Will was a Senior Programme Manager working on Nesta's people-powered public services and education programmes. Senior Data Science Lead, Data Analytics Practice Rachel is senior data science lead in ...

A typical dual-fuel household currently pays roughly the same amount for their gas bill (£833) as electricity (£884), even though they use more than four times more gas than electricity (on an ...

Evidence-based parenting support is one of the most effective strategies that we have for improving children’s outcomes in the early years. However, challenges and barriers exist that are preventing ...

There are no policy recommendations in this report – Nesta’s new blueprint for halving obesity already makes it possible to identify the most effective policy interventions to pursue and at what scale ...

There is good evidence that loneliness causes worse mental health and wellbeing outcomes. The impact on mental health is potentially substantial, for example, people who report feeling lonely are 2.25 ...

Andy Marsden works as a Design Lead at Nesta. Kevin was an analyst for the sustainable future mission, helping to explore scalable solutions for accelerating the decarbonisation of heating across UK ...

Tom joins Nesta as a senior policy advisor for the Rapid Insights Team. Head of Policy, Rapid Insights Team Lucy was the Head of Policy for Nesta and the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), and led the ...

This report primarily uses data on heat pumps from EurObserv’er for the years between 2011 and 2021. The majority of the heat pumps in this dataset are air-to-air heat pumps, many of which are used ...

The UK has about 23 million gas boilers, all heating the oldest housing stock in Europe.Despite attempts to encourage heat pump adoptions, it’s expected that 10 million new boilers will be fitted ...

Most people live in homes that burn gas or other fossil fuels to provide heat and hot water. To reach net zero emissions by 2050, we have to switch to greener heating. Heat pumps, which run on ...

Andy works as the interim Head of Nesta Cymru and senior mission manager for a sustainable future. Lead Behavioural Scientist, sustainable future mission Andrew was the lead behavioural scientist for ...