Behavioural Insights for Preventing Violent Extremism

UNDP Country Offices in Sudan and Yemen piloted the use of behavioural insights to increase the effectiveness of interventions designed to disrupt the process of radicalization and violent extremism – specifically to improve attendance in psychosocial support meetings and the effectiveness of education programs targeting prison populations. The pilots used BI tools, including values affirmation and commitment devices. The application of BI in the context of violent extremism has since expanded to Central and Southern Asia with UNDP Country Offices in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan currently conducting research in partnership with the EU and sister agencies UNICEF, IOM, and UNOCT.