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Course 3
Conducting behavioural research

In this video series, you will learn how to conduct research at different stages of the policy development cycle. The three-module course is presented by Filippo Muzi-Falconi, a behavioural scientist at The Behaviouralist.

The first module focuses on how to conduct formative research during the early stages of policy development. The second module outlines how to user-test a policy intervention to refine its design. Lastly, the third module focuses on how to conduct impact evaluations.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand how to conduct research at three key moments during the policy development process

  • Understand the main research methods to use

  • How to interpret and act upon results generated from your research

We hope that you enjoy this course!

Module 1: Conduct formative research to define yoru challenge
length: 22 minutes

The first module focuses on how to conduct formative research. Formative research is a more explorative type of research that serves to better understand the challenge at hand during the early stages of policy development.

Part 1: About formative research

Part 2: What to research when conducting formative research

Part 3: How to collect data in formative research

Part 4: Analysing your findings

Part 5: Mapping your theory of change

Module 2: User-test your policy intervention
length: 11 minutes

This second module outlines how to user-test a policy intervention. User testing is a type of research that helps refine the design of an intervention.

Part 1: About user-testing

Part 2: What to research when user-testing policies

Part 3: How to collect user-testing data

Part 4: Convert user feedback into actions

Module 3: Evaluate the impact of your policy intervention
length: 18 minutes

This third module focuses on conducting impact evaluations to assess the effectiveness of your policy or programme once a pilot has been rolled out. We review different research methods, weight their strengths and weaknesses and outline how act upon findings.

Part 1: About impact evaluations

Part 2: Prerequisites for conducting an impact evaluation

Part 3: Overview of evaluation methods

Part 4: Common challenges when conducting randomised evaluations

Part 5: Analysing and interpreting results

Part 6: Improve and scale your policy

Course takeaways
length: 2 minutes

This concluding video provides an overview of modules 1, 2 and 3.

Course takeaways