Dr david halpern biography

          David Solomon Halpern CBE FAcSS (born June ) is a British psychologist and civil servant, who founded the Behavioural Insights Team The Behavioural....

          David Halpern (psychologist)

          British psychologist

          David Solomon Halpern[1]CBE FAcSS (born June 1966[1]) is a British psychologist and civil servant, who founded the Behavioural Insights Team (unofficially known as the Nudge Unit).

          Prior to BIT, David was the first Research Director of the Institute for Government and between 20was the Chief Analyst at the Prime Minister's.

        1. David Halpern has been the Chief Executive of the government's Behavioural Insights Team (unofficially known as the Nudge Unit) since its inception in
        2. David Solomon Halpern CBE FAcSS (born June ) is a British psychologist and civil servant, who founded the Behavioural Insights Team The Behavioural.
        3. David is the Chief Executive of the Behavioural Insights Team.
        4. David Solomon Halpern CBE FAcSS is a British psychologist and civil servant, who founded the Behavioural Insights Team.

          5. The Behavioural Insights Team is an organisation spun out of the UK Cabinet Office, which applies a deep understanding of human behaviour and evidence-led problem solving to improve government, public policy and public services.

          Education

          Halpern attended King's School, Rochester, before attending Christ's College, University of Cambridge achieving a 1st[2] in 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.[3]

          Career

          Halpern was a research fellow at the Policy Studies Institute (1991–94), a Nuffield College, Oxford prize research fellow (1993–96) and a lecturer in social human scien