Use caution when applying behavioural science to policy

Authors: Hans IJzerman, Neil A. Lewis, Netta Weinstein, Lisa M. DeBruine, Stuart J. Ritchie, Simine Vazire, Patrick S. Forscher, Richard D. Morey, James Ivory, Farid Anvari, Andrew K Przybylski - Nature Human Behaviour 2020 cited by 243

Social and behavioural scientists have attempted to speak to the COVID-19 crisis. But is behavioural research on COVID-19 suitable for making policy decisions? We offer a taxonomy that lets our science advance in Evidence Readiness Levels to be suitable for policy. We caution practitioners to take extreme care translating our findings to applications.