Book contents
- Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Part I Evidence from Experiments and Behavioural Insights
- 2 What Have We Learned from Behavioural Economics for the COVID-19 Response?
- 3 Adaptation, COVID-19, and Climate Change
- 4 Risk-Taking, Risk Perception, and Risk Compensation in Times of COVID-19
- 5 A False Sense of Security?
- 6 Preparing for the Next Pandemic
- 7 Human Challenge Trials for Research on COVID-19 and Beyond
- 8 Do the Public Support ‘Hard’ or ‘Soft’ Public Policies?
- 9 One Size Does Not Fit All
- 10 Psychological and Behavioural Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 11 Behavioural Science and the Irish COVID-19 Response
- 12 On the Use of Behavioural Science in a Pandemic
- 13 Behavioural Public Health?
- Part II Health Behaviours and Policies during Covid-19
- Index
- References
11 - Behavioural Science and the Irish COVID-19 Response
from Part I - Evidence from Experiments and Behavioural Insights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2025
Book contents
- Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
- Part I Evidence from Experiments and Behavioural Insights
- 2 What Have We Learned from Behavioural Economics for the COVID-19 Response?
- 3 Adaptation, COVID-19, and Climate Change
- 4 Risk-Taking, Risk Perception, and Risk Compensation in Times of COVID-19
- 5 A False Sense of Security?
- 6 Preparing for the Next Pandemic
- 7 Human Challenge Trials for Research on COVID-19 and Beyond
- 8 Do the Public Support ‘Hard’ or ‘Soft’ Public Policies?
- 9 One Size Does Not Fit All
- 10 Psychological and Behavioural Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 11 Behavioural Science and the Irish COVID-19 Response
- 12 On the Use of Behavioural Science in a Pandemic
- 13 Behavioural Public Health?
- Part II Health Behaviours and Policies during Covid-19
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter we describe the role of behavioural science in the Irish COVID-19 response. The first section describes the onset of COVID-19 in Ireland. The second section outlines the basic structure of the emergency response in Ireland and the role of behavioural science in the national emergency response team. The third section provides an account of specific contributions and capacities provided. We focus on the role of behavioural science during the initial outbreak, in particular the period from March to August 2020, during which Ireland, like many countries, sought to contain the viral spread and respond to issues arising from the fluctuation in the severity of infection exposure.
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- Behavioural Economics and Policy for PandemicsInsights from Responses to COVID-19, pp. 220 - 231Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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