Katy Milkman
@katymilkman.bsky.social
👩🏫 Professor at Wharton
📖 Author of the WSJ Bestseller #HowToChange
🎧 Host of Charles Schwab’s #Choiceology podcast
📰 Author of the Milkman Delivers newsletter @ http://katymilkman.substack.com
🌎 Website: www.katymilkman.com
📖 Author of the WSJ Bestseller #HowToChange
🎧 Host of Charles Schwab’s #Choiceology podcast
📰 Author of the Milkman Delivers newsletter @ http://katymilkman.substack.com
🌎 Website: www.katymilkman.com
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!
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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 the link to the recording with Emily Oster if you missed it! @alison-buttenheim.bsky.social @katymilkman.bsky.social @bcfginitiative.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJf1...
Dr. Emily Oster joins CHIBE and BCFG for keynote discussion on communicating scientific evidence
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January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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!
Here's the link to the recording with Emily Oster if you missed it! @alison-buttenheim.bsky.social @katymilkman.bsky.social @bcfginitiative.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJf1...
Dr. Emily Oster joins CHIBE and BCFG for keynote discussion on communicating scientific evidence
YouTube video by UPennCHIBE
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January 29, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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...
January 29, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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 👀
BCFG’s annual report is available now! Check out our latest efforts in advancing positive behavior change at scale: whr.tn/45chIIb
January 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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?
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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!
Excited to announce that this year's Advances with Field Experiments conference will take place at the University of Chicago on September 17-18, 2026.
@johnlist.bsky.social and I will send out a call for abstracts early in the Spring.
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@johnlist.bsky.social and I will send out a call for abstracts early in the Spring.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I’m really looking forward to this and hope you’ll consider joining us!
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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.
Register here: bit.ly/4qqmF8l.
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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.
Register here: bit.ly/4qqmF8l.
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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.
Here’s how to make resolutions stick, according to a behavior change scientist
Researcher Katy Milkman explains science-backed ways to commit to your goals, including a hack called “temptation bundling.”
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January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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.
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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...
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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...
December 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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...
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⌛️ Two days left to double your donation to @give-directly.bsky.social for #PodsFightPoverty!
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Pods Fight Poverty: 2x your impact for 700+ Rwandan families in poverty | GiveDirectly & Giving Multiplier
Join us in sending life-changing cash to 700+ Rwandan families, with your favorite podcasters helping deliver ~$1,100 per family to spend on what they need most. While match funds last, your donation ...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
⌛️ Two days left to double your donation to @give-directly.bsky.social for #PodsFightPoverty!
Donate: givedirectly.org/pods
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...
December 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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...
Opinion | Willpower Doesn’t Work. This Does.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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 🎉
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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 ❤️🎉
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!
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December 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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
Pods Fight Poverty: 1.5x your impact for 700+ families in Rwanda | GiveDirectly & Giving Multiplier
Join us in sending life-changing cash to 700+ Rwandan families, with your favorite podcasters helping deliver ~$1,100 per family to spend on what they need most. While match funds last, your donation ...
GiveDirectly.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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
Thank you to an incredible group of researchers and practitioners who joined us in Cambridge to talk about evidence adoption, and to the @rad-institute.bsky.social for hosting and making it possible.
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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...
A tool for breaking bad habits (and building good ones)
USC psychologist and best-selling author Wendy Wood explains how to harness friction to make good habits easier and bad ones harder.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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 ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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?...
The Anomalies That Changed Economics | Richard Thaler and Alex Imas
YouTube video by Behavior Change For Good Initiative
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November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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