Monica Wills-Silva

Director of International Programmes EMEA at @B_I_Tweets -interested in behavioural science and complex policy problems in the global south- my views

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

More and more #behaviouralscience in the #GlobalSouth #LatinAmerica 🎉
8 years, 14 countries, 40 projects, 24 trials and now we are expanding our local presence to continue seizing the amazing local talent to deliver more culturally sensitive context-specific rigorous research 👇

[BIT @B_I_Team]

We're expanding our work Latin America & the Caribbean. What we've done so far:

🇵🇪 Reduced staff absenteeism in Peruvian schools

🇭🇳Nudged Honduran #GBV survivors to online support

🇨🇴Boosted intentions to get #vaxxed in Colombia

Follow us >> @bit_lac
https://t.co/mOR6sUcaDi

[World Economic Forum @wef]

What’s changed for girls around the world in the past 30 years? A new @UNICEF report shows that #girls still face disadvantages in #education, #health and their living conditions, especially in low-income regions. Learn more: https://t.co/vwn2r28u8x

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

https://t.co/CRvpYwZ5hF

[BIT @B_I_Team]

"One of the biggest victims of shrouding is the government".

@gilliantett covers our Shrouded Economy paper in her @ft column today: Snickers wars reveal the enduring perversity of human behaviour

Link below (£) 👇

https://t.co/0KGxehNmK9

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

Wonderful news and so well deserved @betsylevyp! So much of her work has inspired our work in LMIC.

[Princeton University @Princeton]

Congratulations to professor Elizabeth Levy Paluck, named 2024 David Riesman Fellow by @TheAAPSS for "her work on prejudice and conflict reduction and the development of social norms in a variety of environments." https://t.co/FAPOdejs6N

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

@santiagosilvaj Qué bien por Medellin! Felicitaciones @Santiagosilv

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

@dilipsoman @UofT_BEAR @CassSunstein @varungauri @nachiketmor @kittusen @LiamDelaney2020 @DarioKrps11 @chiaravara @jezgroom These are devastating news! Cheistha was such a clever, kind, dedicated woman. She opened up spaces for women in the Global South working in behavioural science. What a loss for our field.

[BIT @B_I_Team]

Remembering Danny Kahneman: Reflections from David Halpern
https://t.co/2x6wWpsZDg

[BIT @B_I_Team]

🌐 BIT's Director of International Programmes, @mowills sat down with @UNICEF to discuss how behavioural science can help governments and NGOs reach vulnerable communities in times of crisis on the latest episode of their podcast, The ABCs of SBC 📻
https://t.co/Bep4UD2CbV

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

A favorite quotation from Danny Kahneman: "Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it." (Except Danny.)

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

Very sad news. What a privilege to have had Danny Kahneman as the guiding star and moral compass of our field. His values shine through in everything written about him. Exemplary empirical humility - never scared to say he didn't know something. Always excited to test and learn

[Princeton School of Public & International Affairs @PrincetonSPIA]

Today we’ve lost a giant and a visionary: Prof. Daniel Kahneman has passed at the age of 90. The Princeton SPIA community shares our condolences with his family and all who knew him, learned from him, and loved him. https://t.co/JbTXQSuzlw

[OL Jonatan Beun @olbeun]

Seguimos creciendo en @BIT_LAC / @BITAmericas!
Buscamos a un Research Methods Advisor
🔬Sabes de métodos experimentales y cuasi-experimentales?
🇧🇷Te gustaría trabajar todos los días en proyectos de impacto social para Brasil y la región?
👇
https://t.co/MydrhHbSn7

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

If you are looking for a good non-fiction read this year, read this book!

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

My dream for the future of SBC - for the Global North to be learning more from the evidence we are generating in the Global South. For SBC and evidence-based policies to eventually become such commonplace that one day we'll wonder how we weren't doing this all along.
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[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

Really excited about the launch of @UNICEF 's podcast the ABCs of SBC (Social and Behavioural Change) and honoured to have been invited to share my experience growing up in Colombia and our work at
@B_I_Team in LMICs.

You can listen to it here https://t.co/pUzb37hSeF (1/2)

[OL Jonatan Beun @olbeun]

💜Todavía queda mucho trabajo por hacer para reducir la brecha de género. Las ciencias del comportamiento pueden dar una mano. Acá, algunos casos que hicimos en Latinoamérica desde @BIT_LAC / @BITAmericas / @B_I_Team. Abro hilo 🧵 👇

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

Our portfolio to address behavioural barriers to vaccination keeps growing, including this successful collaboration with Argentina. Thanks to @turn_io for this recognition! Credit should go to @adelaidabarrera @BridieMurphy18 @ivanbudassi1 Dan Brown and the rest of the team ⭐

[Turn.io @turn_io]

The Impact Award goes to The Behavioural Insights Team, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health
(MoH), the Behavioural Insights Unit in the federal government (BIU), and a local developer, ECOM who designed a new chat service to encourage
Covid-19 vaccination in Argentina.

[Dr Helen Brown @HelenEliz_Brown]

✅ Looking for a new challenge?
✅ Passionate about social impact?
✅ Intellectually curious?
✅ Want to work with kind, committed colleagues?

Then get stuck in -- @B_I_Team are hiring 💃

https://t.co/JxxX9vlb34

[Monica Wills-Silva @mowills]

@DanielSamperO Yoko y lo que le escribí cuando se nos fue. #LaMascotaDeMiVida

[Dr Helen Brown @HelenEliz_Brown]

And we're off ✈️

Super excited to get over to @UNICEF Florence to share some of @B_I_Team/ @mowills' greatest hits:

🏥 ⬇️ elective care backlog
🌍 ⬆️ children's well-being in refugee camps
💉 ⬆️ HPV vaccination demand
⚖️ ⬆️ VAWG conviction
💊 ⬆️ TB medication adherence