Stony Brook University has been chosen to host the Eighth World Congress of the Game Theory Society, scheduled for July 17-21, 2028. The event is expected to bring between 600 and 700 participants from around the world to the university’s campus.
The World Congress is recognized as a leading international conference in game theory, a discipline within mathematics and economics that examines how rational actors make decisions when their outcomes depend on each other’s choices. Game theory has applications across several fields including mathematics, economics, computer science, political science, psychology, biology, and business.
The successful bid was led by the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory. Formerly known as the Center for Game Theory in Economics, this center originated from the Institute for Decision Sciences established at Stony Brook University in 1987 by Michel Balinski. Over nearly forty years, it has organized more than 110 scientific events—comprising 36 annual international conferences and over 75 workshops—that have explored both theoretical and applied aspects of game theory.
“Being selected to host the World Congress is recognition of the scale and global standing of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory,” said Yair Tauman, professor in the Department of Economics and director of the center. “This congress is a much larger event than our annual international conferences and reflects decades of sustained research activity, including 36 consecutive years of National Science Foundation support and the participation of leading scholars from around the world. It brings long-overdue visibility to work that has made Stony Brook one of the most respected centers for game theory globally.”
The center has welcomed more than 2,700 scientists since its founding. Notably, twelve Nobel laureates have participated in its activities; five are current or posthumously affiliated with the center.
For this congress, Stony Brook University and its Center for Game Theory will act as primary hosts with financial and administrative responsibility. The Game Theory Society will oversee academic programming while logistical arrangements will be managed by teams from various university departments including Economics, Conferences and Special Events, and Information Technology.
Approximately 660 talks are planned during the five-day event. Sessions will include plenary lectures as well as special sessions commemorating milestones such as the 30th anniversary of the Game Theory Society.
