%T How to keep up social distancing after lockdown %A Benjamin van Rooij %A Emmeke B. Kooistra %I The Conversation %D 2020 %K COVID-19, %K Pandemics, %K Self-regulation, %K Government regulatory policy, %K Regulatory compliance, %K Public health, %K Behavioural insights, %K Disease management %U https://apo.org.au/node/305168 %X Discussing a behavioural survey in the UK in early April which assessed why people were or were not complying with Covid-19 lockdown measures, this article argues that effective mitigation relies on intrinsic motivation and people’s individual decisions to comply with social distancing measures.  %9 Article