The Centre for Understanding Behaviour Change (CUBeC) aims to provide a comprehensive evidence base to inform policymaking at the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) on driving behaviour change. CUBeC will take a multidisciplinary social science approach and conduct a range of research including reviews, original research, and field experiments. It is a consortium of researchers from various institutions with expertise in economics, psychology, sociology, and other relevant disciplines. CUBeC seeks to actively engage with policymakers to jointly determine the research program and provide a flexible and rapid response to knowledge gaps.

1. Centre for Understanding Behaviour Change (CUBeC) Luke Sibieta, IFS Presentation at DCSF Conference: The Use of Evidence in Policy Development and Delivery, 9 February 2010

6. Prof. Imran Rasul (UCL/ELSE) Response to Risk & Risky behaviours Prof. Peter Rogers (Experimental Psychology, UoB) Positive and Healthy Behaviours Andreas Cebulla (Natcen) Over-arching Projects Prof. Paul Dolan (Imperial) Information, Framing & choices Prof. Ruth Deakin-Crick (Education, UoB) Positive Educational Outcomes Prof. Simon Burgess (CMPO) Director Luke Sibieta (IFS) PoRTAL Manager Research theme directors

8. Substance abuse Peer influence Neural processes Response to Risk & Risky behaviours Dietary decisions Sports/hobbies Pro-social behaviours Positive and Healthy Behaviours Teacher recruitment School choice Subject choices Information, Framing & choices Pupil engagement Parental engagement HE aspirations Positive Educational Outcomes Survey methods Review of previous policies Over-arching Projects Research framework