Negotiating Neuroliberalism: Changing Behaviours, Values and Beliefs.

谈判神经自由主义：改变行为、价值观和信仰。

基本信息

批准号：
ES/L003082/1
负责人：
Mark Whitehead
金额：
$ 24.21万
依托单位：
Aberystwyth University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL003082%2F1
关键词：
Negotiating Neuroliberalism Changing Behaviours Values

项目摘要

There has been a subtle, yet far-reaching, transformation in the way in which the human subject has been conceptualised within academic research and policy agendas in recent years. The growing significance of notions of behaviour change testify to a re-calibration of understandings of subjectivity; with a vision of an inadequate, irrational and fundamentally flawed human subject assuming greater significance. This conception of the attenuated capacities of humans has, moreover, gained increasing purchase within policy discourses in a number of states. While some research has been undertaken on the growing significance of a neuroliberal agenda, it possesses three major gaps, which act as the basis of our research questions. We ask:1) To what extent is a neurological agenda informing public policy initiatives across the world and to what degree is this agenda being translated and 'stretched' into novel configurations?We will construct a genealogical account of the emergence of neuroliberalism as a global policy rationale. The first stage will involve a documentary/web-based survey in order to establish a baseline account of the geographic distribution of neuroliberal initiatives. On the basis of this survey, six states will be chosen for further qualitative research in order to establish: the extent to which, and the mechanisms through which, ideas from the 'psy sciences' have informed recent policy initiatives; and the degree to which ideas of behaviour change have been adapted by policy-makers within those states. While we cannot, at this stage, indicate with certainty the states that we will study, we envisage that they will in all likelihood include: the US (as the alleged birthplace of behaviour change interventions); the UK (a state that makes sense given the recent prevalence of behaviour change initiatives); two European states with possibilities here including Denmark (a country with a large welfare state and a strong tradition of state intervention) and France (a country lying outside and sometimes in opposition to Anglo-American politics); India (a state from the global south); and New Zealand (a state that has experimented with and subsequently drawn back from behaviour change initiatives). A total of 35 semi-structured interviews will be conducted with governmental actors. A further 15 interviews will be conducted with key academics in each of the states researched, whose ideas have underpinned these neuroliberal policy experiments.2) How effective are behaviour change initiatives and what methods are best used to monitor and understand their effectiveness?We will analyse the effectiveness of behaviour change initiatives and analyse the effectiveness of different evaluative methods - including randomised control trials, online surveys, interviews and focus groups - for elucidating the actual impact that existing behaviour change initiatives have on individuals and groups. This element of the research programme will comprise two main methods; qualitative analysis of the interviews conducted in work strand 1 and a synthetic review of documents produced within each of the six states, which have sought to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioural policies. 3) To what extent is it possible to develop alternative effective and empowering ways of changing behaviours; in ways that move beyond the attenuated vision of subjectivity exhibited by the behaviour change agenda?We will evaluate the effectiveness of alternative mechanisms for changing behaviours and values. The ethical problems associated with behaviour change strategies necessitate research into the efficacy of other approaches, which engage with the values and beliefs that underpin behaviour. Action research involving 40 participants will investigate a range of alternative initiatives designed to change behaviour and values, including, but not limited to, mindfulness training, connected conversations and behavioural literacy sessions.

近年来，在学术研究和政策议程中概念化了人类主题的方式，存在着微妙而深远的转变。行为变化概念的日益重要的意义证明了对主观性理解的重新校准。具有不足，非理性和根本缺陷的人类受试者的愿景具有更大的意义。此外，这种对人类衰减能力的概念在许多州的政策论述中获得了越来越多的购买。尽管已经对神经自由主义议程的重要性进行了一些研究，但它具有三个主要差距，这是我们研究问题的基础。我们问：1）神经系统议程在多大程度上启发了世界各地的公共政策计划，以及该议程被翻译成新颖的新型构型？我们将构建对神经自由主义作为全球政策理由的出现的家谱叙述。第一阶段将涉及基于纪录片/网络的调查，以建立神经自由主义倡议地理分布的基线帐户。根据这项调查，将选择六个州进行进一步的定性研究，以确定：“ PSY科学”的思想在多大程度上以及在哪些机制中介绍了最近的政策倡议；以及这些州内政策制定者对行为改变思想的适应程度。尽管在此阶段我们不能肯定地表明我们将研究的国家，但我们设想它们很可能包括：美国（作为所谓的行为改变的出生地）；英国（鉴于行为改变计划的最新流行率，这是有意义的）；这里有两个可能性的欧洲国家，包括丹麦（一个拥有庞大的福利国家和强烈的国家干预传统）和法国（一个躺在外面，有时是反对盎格鲁裔美国政治的国家）；印度（来自全球南方的国家）；和新西兰（一种已经从行为改变计划进行了试验并随后撤回的状态）。总共将对政府演员进行35次半结构化访谈。在每个所研究的州中，将对这些神经自由主义的政策实验的构想进行另外15项访谈。2）2）行为改变倡议的有效性以及哪些方法最能使用哪些方法来监控和了解其有效性？我们将分析行为变化的有效性，并分析EL的效率，包括在线评估方法，并分析了在线评估方法，并分析了不同的评估方法，并分析了不同的访问效果，并分析了不同的评估效果 - 现有的行为改变计划对个人和群体具有。研究计划的这个要素将包括两种主要方法。对工作链1进行的访谈的定性分析以及对六个州中每个州中每一个的文件的综合审查，这些文件试图评估行为政策的有效性。 3）有可能在多大程度上开发替代性和授权改变行为的能力；以行为改变议程所表现出的主观性的衰减愿景的方式，我们将评估替代机制在改变行为和价值方面的有效性。与行为改变策略相关的道德问题需要研究其他方法的功效，这些方法与行为的价值观和信念相关。涉及40名参与者的行动研究将研究一系列旨在改变行为和价值观的替代举措，包括但不限于正念培训，相互关联的对话和行为素养会议。