To everyone responding with vitriol: please come! Our goal in choosing speakers was to platform both popular and unpopular figures advocating for scientific reforms to spark productive conversations across divides! If this makes you angry, come engage in dialogue — that’s how we improve.

I'm co-organizing a free, 2-day Zoom workshop from the NAS & hope you'll consider attending! 📅 April 23-24: Discuss how we can enhance scientific integrity in the social and behavioral sciences REGISTER: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DBA... PROGRAM: www.nationalacademies.org/cdn/material...

How can you improve your decisions? In this Q&A with Duke Prof. Jack Soll, you’ll find a checklist you can use to boost the quality of important choices. open.substack.com/pub/katymilk...

This is TODAY if you’re in Philly 🎉

On 3/16, the Behavior Change for Good Initiative (@bcfginitiative.bsky.social) will co-host superstar @uofchicago.bsky.social Econ Prof. John List at Wharton for a talk called "Field Experiments on Trial: Bringing Causal Evidence to the Courtroom." Join us at 12PM on the 8th floor of Huntsman Hall!

I am speaking at the SPSP 2026 Annual Convention. Please check out my panel on science communication if you're attending the event! #SPSP2026

If there's a habit you've been meaning to break (or make), today's episode is for you. We dive into the science of why habits are so tenacious, and the brilliant @katymilkman.bsky.social shares advice for making real change stick. (Hint: don't just "just do it.") omny.fm/shows/part-t...

Most of your favorite stories from Star Wars to Harry Potter follow a 7 step formula called a hero’s journey. What’s fascinating is that Kurt Gray & his collaborators showed recasting your own life story so it fits this formula can improve your resilience! Read on: open.substack.com/pub/katymilk...

I’m so excited that REVEALING is out this week! My incredible friend and collaborator HBS Prof. Leslie John wrote this book to help you discover the science behind the underrated power of oversharing. I hope you'll love it as much as I did! Pick up a copy: www.amazon.com/Revealing-Un...)

What is naive realism + how could recognizing this bias help improve your relationships? I share a Q&A with @JuliaMinson on naive realism in my latest newsletter. Julia’s soon-to-be-released book, How to Disagree Better, is a must read for 2026: a.co/d/0ayF4p3V! 👉🏻 open.substack.com/pub/katymilk...

It was a treat to kick off our Wharton Decision Processes speaker series with a talk by Duke Prof Rick Larrick about the perils of including your own best guess at a quantity when eliciting an outside estimate. We even managed to snap a photo of Rick on our bench with Ben Franklin. Snow be darned!

What is the best thing about being a behavioral scientist at Wharton? It's hard to pick, but it *might* be attending our extraordinary, star-studded Decision Processes seminar series. Check out the speakers we brought through this fall, each of whom agreed to pose on Penn's iconic Ben Franklin bench

Here’s a recording of yesterday’s Q&A on science communication with Emily Oster!

Here’s a recording of yesterday’s Q&A on science communication with Emily Oster!

It was *such* a treat to co-host Emily Oster (w/ @alison-buttenheim.bsky.social) for a Zoom Q&A today on how to communicate about science with a broad audience. The highlight? Possibly the unexpected game of "Underrated/Overrated" Alison launched at the close. Here are Emily's hot takes...

Don’t miss the chance to join me for a Q&A with the incredible Prof. Emily Oster on Zoom next Wed 1/28 at 12PM ET. I’ll be co-hosting a conversation about best practices in science communication. Who better to answer questions on this topic than Emily Oster? Register to join here: bit.ly/4qqmF8l

I’m so proud of everything the team at the Behavior Change for Good Initiative accomplished in 2025! Check it out 👀

Today, my brilliant friend Maya Shankar's first book - THE OTHER SIDE OF CHANGE - is officially available. This book is powerful and poignant. Sometimes we're forced to cope with a change we never anticipated and would never have chosen. What then?

I’m really looking forward to this and hope you’ll consider joining us!

Mark your calendar: BCFG, @katymilkman.bsky.social and @pennchibe.bsky.social will host a virtual keynote talk with Emily Oster on Wed 1/28 at 12 PM ET. Register here: bit.ly/4qqmF8l.

Kick off the new year with insights on how to reach your goals–featuring Co-Director @katymilkman.bsky.social in a recent @washingtonpost.com article by @gretchenxreynolds.bsky.social: wapo.st/4qHDDiL.

When @melrobbins.bsky.social and I talked about the science of behavior change, I explained the importance of using friction to support your best intentions. That means making it as easy as possible to do things that are good for you and as hard as possible to do things that are bad for you.

Ever wondered why people are particularly open to change at New Year's? I did! As I explained to @melrobbins.bsky.social, that wondering led Hengchen Dai, Jason Riis and I to collect data, and we found that every New Year, every Monday, and every birthday all have something in common...

When @melrobbins.bsky.social asked me to explain why the people around you matter and how they can shape what you're able to achieve, here's what I said...

⌛️ Two days left to double your donation to @give-directly.bsky.social for #PodsFightPoverty! Donate: givedirectly.org/pods

When @melrobbins.bsky.social asked me the biggest lie we've all been told about change, here's what I said...

I couldn’t possibly agree more with this wise advice on how to set yourself up for success with your 2026 goals from the brilliant @angeladuckworth.bsky.social in today’s New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...

So many of my friends wrote great books in 2025! Here are over a dozen photos I took this year to celebrate newly released behavioral science books. Congratulations all 🎉

So proud of the brilliant, amazing and delightful Hengchen Dai of UCLA ❤️🎉

This month, dozens of podcasts are collaborating to raise $1M for 700+ families living in extreme poverty in 3 villages in Rwanda. I'm proud to be supporting this effort in my capacity as host of #Choiceology. Please support this campaign and make a gift at: GiveDirectly.org/choice

This was so terrific! Thanks to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social for being a brilliant researcher, leader, and convener! #ScienceForGood

How can understanding “friction” in decision making help you break bad habits and reinforce good ones? I’m delighted to share a Q&A with the brilliant psychologist and best-selling author Professor Wendy Wood on this topic in the latest Milkman Delivers! open.substack.com/pub/katymilk...

It wouldn’t be the ⁦‪#sjdm‬⁩ conference without a family dinner! I love this annual tradition of a meal with all of my current and former ⁦Wharton‬⁩ PhD students and my students’ students. Thanksgiving came early for me ❤️

I'm excited to share access to a video of the conversation @angeladuckworth.bsky.social & I hosted at Wharton w/ our brilliant friends @rthaler.bsky.social & @aleximas.bsky.social about their new book THE WINNER'S CURSE & how behavioral econ has evolved in the last 30 years. youtu.be/hH8UgQb-x4A?...

Alex Chan shares an updated take on how much opt-out organ donation matters. Does switching to this policy actually increase organs donated? Only in countries where consent is interpreted strictly (without requiring the additional consent of next of kin). @pennchibe.bsky.social

Great talk from Stefano Della Vigna at @pennchibe.bsky.social conference about forecasts of social science experiments’ effects. We expect effects that are roughly 2x as big as we get.

Just fyi that our registration link went down for a couple of hours, but it’s working again and we’d love it if you joined us! Apologies for the hassle!

If you’re in Philly, don’t miss this special event tomorrow at Penn! Stanford Professor and McArthur “genius” award winner Jennifer Eberhardt will give a talk on Wednesday, November 12, at 4:30 pm. See flyer for info! Register: bit.ly/4qF14dj

If you’re in Philly we have another great event coming up at Penn next week. Join us for a special talk by Stanford Prof. and @macfound.org “genius” award winner Jennifer Eberhardt on Wednesday, 11/12 at 4:30 pm. More details below. Register: bit.ly/4qF14dj

I love seeing my friends’ books in the airport when I travel! Snapped this in NC earlier today. I hope you’ll join me and the author, @corinnelow.com Mon 11/3 at 4 pm at Wharton in Jon M Huntsman Hall G06 for a live interview about her book, Judd Kessler’s, and how econ can improve your life!

In Philly? Come join me on Mon 11/3 at 4 PM at Wharton: I’ll interview my fellow Wharton Profs @corinnelow.com and Judd Kessler about their fantastic new books, HAVING IT ALL and LUCKY BY DESIGN. The first 200 attendees will get free books! RSVP here: bit.ly/4hop005

Don’t miss the incredible Amy Finkelstein of MIT on Zoom this Wed, 10/29 @ 12 PM ET delivering the @pennchibe.bsky.social x @bcfginitiative.bsky.social fall virtual keynote lecture! I’ll co-moderate w/ Kevin Volpp as she discusses facts and fallacies about US healthcare. Register here bit.ly/3VIvfC2

Wouldn't it be great to gather top social science journal editors + experts on fraud-prevention to discuss better ways to fraud-proof our field @ the National Academies? This is happening! Step 1 is creating an organizing committee. Submit nominees by 11/7: www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/enh...

How is self-control defined? Does self-control early in life predict later success? If you show high self-control at work, will you exhibit high self-control everywhere? Learn the answers from @angeladuckworth.bsky.social on a new episode of the #Choiceology podcast 🦻 www.schwab.com/learn/story/...

Happy pub day to THE WINNER'S CURSE by @rthaler.bsky.social + @aleximas.bsky.social! The original (1992) version of this book changed my life -- it's the reason I study judgment and decision making. For a preview of the new edition, check out my Q&A w/ the authors t.co/n3ThOxpJak

I got my flu shot and covid booster today ⁦‪at ⁦‪cvs pharmacy‬⁩ and I’m feeling great (bring it on, virus season; you won’t slow me down!). These vaccines are waiting for you too!

Join us live next Thursday, 10/23, if you’re in the philly area. Otherwise, keep an eye on our YouTube channel!

📢POSTDOC POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT📢 @nourkteily.bsky.social & I are recruiting a postdoc in the #LitowitzCenter for Enlightened Disagreement. We seek research excellence regarding navigating conflict. Application deadline: Nov. 17. Salary: ~$80k. facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/MjQzNw==

Congratulations to my brilliant Wharton colleague + collaborator Judd Kessler on this week’s publication of LUCKY BY DESIGN! Let Judd give you the tools to succeed when competing for a restaurant reservation, concert tix or even your dream job. Get your copy: a.co/d/cxNcrL1

Interested in working on research with @katymilkman.bsky.social & @angeladuckworth.bsky.social to promote #BehaviorChange? Apply to our full-time Pre-Doc Researcher position, ideal for anyone considering a PhD! June ‘26 start: bit.ly/3J2UJaq