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Research Projects

Our researchers design and conduct evaluations of programmes with a behavioural and/or psychological focus, targeting issues such as poverty, unemployment, and gender inequality.

Explore the projects our research team are working on, grouped into key themes below. To read working papers of completed research, please visit the Working Papers section of the website. 

  • Credit, savings and insurance
  • Education
  • Gender
  • Governance
  • Labour and enterprise
  • Physical and mental health
  • Welfare and Poverty
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Cash Transfers and Community Participation in Public Affairs: A Village-Level Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya

This study investigates how a large, one-off cash transfer from an NGO to the poorest 40% of households in a thousand villages in western Kenya impacts civic engagement and community behaviour. 

Kate Orkin
How Does Providing Polling Information About Electoral Competition Affect Citizens’ Participation, Vote Choices and Engagement?

This project looks at how voters process information from pre-election polls, and examines the effect of different messages on voter turnout, vote choice and election and party beliefs.

Kate Orkin
Brynde Kreft
Affiliated Projects

Explore research projects undertaken by our affiliates under our key themes.

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Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1865 614 343

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