Hi everyone,
I'd very much appreciate your help collecting examples of how government agencies have used social research programs to support CBSM-style projects. The examples and contacts collected will help me when I start a job founding a social research program in the Victorian Environmental Protection Agency (Australia) in late April. It would be great to get in contact with people who are doing the same kind of work (whether in Aus or over seas). Note that while specific project-based research of the kind we frequently see on this list is interesting, I'm most interested in how people have approached supporting, evaluating and extending behavior change initiatives agency wide - for instance providing barriers and benefits research for a variety of target behaviors addressed by the agency and so on. There will also be element of championing community engagement and social research-informed program design and delivery in a historically science and engineering dominated organisation, so any reflections or comments on that aspect would be helpful also.
Great! look forward to seeing your replies,
Stefan Kaufman PhD
Scholar Human Ecology Program
http://sres.anu.edu.au/ School of Resources,
Environment & Society
The Australian National University
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Social Research Programs for CBSM in Goverment
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Hi Stefan and Jan In the UK, government social research programmes supporting community based behavioural goals have been in place for several years now for waste, energy and water resource efficiency. Reducing waste is probably the most advanced, and my partner Veronica Sharp is leading this area. Social marketing is also just starting to appear on the near policy horizon here as a technique to improve effectiveness in this area. I would suggest making contact with Veronica later on this month to catch up on developments.
Best wishes
Paul White
The Social Marketing Practice
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Stefan,
In response to your questions below, I have been told that Washington State Department of Ecology Director Jay Manning has established the use of CBSM for program planning as department-wide policy. However, I don't know how they are implementing this policy or if they are carrying out any of the activities you ask about. I am interested in any replies you may have received to your posting. I will be conducting an introductory CBSM workshop for the State of New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services in May, and I'd like to be able to provide their senior staff with a few examples of government agencies that have adopted CBSM or related approaches as agency-wide policy for program planning. Have you heard from any agency who appears to have done this or that is carrying out any of the tasks you describe below? I am also interested in policies that Victoria's EPA has established regarding approaches to program planning, although I can certainly make inferences from your posting. Are you aware of other government agencies in Australia that are taking a social marketing or social science-informed approach to program planning and implementation? Thank you for any help you can provide, and best of luck with your new position.
Regards,
Jan
Jan Aceti
Aceti Associates
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