Innovation Library

Oky is a girl-centered digital solution for menstruation, sexual and reproductive health education and period tracking.

Farm2Go is WFP's digital solution to support smallholder farmer programme activities.

This working paper explains what neurotechnology is and, through the lens of opportunities and risks, highlights current applications of neurotechnology involving children, and considers future and emerging uses.

The State of Broadband annual report is a unique, global snapshot of broadband access, affordability, and use.

This session discussed how partnerships can enhance the impact of behavioural science applications, from local to global levels.

In this session, DPPA and OCT discussed behavioural science applications in the context of peace and security with Professor Mina Cikara (Harvard University) and Andrés Casas (Neuropaz).

This session examined sustainability initiatives by OHCHR, UNEP, UNU, and the World Bank, utilising BeSci.

This session featured discussions with DCO, FAO, ICAO, IOM and UNESCO who shared their experiences starting with and progressing behavioural science application.

This event explored the transformative role of AI in evaluation practices and its implications.

This session highlighted experiences from DESA, DOS, DMSPC, IAEA and UNSSC applying behavioural science to change how organisations work.

This event highlighted strategies to address unequal social and gender norms. The World Bank provided guidance on how to apply a social norms lens to gender policy and interventions

This session showcased behavioural approaches to bridge this divide by the ILO and UNCDF including promoting social security registration of domestic workers and increasing savings through digital financial services.

In this session, DPO spoke about using data science to identify inauthentic behavioural patterns in digital media data, such as signatures of malicious actors spreading harmful narratives

In this session, we took a tour discussing behavioural science insights with policy and programming applications, covering various topics from mega studies to habit formation with Professor Katy Milkman (University of Pennsylvania).

Presentations in this event discussed efforts of UNDRR, UNFCCC, UN Futures Lab, UN Global Pulse and WMU in combining these capabilities to create behaviourally-informed, resilient and anticipatory futures.

This report evaluates achievements, lessons learned, and the impact made by by the Identification for Development (ID4D) and Digitalizing Government to Person Payments (G2Px) Initiatives in promoting safer and more inclusive digital ID and government-to-person payments systems, with a focus on placing people at the forefront.

This Countering Hate Speech Toolkit, titled “Together We Talk,” provides resources to empower individuals, organizations, and communities in their efforts to identify and counter the spread of hate speech, misinformation, and disinformation content through human-centered and behaviourally informed approaches.

This research conducted by UN Women and the UN University Institute in Macau (UNU Macau) examines the opportunities and risks of AI from a women, peace and security (WPS) lens in South-East Asia

In this session, UNICEF highlighted initiatives to emphasise causal relationships in program evaluation. The IMF shared insights on overcoming behavioural barriers to adopting innovative data strategies.

The High-level Opening session of the 2024 UN Behavioural Science Week discussed how UN Entities are and can further embed behavioural science into their work.

The UN Behavioural Science Review aims to enrich the discourse and provide a more holistic understanding of behavioural science's role in international development, as well as policy and programming broadly.

This session aims to set up participants with an introductory understanding and relevant context about BeSci in the UN ahead of UN Behavioural Science Week.

In the session, we explored how digital technologies can provide opportunities to rebuild and strengthen livelihoods after crises, accelerate economic recovery and address different development challenges.

Recap the official launch event of the new UN Digital Community

This joint report from the World Bank and the World Health Organization examines the complex ways in which behaviour shapes health outcomes, the historical antecedents to the current focus on behavioural science in public health and the models adopted by over 40 behavioural insights units operating in the health sector in 26 countries around the world.