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Why The Accelerator?

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The Social Norms Accelerator is named deliberately: it's designed to shorten the distance between understanding social norms and applying them in practice.

OVER 9 MONTHS, YOUR TEAM WILL:

Learn directly from leading experts

Attend structured online and in-person sessions with practitioners who have applied social norms approaches in contexts of endemic corruption — plus optional one-on-one coaching to support application inside your organization.

Conduct social norms diagnostics and how to design interventions

Learn how to identify the problem and then how to do something about it — designing interventions and making implementation decisions grounded in how behavior actually changes.

 

Build capacity that stays when the program ends

Leave equipped to assess opportunities, strengthen programming, and bring social norms thinking into organizational decision-making — not as outside experts, but as internal champions.

 

Understand social norms rigorously — not just conceptually

Develop a clear, practical understanding of what social norms are, what they are not, and how they shape behavior in corruption contexts — precise enough to apply, not just reference.

 

Leave with ideas ready to use in your context

Integrate concrete approaches for embedding social norms thinking into policy, programming, and strategy — developed during the program against the problems you brought to the table.

 

Join a peer network navigating the same pressures

Engage with a select group of global professionals working through the same institutional challenges — across government, civil society, and multilaterals.

 

Shape internal strategy with confidence

Gain the credibility and fluency to bring social norms thinking into rooms where decisions get made — supported by mentorship from leading practitioners.

 

Design interventions you can defend — and improve

Apply rigorous theory of change thinking — tailored to your own initiative during the program, so you leave knowing how to assess, refine, and strengthen your work under real conditions. 

GOT MORE QUESTIONS?

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions

But if you’re ready to roll, our How does my team apply? page walks you through the application process. 

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