projections where the text says 'Current and Future Priorities for UK Behavioural Research. A review of national and international strategy documents.'
A blue slide with the text Behavioural Research UK: Understanding the 2024 English riots: Insights into social unrest and racial dynamics. Speakers: Dr Julze Alejandre (University of Edinburgh), Professor John Drury, (University of Sussex), Dr Niamh Hart (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Kitty Saunders (University College London & Government Office for Science). 10/06/2025. 11am GMT. Online via Zoom. And the BR-UK logo.
A blue and white slide with the text Behavioural Research in Government. What you'll learn: The role of behavioural and social science advice in government, with a particular focus on the Government Office for Science, How external behavioural and social science expertise is brought into and used in government, How Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) can be of use to behavioural and social science researchers. Speakers: Dr Kitty Saunders, Dr Kitty Saunders Senior Policy Fellow, University College London & Government Office for Science and Dr Carrie Heitmeyer Head of Social Science, Government Office for Science
A blue and white slide with the text Behavioural Research in Government. What you'll learn: The role of behavioural and social science advice in government, with a particular focus on the Government Office for Science, How external behavioural and social science expertise is brought into and used in government, How Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) can be of use to behavioural and social science researchers. Speakers: Dr Kitty Saunders, Dr Kitty Saunders Senior Policy Fellow, University College London & Government Office for Science and Dr Carrie Heitmeyer Head of Social Science, Government Office for Science.
Six smiling individuals stand in the foreground of a meeting room. A projector screen highlighting the Behavioura Change Conference 2025 is in the background to the left and a whiteboard is to the right of the group. From left to right in the picture: Dr Nia Coupe, Dr Elif Coker, Dr Kitty Saunders, Dr Julze Alejandre, Dr Niamh Hart, Greta Sanna.
Dr Julze Alejandre stands to the side of a projection of a summary of his work on Scotland's model of a blue and green programme for primary mental health care. The back of a person's head is in the foreground.
5 women sitting behind a table with several flags behind them, and a banner with the phrase 'NOVA: National School of Public Health.'
Image of Prof West standing at a lectern. Behind him a screen projects the title slide for his talk "Achieving behaviour change through communications"
Image of an auditorium full of people facing a table with three speakers sitting at it. Overhead a screen projects an image of Professor Susan Michie. Text on the screen reads: "Susan Michie. Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London. Co-Chair Organising Committee"
A blue and white slide with the text Behavioural Research in Government. What you'll learn: The role of behavioural and social science advice in government, with a particular focus on the Government Office for Science, How external behavioural and social science expertise is brought into and used in government, How Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) can be of use to behavioural and social science researchers. Speakers: Dr Kitty Saunders, Dr Kitty Saunders Senior Policy Fellow, University College London & Government Office for Science and Dr Carrie Heitmeyer Head of Social Science, Government Office for Science.
A blue slide with the text Behavioural Research UK: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Intersectionality in Behavioural Research. Speakers: Dr Julze Alejandre, Dr Niamh Hart, Sancha Martin (University of Edinburgh), Professor Ann Phoenix (University College London) and Dr Lesley Uttley (University of Sheffield). And the BR-UK logo.
A blue slide with the text Behavioural Research UK: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Intersectionality in Behavioural Research. Speakers: Dr Julze Alejandre, Dr Niamh Hart, Sancha Martin (University of Edinburgh), Professor Ann Phoenix (University College London) and Dr Lesley Uttley (University of Sheffield). And the BR-UK logo.
A blue and grey slide with the text 'Using Analytic AI to improve Behavioural Research'. Dr Janna Hastings Universities of St. Gallen and Zurich. Professor Susan Michie, University College London and Professor Robert West, University College London' What you'll learn: What analytical AI is How it can classify knowledge, undertake reasoning and make predictions from data Understand how ontologies and machine learning can build tools to identify studies relevant to a research question, capture key information, and to use those data to make predictions of outcomes in novel intervention scenarios
A blue and grey slide with the text 'Using Analytic AI to improve Behavioural Research'. Dr Janna Hastings Universities of St. Gallen and Zurich. Professor Susan Michie, University College London and Professor Robert West, University College London' What you'll learn: What analytical AI is How it can classify knowledge, undertake reasoning and make predictions from data Understand how ontologies and machine learning can build tools to identify studies relevant to a research question, capture key information, and to use those data to make predictions of outcomes in novel intervention scenarios
A blue slide with the text Behavioural Research UK: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Intersectionality in Behavioural Research. Speakers: Dr Julze Alejandre, Dr Niamh Hart, Sancha Martin (University of Edinburgh), Professor Ann Phoenix (University College London) and Dr Lesley Uttley (University of Sheffield). And the BR-UK logo.
A blue slide with the text Open Science in Qualitative Research. Speakers: Professor Rebecca Campbell, Michigan State University. Dr Sharon Cox (University College London), Dr Sebastian Karcher (Syracuse University) and Professor Alex Stevens (University of Sheffield). And the BR-UK logo.