Michael Hallsworth

Biographic Data

ID1837467
NAMEMichael Hallsworth
GIVEN NAMESMichael
FAMILY NAMEHallsworth
SIGNATUREHALLSWORTH M
AFFILIATIONSThe Behavioural Insights Team
ORCID0000-0002-7868-4727
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS61
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • The Hypocrisy Trap

    Michael HallsworthBOOKThe Hypocrisy Trap2025

    How our desire to stamp out hypocrisy is backfiring—and how learning to target our criticisms better can improve our politics, business, and personal relationships. In our increasingly distrusting and polarized nations, accusations of hypocrisy are everywhere. But the strange truth is that our attempts to stamp out hypocrisy often backfire, creating what Michael Hallsworth calls The Hypocrisy Trap. In this groundbreaking book, he shows how our re…

  • The limits of self-reflection

    Open AccessMichael HallsworthARTICLEBehavioural Public Policy2024

    I’m grateful to the authors for taking the time to read and respond to the manifesto. I have great respect for the contributions each of them has made to our field, and I’d like to offer some clarifications and reflections prompted by their thoughts

  • A manifesto for applying behavioural science

    Open AccessMichael HallsworthARTICLENature Human Behaviour2023Cited by: 5References: 141

  • Behavioural science and policy

    Open AccessMichael Sanders, Veerle Snijders et al.ARTICLEBehavioural Public Policy2018Cited by: 17References: 10

    The use of behavioural sciences in government has expanded and matured in the last decade. Since the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) has been part of this movement, we sketch out the history of the team and the current state of behavioural public policy, recognising that other works have already told this story in detail. We then set out two clusters of issues that have emerged from our work at BIT. The first cluster concerns current challenges f…

  • Response to responses

    Open AccessMichael Sanders, Veerle Snijders et al.ARTICLEBehavioural Public Policy2018Cited by: 1References: 2

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  • The behavioralist as tax collector

    Open AccessMichael Hallsworth, John A List et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Economics2017

  • Rethinking public health using behavioural science

    Open AccessMichael HallsworthARTICLENature Human Behaviour2017Cited by: 1

  • Commentary

    Open AccessMichael HallsworthARTICLEPublic Administration Review2016

  • Influencing behaviour

    Open AccessPaul Dolan, Michael Hallsworth et al.ARTICLEJournal of Economic Psychology2012Cited by: 37References: 123