Innovation · Behavioral science · Humanitarian action
Britt Titus
Britt Titus is a behavioral scientist and humanitarian innovation leader who has spent thirteen years working in the world's most complex conflict and crisis settings.
She currently serves as Director of Innovation, Design and Learning at the International Rescue Committee's Airbel Impact Lab, where she leads research and innovation programs across more than fifteen countries, spanning mental health, education, child malnutrition, climate resilience, migration, and social cohesion. Her portfolio combines behavioral science, human-centered design, and AI. Its innovations include projects like InforMH, an AI-powered mental health chatbot that has reached over 400,000 refugees and displaced people.
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She and her team have led some of the first rigorous behavioral science experiments ever conducted in active conflict settings, including field research in Syria, Nigeria, and Lebanon. A central thread of her work is rehumanization: how divided communities come to see each other as human again, and how that can be created and scaled.
She previously served with the UN World Food Programme, responding to major emergencies including the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the Syria crisis, and worked at the Behavioral Insights Team applying behavioral science to public policy. In 2026 she served as an advisor and co-organizer of Neuropaz, a global convening on the science of peace gathering Nobel laureates and former heads of state. She co-authored a chapter in the book Behavioral Science for Development, is co-author of SCOPE, a framework for applying behavioral science to complex systems-level problems, and writes for Behavioral Scientist on behavioral science in conflict settings. Her work has been featured in Fast Company, and she is a paid speaker who has presented at UN Behavioral Science Week, the Behavioral Public Policy Conference, BSPA, and Future Earth events, among others.
She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford.
Experience
International Rescue Committee · UN World Food Programme · Behavioural Insights Team · University of Oxford
