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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
If your work touches communications, research, policy, or community engagement, register now and get ahead of the narrative curve. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Democracy Narratives: What works—and what doesn’t. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for the release of new global research on how narratives can strengthen democracy - and why this matters now more than ever. The new set of research materials synthesizes nearly 400 academic a...
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Join Busara, @peoplepowered.org, and the Democracy Narratives Alliance for a webinar to launch "The Research Brief How to Talk about Democracy: What We Know (and Don’t Know)," which unpacks how narratives can strengthen democracy and why this moment demands sharper, more intentional storytelling.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The third publication, the Research Brief How to Talk about Democracy: What We Know (and Don’t Know), will be launched at a global webinar: Date: March 24, 2026 Time: 1:00 pm UTC / 9:00 am EST/ 4:00 pm EAT Register for the webinar on the link below: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
2. From Narrative to Action: Fostering Democratic Engagement and Engaged Citizens Through Behaviour Change This draws on behavioral science and the COM-B model to explain how capability, opportunity, and motivation determine whether democratic participation occurs. busara.global/our-works/be...
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From narrative to action: fostering democratic engagement and engaged citizens through behavior change
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Together, we've released two publications:- 1. Democracy Narratives: What Are They and How Do They Matter for Democratic Engagement and Behavior? This looks at evidence on how shared stories about democracy influence trust, participation, dissent, and disengagement. busara.global/our-works/de...
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Democracy narratives: what are they and how do they matter for democratic engagement and behavior?
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Busara, @peoplepowered.org and the Democracy Narratives Alliance (DNA) have co-produced a three-part research series examining how democracy narratives shape democratic engagement.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Led by the Secretariat team — Antony Mutunga, Gladys Muange, and Robert G. Nyaga, PhD — the committee members underwent rigorous sessions designed to strengthen their understanding of ethical review processes, research governance, and best practices in protecting research participants.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Busara’s journey toward becoming an Institutional Scientific and Ethics Review Committee (ISERC) continues to gain momentum. Last week, members of the Busara committee participated in an intensive five-day training facilitated by National Commission for Science and Technology (NACOSTI).
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
If this looks like what you are interested in and you are an analytical thinker, clear communicator, and collaborative team player who is excited about advancing behavioral science in the Global South, we encourage you to apply on the link below. jobs.lever.co/BusaraCenter...
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Busara Center for Behavioral Economics - MEL Specialist – Evidence, Evaluation & Analytics
About Busara Since 2014, Busara has evolved from a small behavioral science lab in Nairobi into a boutique research and advisory organization. Our diverse team of over 130 staff from 15+ countries has...
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
You should be confident designing fit-for-purpose evaluation approaches, conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis, and developing practical MEL tools that support adaptive management.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We’re looking for a MEL Specialist with strong evaluation design, analytical, and learning skills to support evidence generation and decision-making across Busara’s behavioral science projects.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Busara joins this global convening as an FIW+ regional partner, bringing African perspectives and insights into the dialogue. Join the conversation and register today bit.ly/FIW-2025 #FIW25 #FinclusionWeek
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Financial Inclusion Week - Center for Financial Inclusion
Financial Inclusion Week (FIW) is the leading industry event on inclusive finance, convened by Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI).
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Have you registered for #FIW25 yet? Taking place October 6-9, 2025, Financial Inclusion Week is one of the largest virtual events in inclusive finance, bringing together thousands of practitioners, policymakers, and innovators.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Mario Schmidt, PhD: We cannot take one side only in participatory research. Bringing people together is crucial to create a common ground of understanding in communities and end competing interests. #NISA2025 #NISAat10 #ImplementationScience
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Arize Okafor: We should use feedback to make actionable changes and not assume that we know what the community needs better than them. #NISA2025 #NISAat10 #ImplementationScience
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Juhi Jain: Food often goes to waste because it looks “ugly.” Yet, this produce can still be cooked in different ways. Funny-looking food can be bundled at affordable prices or sold at a discount. 🍅🥕 #NISA2025 #NISAat10 #ImplementationScience
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Juhi Jain: Communities are essential in co-designing interventions—especially in nutrition and food systems. They reveal how food is consumed across gender, age, and pricing, with clear examples in patterns of protein consumption.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
If research doesn’t serve the people, who does it serve? This session dives into participatory action research—with case studies from across Africa—showing how co-created evidence shapes policies & products people actually own, trust, and use. #BeSci #NISAConference
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We explored how participatory methods in behavioral science ground evidence in people’s realities—shaping policies & products they trust and own. 📍 Robert Nyaga, PhD (Moderator) 🎙️ Mario Schmidt, PhD | Juhi Jain | Arize Okafor | Dr. Uchenna Okafor #BeSci #NISA2025 #NISAat10
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The Busara team joined the panel “Using Participatory Action Research to Unlock Impact.” at the NISA Conference. #BeSci #NISA2025 #NISAat10
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Full Aha! Moment here: busara.global/our-works/wh...
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What are the barriers and enablers to the uptake of chisel ploughing?
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Special acknowledgment goes to the contributors: Laura Schun Geilager, Marilyn Moin, Wanjiku Kiarie, Mellan Lilumbi and Wairimu Muthike
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
With FIPS Africa & local blacksmiths, we built solutions to lower costs and improve access. Communities shape the future of farming when innovation meets collective action.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
But challenges remain: clearing takes effort, tractors are limited, costs are high, terrain tough. Awareness alone is not enough.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
In Kilifi & Makueni, farmers are shifting how they till. Research with 74 farmers shows social proof drives change. When they see neighbors’ yields rise with the chisel plough, they adopt too. A THREAD 🧵
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Patrick S. Forscher @psforscher.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
New working paper led by Jaspreet Singh: osf.io/preprints/ps... Some of you may know about repliCATS, in which (mostly Global North) experts used structured peer review to judge judge the credibility of behavioral research. We used the same method with behavioral scientists from around Nairobi 1/
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
In our upcoming Behavioral Lens newsletter, we share reflections on the conversations that stayed with us. Sign up to our newsletter here: mailchi.mp/busaracenter...
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
For one week, Nairobi became a hub for evidence, reflection, and collaboration. At the just concluded ESA Africa Conference 2025 and Nairobi Evidence Week, we joined researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to ask hard questions—and search for better answers.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
His call to action: invest in data collection, interpretation, and ownership, and ensure meaningful inclusion of the Global South in decision-making. Stay tuned for more updates! #AES2025 #EvidenceForDevelopment
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Ambassador Macharia Kamau delivered a powerful keynote: "Research by Africa, for Africa, with partnership from the world is not an option but a necessity."
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Day 2 of #AES2025 Kicks Off! Jennifer Nyakinya, Programs Manager at The Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa, got Day 2 of #AES2025 started, emphasizing the importance of evidence.
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Abdelrahman Nagy @arnagy01.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I’m excited to be presenting my research titled “Parental Pressure and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Egypt” at #ESAAfrica2025, hosted in Nairobi by @busaracenter.bsky.social The ESA annual conferences are premier venues for experimental economics and behavioral science.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The 13th Africa Evidence Summit is live in Nairobi! Theme: Better Data for Decision-Making 📊 Sessions on climate, agri, education, finance & more. Join the livestream: youtube.com/live/Le17Mju... #AES2025 #Evidence2025 #AfricaEvidenceSummit
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Follow the conversation on Busara’s official channels, for highlights from sessions, speaker insights, and reflections across both days. Read more about what’s in store: esaafrica2025.busara.global #ESAAfrica2025 #EvidenceToAction
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ESA Africa, Busara Center, Join leading researchers, economists, scholars, and institutions from Africa and beyond at the ESA Africa Conference. This regional event fosters knowledge exchange and coll...
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The conference agenda focuses on new methodologies in experimental economics and how evidence from behavioral economics can be used to shape public policy and development
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We are now one week away from #ESAAfrica2025. On June 26 and 27, leading voices in experimental and behavioral economics will converge in Nairobi to explore the application of evidence and experimentation to real-world challenges.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Ajibade contends that when the problems mirror each other, the solutions shouldn’t remain siloed by borders. What if these protests weren’t separate struggles—but parts of the same conversation? Read his full article to explore this powerful rethink of African unity. busara.global/blog/africa-...
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Africa is not a country, but what if we made it one? Channeling African similarities for comprehensive solutions. - Busara
Growing up in Nigeria, I vividly remember how we would get beaten for incorrectly listing the seven continents of the world in our elementary Social Studies classes. One was not…
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
From Nigeria’s #EndSARS to Kenya’s #RejectFinanceBill, youth-led protests are revealing something deeper: shared frustrations with governance, systemic injustice, and economic marginalization.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
For decades, Africans have been taught to see themselves through national lenses—Nigerian, Kenyan, Ghanaian, and so on. But as Emmanuel Ajibade argues in his thought-provoking article, the lines between us may not be as stark as we believe.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Tackling drug abuse requires deep understanding of human behavior. This study on cognitive-autonomous motivation for alcohol-dependent patients shows how behavioral science crafts more effective interventions. #DrugAbusePrevention #PublicHealth so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJ...
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
On #WorldOceansDay, let's talk ocean health! 🌊 The upcoming @UNOceanConference (June 9-13) will feature 'Ocean Literacy and Conservation Dialogues.' Understanding human behavior is key to protecting our marine treasures. #sundayreads oceandecade.org/events/2025-...
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Events - Ocean Decade
The 2025 UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of France and Costa Rica, will take place from 9 to 13 June 2025 in Nice, France.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
On #CounterHateSpeechDay, understanding how beliefs spread is crucial. This research delves into cognitive biases like anthropomorphism & teleology, helping us grasp why people accept certain narratives. Critical for fighting misinformation! #sundayreads www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14...
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
How do we get more people to act on climate? This article from Science Daily (reporting on new research) explores behavioral strategies that actually motivate environmental action. Nudges for a greener planet! #sundayreads www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Ever wonder how tiny tweaks in human behavior can tackle massive global challenges? 🌍 This June, as the UN marks key days, we're diving into 6 powerful behavioral science articles showing how we can drive real change! A THREAD 👇🧵 #sundayreads
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Read the full article on the link below to see how goal-setting experiments work in practice. www.linkedin.com/pulse/quanti...
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Quantifying the grind. Measuring effort in a controlled environment
by Jennifer Adhiambo As a child, you might have wondered where those small mounds of soil came from. You may have heard they were made by ants and doubted how such tiny creatures could build them.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
This is how Busara explores what drives people to try harder—and how they adjust when the stakes are real.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
In our self-efficacy experiments, participants set their own performance targets and then complete a task to determine whether they can achieve them.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Read the full article by Jennifer Adhiambo to see how context shapes our behavioral experiments here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/quanti...
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Quantifying the grind. Measuring effort in a controlled environment
by Jennifer Adhiambo As a child, you might have wondered where those small mounds of soil came from. You may have heard they were made by ants and doubted how such tiny creatures could build them.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Behavioral science must reflect the realities of those we study. At Busara, we tailor every task to ensure comprehension, fairness, and relevance—because meaningful data starts with thoughtful design.
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Busara @busaracenter.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A task is never just a task. In Kenya, sorting beans might seem familiar—but it can carry cultural meaning that influences how people engage with it. That’s why our effort experiments are always designed with context in mind.
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