Podcasts by Real World Behavioural Science
Welcome to the Real World Behavioural Science (RWBS) podcast, where we look at how behavioural and social sciences are being used in the real world to help change the public’s health, for good.
The RWBS podcast is created by the Behavioural Science and Public Health Network (www.BSPHN.org.uk) and 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.
Each month, Stu King (BSPHN Committee Member and founder & CEO of behaviour change specialists BeeZee Bodies) and Dr Tiago Moutela (Head of Behavioural Science at BeeZee Bodies), interview professionals from the worlds of public health, academia and industry, who are using behavioural science to help change people’s lives.
We have episodes featuring:
- Professor Jim McManus - Co-founder of the BSPHN & Director of Public Health, Hertfordshire County Council, UK
- Dr Amy Bucher – Behavioural Scientist at MadPow, Boston, USA
- Dr Nick Cavill – Quasi-academic and Director of a Public Health Consultancy, UK
- Professor Chris Armitage – Professor of Health Psychology, University of Manchester, UK
- Rich Sheridan – CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations, Ann Arbour, USA
- Dr Justin Varney - Director of Public Health at Birmingham City Council, UK
- Mike Kelly - Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University Institute of Public Health, UK
- Wendy Wills - University of Hertfordshire
- Kim Roberts - HENRY
We have some great guests in the pipeline from across industry, public health and academia and from across the world, including:
- Samuel Salzer - Habits Weekly, Sweden
- Tim Chadborn - PHE Behavioural Insights Team
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23. Professor Madelynne Arden (Professor of Health Psychology) and Greg Fell (Director of Public Health in Sheffield) from 2021-08-12T13:00
Maddy Arden is Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behavioural Science and Applie...
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22. Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele (Founding Director of Social Marketing at Griffith University) from 2021-06-09T18:00
Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele is a social marketer and behavioural scientist. She is the Founding Director of Social Mark...
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21. Richard Wiseman (Professor of Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire) from 2021-05-11T10:00
Professor Richard Wiseman has been described as ‘…one of the most interesting and innovative experimental psychologists in the world today.’ ...
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20. Professor Susan Michie (Professor of Health Psychology&Director of CBC at UCL) from 2021-04-14T06:00
Susan Michie is Professor of Health Psychology and Director of UCL's Health Psychology Research Group. She is also chartered cli...
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19. BSPHN Committee Leads - Dr Michelle Constable, Professor Angel Chater, Dr Neil Howlett&Professor Jim McManus from 2021-03-04T17:00
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...
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18. Dan Makoski (Chief Design Officer at Lloyds Banking Group) from 2021-02-02T14:00
The BSPHN's Annual Conference is running from 9th - 11th February 2021. Sign up to attend now and get a year's free me...
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CORONAVIRUS Mini-Series #9 (15th Dec) Conspiracy Theories - Prof Jim McManus&Dr Daniel Jolley from 2020-12-17T06:00
Recorded 15th December 2020
Guests:
Professor Jim McManus - Director of Public Health at Hertfordshire County Council and VP of the Association of Directors of Public ...
CORONAVIRUS Mini-Series #8 (8th Dec) Behavioural Science to Increase Vaccine Uptake - Jim McManus, Wayne Bateman, Paul Chadwick from 2020-12-10T09:00
Recorded 8th December 2020.
Guests joining Stu King:
Professor Jim McManus - Director of Public Health at Hertfordshire County Council & Vice President of the Asso...
Chloe Franses (Founder of Franses)&Andrew Thomas (Digital Transformation Coach) from 2020-11-20T13:00
Thanks to BSPHN for hosting this podcast. The BSPHN's annual conference is coming up on 9th-11th February 2021, and will sh...
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CORONAVIRUS Mini-Series #7 (19th November 2020) Long COVID - Nisreen Alwan&Susan Michie from 2020-11-20T07:00
Recorded: 19th Nov 2020
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 f...
Professor Ivo Vlaev (Warwick Business School) from 2020-11-14T12:00
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 cho...
CORONAVIRUS Mini-Series #6 (3rd November 2020) Lockdown 2.0 How did we get here and what happens next? - Prof. Susan Michie from 2020-11-03T17:00
Recorded 3rd November 2020
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 f...
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Introducing the Behaviour Change Development Framework (BCDF) - with Em Rahmen, Aoife Fortescue-Webb and Ashlee Mulimba from 2020-06-17T06:00
Recorded October 2019
Firstly, apologies that this month's podcast is a little delayed! We at BeeZee Bodies are still working double time to support people to be healthy througho...
Aline Holzwarth (Applied Behavioural Scientist at Pattern Health&Principal of the Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke University) from 2020-05-01T08:00
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 scienti...
CORONAVIRUS Mini-Series #5 (14th April 2020) Extended lockdown; Helping adherence and Longer-term lessons - Prof. Susan Michie&Prof. Jim McManus from 2020-04-14T19:00
Recorded on 14th April 2020
Apologies for the lower sound quality, we wanted to make sure we had both Jim and Susan on podcast as it gives richer content, however it did mean some techni...
Samuel Salzer (Behavioral Strategist) from 2020-04-08T17:00
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 ...
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CORONAVIRUS Mini-Series #4 (26th March 20) Staying Healthy on Lock-Down; The Governments response and Coming together - Prof. Susan Michie&Prof. Jim McManus from 2020-03-27T08:00
The fourth episode in this mini-series, recorded on 26th March 20, covers some big topics, including:
- Individual strategies to staying physically and mentally healthy during this chal... Listen
CORONAVIRUS Mini-Series #3 Self-Isolation - Prof. Susan Michie&Prof. Jim McManus from 2020-03-17T19:00
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 behavi...
CORONAVIRUS Mini-Series #2 - Prof. Susan Michie&Prof. Jim McManus from 2020-03-11T19:00
Recorded 11th March 2020
Jim McManus and Susan Michie join host, Stuart King, for another discussion on using behavioural science to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Susan an...
CORONAVIRUS Mini-Series #1 - Prof. Susan Michie&Prof. Jim McManus from 2020-03-05T21:00
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 t...
Dr Tim Chadborn (Head of Behavioural Insights&Evaluation Lead at Public Health England) from 2020-03-01T18:00
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 Departme...
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Kim Roberts (Chief Executive at HENRY - Health, Exercise and Nutrition for the Really Young) from 2020-01-29T17:00
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...
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Professor Wendy Wills (Professor of Food and Public Health at University of Hertfordshire) from 2020-01-13T13:00
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 Univer...
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Professor Mike Kelly, Part 2 (Institute of Public Health&University of Cambridge and ex-Director of NICE) from 2019-12-20T05:00
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...
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Professor Mike Kelly, Part 1 (Institute of Public Health&University of Cambridge and ex-Director or NICE) from 2019-12-17T17:00
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...
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Dr Justin Varney (Director of Public Health at Birmingham City Council) from 2019-11-29T09:00
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...
Rich Sheridan - CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations from 2019-11-04T21:00
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 su...
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Professor Chris Armitage (Professor of Health Psychology) from 2019-10-01T14:00
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.
Chr...
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Dr Nick Cavill (Director of an Independent Public Health Consultancy) from 2019-08-31T07:00
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 de...
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Dr Amy Bucher (Behaviour Change Design Director for Mad Pow) from 2019-07-13T14:00
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 Cha...
Professor Jim McManus (Director of Public Health) - Real World Behavioural Science from 2019-07-13T08:00
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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Professor Jim McManus (Director of Public Health) - Real World Behavioural Science from 2019-07-13T08:00
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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Professor Jim McManus (Director of Public Health) - Real World Behavioural Science from 2019-07-13T08:00
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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