Reflections
It’s close to a three and a half years since I moved to Sydney for work. Here is a reflection on my research to date.
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Behavioural Science in Urban Planning
Here is an example of behavioural insights in Melbourne. To reinforce the desired behaviour (only cross when green, walk left), the physical environment provides clear cues.
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Collaboration
This last week was full-on non-stop. Most of my work was collaborating on corporate tasks to manage scaling-up our study to broader populations, as well as a tool to monitor and alleviate workload.
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Inclusion at Work
I’m part of the secretariat for the diversity and inclusion network at my work. Yesterday, together with the other professional networks, we kicked off Inclusion Month, which hosts regular events and talks to promote allyship in the workplace.
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Faith, Culture and Law
Went to a great talk today on Islam, which covered the distinction between faith, culture and different interpretations of law and texts.
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Volunteering
I volunteered at the Youth Summit by Barang Regional Alliance, on Darkinjung Country, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It was a wonderful experience. I delivered the project plan for this event whilst on secondment with them late … Continue reading Volunteering
Co-Design
Another co-design workshop, this time with senior managers and executives. We received endorsement for our program of work and feedback on the design and testing of messages for vocational learners.
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Celebration Lunch
Lunch break after our second co-design workshop for our vocational training project. We are scaling it out in April across the state.
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Planning Day
Our team had our offsite planning day. I reflect over the discussions of the day and an example of behavioural science research in action.
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Meeting on Philantrophic Funding
Our week began with a useful meeting and has stayed excellent. Published our Sponsorship Prospectus, sent out a few sponsorship emails, finalised our budget, and drafted an Agreement.
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Social Science Insights 