Co-design of Behavioural Public Policies: Epistemic Promises and Challenges

Samuel De La Cruz Solal
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Samuel De La Cruz Solal: Université Côte d'Azur, France

No 2025-05, GREDEG Working Papers from Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France

Abstract: The aim of this article is to highlight the potential of codesign approaches to address the risk of boomerang effects following the implementation of social norm nudges. I highlight several epistemic causes of the boomerang effect and argue that a co-design of nudges could provide an effective solution to address these causes. Furthermore, I argue that such an approach, based on the deliberation process between citizens and experts, is likely to enhance the ethical aspects of nudging. After a clarification of the notion of ‘codesign’, which remains quite elusive in the literature, I discuss some challenges that codesign approaches face, in particular regarding the status of ‘expert-citizens’ in codesign

Keywords: social norm nudges; boomerang effect; expert-citizens; co-design; social acceptability; behavioural public policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B40 D63 D70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2025-03
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