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Dec 2 '20, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Nudge Theory and Alcohol Policy: How Nudge Might Shape Alcohol Use
The Institute of Alcohol Studies is hosting an online seminar on December 2, 15:00-17:00 GMT covering the latest research on Nudge Theory and alcohol policy.
About the seminar
Nudge theory interventions have proven increasingly popular with policymakers and politicians in recent years. By understanding how individuals make decisions about their health and consumption, policymakers can design ‘nudges’ to alter the choices we make. By providing us with information, simplifiying and foregrounding healthier options, or asking us to commit to changed healthier behaviours, nudge promises to reshape our decision-making for the better.
But what implications do these new interventions have for alcohol policy as a whole? Are other policies neglected while these are pursued? How do these policies frame drinkers and the alcohol industry? Are there competing ‘nudges’ at work?
New Alcohol Issues Podcast Episode: “Sludges and Dark Nudges in Big Alcohol’s CSR Campaigns”
Seminar outline
The seminar will be sharing and examining the new findings to ask:
- What implications do nudge interventions have for alcohol policy as a whole?
- Are other policies neglected while these are pursued?
- How do these policies frame alcohol users and the alcohol industry?
- Are there competing ‘nudges’ at work?
Chaired by Dr Gillian Shorter of Queen’s University, Belfast.
New research will be presented by Professor Mark Petticrew (LSHTM), and Lucy Bryant (Institute of Alcohol Studies), as well as insights from the gambling field from Philip Newall, PhD (postdoctoral researcher at CQUniversity’s Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory).
Seminar registration
Sign up for the seminar here…
