Katy Milkman
@katy_milkman
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Prof. @Wharton, behavioral scientist, co-director of @BehaviorChange, #Choiceology podcast host & author of WSJ Bestseller HOW TO CHANGE (https://t.co/IuGdasw1Sm)
Philadelphia, PA
Joined July 2013
That feeling when you open your favorite newsletter from the @nytimes to read about their 8 favorite books of 2021 and find your book at the top of the list đ€Ż https://t.co/NKej3uWiTy
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Homeschooling Resources, Workshops & more! Attendees from 38 states!
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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 đ
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So proud of the brilliant, amazing and delightful @hengchen_dai â€ïžđ
Congratulations to Hengchen Dai who is the winner of the 2026 Early Career Impact Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences! https://t.co/fqmPpHj7xv
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Is winning an auction always truly a win? Nobel Prizeâwinning economist @R_Thaler explained the origin of "The Winner's Curse," the title of his newest book with co-author @AlexOlegImas, during a @BehaviorChange event moderated by @AngelaDuckw and @Katy_Milkman.
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This December, >2 dozen podcasts are joining forces to raise $1M for 700+ families living in extreme poverty across 3 villages in Rwanda. I'm proud to be supporting this #PodsFightPoverty effort in my capacity as host of #Choiceology (and joining other great hosts I admire like
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In @Nature , we ran experiments where voters had short (~6 min) text chats with an AI told to promote one candidate/side We tested this in: đșđž 2024 US presidential race đšđŠ 2025 Canada national election đ”đ± 2025 Poland prez election +MA psychedelics ballot https://t.co/imhD6YocKu
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Nature - Humanâartificial intelligence (AI) dialogues can meaningfully impact votersâ attitudes towards presidential candidates and policy, demonstrating the potential of conversational...
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We do cutting-edge research on behavior change strategies that help people improve their health, savings, and educational outcomes. This Giving Tuesday, we hope youâll choose to support our work and amplify our impact: https://t.co/0YlDjDxWYT
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How can understanding âfrictionâ in decision making help you break bad habits and reinforce good ones? Iâm 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!
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NEW with @evavivalt on forecasting social science. Results from the first 100 papers on the SSPP. Do people overestimate treatment effects? Are some predictors more accurate? Can forecasts be used for power calcs? Read on! @katy_milkman @Devin_G_Pope @lkatz42 @betsylevyp
đš New working paper! How well do people predict the results of studies? @sdellavi and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... đ§”đ
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It wouldnât be the âŠ@SJDMOfficialâ© conference without a family dinner! I love this annual tradition of a meal with all of my current and former âŠ@Whartonâ© PhD students and my studentsâ students. Thanksgiving came early for me â€ïž
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We enjoyed a lively conversation between @katy_milkman, @femonomics, and @juddkessler about how behavioral economics can help people get more out of life. Weâre glad so many people joined us for this event!
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See 29:40 for when @katy_milkman made me explain how concavity generates risk aversion in Expected Utility Theory and why it can't explain risk aversion over small-stakes....without a whiteboard or slides! A lot of hand motions were made.
it was so much fun to host @R_Thaler and @alexolegimas @Wharton for a conversation about The Winnerâs Curse and the evolution of behavioral economics. missed it? check out the recording on the @BehaviorChange youtube channel! https://t.co/04162Xtm3F
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I'm excited to share access to a video of the conversation @angeladuckw & I hosted live @Wharton with our brilliant friends @R_Thaler & @alexolegimas about their new book THE WINNER'S CURSE & how behavioral economics has evolved in the last 30 years.
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Heads up to all our Bay Area friends! âŠ@alexolegimasâ© and I am having a conversation with some guy called Michael Lewis who can make anyone seem interesting! Come see if we can screw this up.
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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
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Great talk from @sdellavi at @PennCHIBE conference about forecasts of social science experimentsâ effects. We expect effects that are roughly 2x as big as we get.
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Just fyi that our registration link went down for a couple of hours, but itâs working again and weâd love it if you joined us! Apologies for the hassle!
If youâre in Philly, donât miss this special event tomorrow at @Penn! @Stanford Professor and @macfound âgeniusâ award winner Jennifer Eberhardt will give a talk on Wednesday, November 12, at 4:30 pm. See flyer for info! Register: https://t.co/ETgx5M4Qj3
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