Behavioral Public Policy

Behavioral Public Policy examines how governments, public agencies, institutions, and civic systems use behavioral science to design policies, services, regulations, communications, and decision environments that shape public behavior. This article map studies policy uptake, administrative burden, public-service access, compliance, institutional trust, incentives, defaults, reminders, social norms, risk communication, public health, sustainability, digital government, behavioral regulation, and ethical intervention design. It sits within Behavioral Science & Behavioral Psychology while linking to behavioral economics, choice architecture, social psychology, public administration, governance, law, technology policy, and sustainability. The series asks how public systems can be designed around real human behavior while preserving dignity, fairness, transparency, agency, and democratic accountability. It provides a serious framework for understanding behaviorally informed governance, evidence-based intervention, institutional learning, public trust, policy evaluation, and the ethical use of behavioral influence in civic life and public systems today.