@inproceedings{01JKTJHKGWNBF9KJPYZ4A1YGM0,
  abstract     = {{Although nightlife is valued for diverse reasons like socializing and unwinding, it is also a setting where various undesirable activities, such as substance abuse, public urination, or harassment, frequently occur. Traditional prevention measures in this context, such as regulations or information campaigns, often assume that nightlife visitors make fully rational decisions. However, given the limitations of human rationality, several scholars have argued to incorporate behavioral science insights into such prevention policies (e.g., Pogarsky & Herman, 2019). Indeed, nudging or the attempt to influence people's judgment, choice, or behavior by leveraging cognitive biases that hinder rational decision-making (Thaler & Sunstein, 2008, 2021), has proven to be an effective policy tool in many areas of public interest, including healthcare. 


The behavioral approach may be particularly relevant in nightlife prevention efforts, given that the typical nightlife environment often impairs rational and conscious thinking (e.g., through intoxication), causing individuals to rely more on intuitive and unconscious decision-making (Giancola et al., 2010). However, due to the unique nature of nightlife environments, researchers and policymakers cannot assume that insights from nudging interventions in other contexts can be directly generalized to address certain behaviors in nightlife (Sunstein, 2017).


This scoping review aims to explore the existing literature on nudging interventions in nightlife settings, providing an overview of implemented choice architecture interventions and their respective impacts. The review includes academic contributions on the application of nudging in both nightlife settings (e.g., near or in bars, pubs, and clubs) and contexts closely resembling nightlife environments, like festivals, music events, and other comparable gatherings. Furthermore, we use the recently updated BERRY-framework, a taxonomy of choice architecture techniques (Münscher, 2024), to structure our search and categorize the various applications of nudging. The review synthesizes the impact and characteristics of nudges implemented in nightlife or similar settings, including the targeted population, decision-making process or behavior addressed, desired outcomes, choice architecture techniques employed, cognitive biases leveraged, and the intervention format (e.g., leaflet, sticker, sound, etc.). In this presentation, the research design of the scoping review will be discussed, along with some preliminary results.}},
  author       = {{Hauspie, Thijs and Ponnet, Koen and Hardyns, Wim}},
  booktitle    = {{NIG Annual Work Conference 2025, Abstracts}},
  keywords     = {{Nudging,Nightlife,Scoping review}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{Ghent, Belgium}},
  title        = {{Nudging in nightlife : a scoping review of choice architecture interventions in nightlife and similar settings}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}