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Finnish Behavioural Policy Unit

General Information

Organisation's name

Prime Minister's Office - Finland

Organisation's website

The Team

Does the team works with government(s) on applying BI to public policy?

The team is part of:
Part of federal government

Number of people that apply behavioural science in the team:
3

Approximate date of team creation:
10 2020

Activities

Activities in which the unit has been involved

Conducting experiments to measure behavioural impact, Evaluating behavioural impact in other ways (beyond experiments), Providing advice on policy implementation relying on existing evidence, Providing advice on policy design relying on existing evidence, Analyzing data about individual behavioura to look for patterns and/or predict behaviors, Delivering training and education

Policy area(s)

Administration, Agriculture, Communication, Development, Disability, Economy, Education, Energy and Water, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Gender, Health, Justice and Safety, Labour and Employment, Public governance, Social Welfare, Technology, Urban policy

Tools used to measure the effect of intervention

Randomized control trials or A/B tests, Surveys, Before and after comparisons of the target outcome, Another type of statistical or machine learning model

Number of experiments in the last twelve months: 3

Date Published:

2 March 2023

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