Ask BR-UK

Ask BR-UK is a free, accessible service providing timely behavioural research expertise to research users across the public sector, industry, charities and academia. It offers expert advice on behavioural research methods, theories, evidence, and applications.

How does Ask BR-UK work?

Ask BR-UK provides one-off, online meetings with experts to: 

  • Assess whether and how behavioural science is relevant to your work.
  • Summarise key behavioural science evidence, principles, and applications.
  • Advise on conducting behavioural research.
  • Connect you with relevant behavioural science experts. 

Submit your requests through the Ask BR-UK request form below. Requests are screened to determine if a meeting is needed, depending on demand and available resources. Currently, we expect to hold 1 - 2 Ask BR-UK meetings per month and aim to respond to requests within six weeks. 

For eligible requests, we match you with an expert who provides tailored advice on applying behavioural research to your specific question or challenge. While this service is free, we ask you to complete a short feedback survey to help improve the service. 

Priority is given to timely, high-impact challenges. If demand exceeds capacity, we may not be able to respond or will need to advise on other reputable sources of information.  

Testimonials

Case Study: Scottish Forestry

Scottish Forestry requested support to improve monitoring and evaluation for their green space initiatives. Ask BR-UK organised a 1-to-1 meeting outlining best practices in evaluating interventions and how they could be applied to Scottish Forestry’s work. This led to updates in their evaluation forms and improvements in analysing engagement data. The team at Scottish Forestry said: 

[Ask BR-UK was exactly what we needed - referencing current research and applying it to our real-world example so that we could work on new monitoring methods.

Case Study: Public Health Wales

Public Health Wales sought evidence on how modifications to invitation letters affect attendance at health initiatives. Ask BR-UK conducted a rapid scoping review of the literature on the effect of invitation letter modifications on cancer screening attendance. Public Health Wales is using this to inform ongoing efforts to improve the effectiveness of screening letters. The team said: 

[Ask BR-UK was helpful coming back with a comprehensive and applicable 'answer'. The service provided capacity to explore, in detail, areas that we not normal have (in that timescale).

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