2026 IC2S2: Keynote Presentation by Katy Milkman

12th International Conference on Computational Social Science hosted by the University of Vermont's Complex Systems Institute Katy Milkman | The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Katy Milkman is best known for her award-winning research on how to identify and overcome barriers that prevent positive behavioral change. Her insights have been applied to topics such as savings, exercise, vaccination uptake, and discrimination. Milkman is currently the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her teaching and research, she is a best-selling author, host of Charles Schwab's popular behavioral economics podcast 'Choiceology', and the former president of the International Society for Judgment and Decision Making. Milkman is also the co-founder and co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative at the Wharton School, a research center with the mission of advancing the science of lasting behavior change. Links: https://ic2s2-2026.org/ https://vermontcomplexsystems.org/