Advanced Modules in Behaviour Change

The modular structure of these courses allows participants to develop specialist knowledge and skills in behaviour change according to their areas of interest.

The next series of Advanced Modules will take place between September - November 2024:

Influencing motivation - 19 September 2024

Introduction to ontologies and the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology - 16 October 2024

Designing and evaluating behaviour change interventions: applying the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology - 24 October 2024

Process Evaluation: Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) Toolbox - 4 November 2024

Principles and Practice of Behavioural Systems Mapping - 14 November 2024

International Training Programme Advanced Module:

Influencing motivation

Influencing motivation is often key to achieving behaviour change. That may mean shaping people’s plans, values, desires, and/or habits. Professor Robert West, a founder of the PRIME Theory of motivation and the COM-B model of behaviour will guide participants step-by-step on a tour of human motivation and how it can be influenced through education, persuasion, reward, punishment, imitation, rules, environmental cues, providing support and by training habits and self-regulation skills. It will also address how we can build resistance against to attempts at manipulation by vested interests. The module will be interactive and include plenty of time for discussion. It will cover practical examples of motivational influence in a range of areas relating to human health and wellbeing, and offer participants an opportunity to discuss motivational interventions in their areas of interest. 
Date: 19 September 2024
Time: 10am-4pm, with 30 minutes for lunch and 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon.
Facilitator: Professor Robert West 

Book now on our Online Store, our early bird rate ends 31 July 2024.

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Introduction to ontologies and the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology 

This module will introduce the use of ontologies to advance the behavioural and social sciences by improving intervention reporting, linking written information and datasets across knowledge silos, and enabling data to be analysed using machine learning and artificial intelligence.  We will present the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology, demonstrate how to use it in behavioural science, and explain how to contribute to its ongoing improvement.  

The module will be interactive and include time for demonstration, practice and discussion; there will be scheduled short breaks between sessions during the day.

Date: 16 October 2024
Time: 10am-4pm, with 30 minutes for lunch and 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon.
Facilitators: Professor Susan Michie, Professor Robert West, Dr Marta Marques, Dr Paulina Schenk, Lisa Zhang

Book now on our Online Store, our early bird rate ends 31 August 2024.

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Designing and evaluating behaviour change interventions: applying the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology

This module is for people who have completed the introductory module or have a good knowledge of ontologies and a familiarity with the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology (BCIO). Participants will learn how to use the BCIO for designing, evaluating and reporting interventions, and for evidence synthesis. It will present in depth the parts of the ontology representing aspects of intervention content and delivery. Participants will undertake guided practice using the available tools for searching, visualising and updating the BCIO.

The module will be interactive and include time for demonstrations, practice and discussion. There will be short breaks between sessions during the day. 

Date: 24 October 2024
Time: 10am-4pm, with 30 minutes for lunch and 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon.
Facilitators: Professor Susan Michie, Professor Robert West, Dr Marta Marques, Dr Paulina Schenk, Lisa Zhang

Book now on our Online Store, our early bird rate ends 31 August 2024.

International Training Programme Advanced Module:

Process Evaluation: Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) Toolbox

Process Evaluation can be applied to better understand the outcomes of our behaviour change interventions by asking questions such as, which parts of our intervention were actually delivered, how were they received, and how and why did they have their impact on our target behaviour? This module will explore two key components of Process Evaluation; Fidelity and Mechanisms of Change. Participants will learn about what these components of Process Evaluation are, why they are worth investigating, and how the Behaviour Change Wheel toolbox can help us to do so. 

Key content will be broken down into digestible chunks with time allocated to apply the learning to learners’ own interventions and gain support on how to prioritise different components of process evaluation based on available resources.

Date: 4 November 2024
Time: 10am-4pm, with 30 minutes for lunch and 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon.
Facilitators: Dr Fabiana Lorencatto, Dr Danielle D'Lima

Book now on our Online Store, our early bird rate ends 31 August 2024.

 International Training Programme Advanced Module:

Principles and Practice of Behavioural Systems Mapping 

A key task in developing behaviour change interventions is to answer the question of who and what should we focus our intervention on in order to achieve our goal. Behaviours form parts of interacting systems that evolve over time, and the choice of behavioural and population targets can usefully be informed by modelling the causal influences in those systems: a process that can be described as behavioural systems mapping. This module takes participants through the principles of systems thinking, how they can be applied to behavioural systems through methods of behavioural systems mapping, and how to analyse and interpret behavioural systems maps. It equips participants with the knowledge and skills required to begin to create and use behavioural systems maps using freely available software.

The module is interactive and includes practical sessions in which participants can work together to familiarise themselves with both the principles and practice of creating behavioural systems maps.

Date: 14 November 2024
Time: 10am-4pm, with 30 minutes for lunch and 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon.
Facilitators: Dr Jo Davan-Wetton, Professor Robert West, Dr Vivi Antonopoulou, Dr Lucy Porter

Book now on our Online Store, our early bird rate ends 31 August 2024.

Booking Fees

**The LMIC rate is only available to participants who are based or work in an OECD-identified Low and Middle Income Country - if you are unsure about this, please consult this list:  https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/guidance/low-and-middle-income-countries.

If your organisation is already a UCL customer, we can invoice your organisation upon receiving a Purchase Order. Please include the participant's name, email address, correct registration fee rate, and invoice contact information in your purchase order, and email it to behaviourchange@ucl.ac.uk.

Cancellation Policy

• Delegates are entitled to a full refund, providing they request a cancellation within 7 days of booking.
• After 7 days of the booking, and up to 15 days before the event, delegates can request to cancel the booking and will be entitled to a refund of 80% of the total booking price.
• If there are 14 days or less to the event delegates can cancel their bookings but are not entitled to a refund.
• Please note that delegates booking within 14 days or less of the event can still cancel, but unlike point 1 where they would be entitled to a full refund, delegates will not be entitled to a refund.

Please send any questions relating to cancellations to behaviourchange@ucl.ac.uk.

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