Stony Brook University will host the Eighth World Congress of the Game Theory Society from July 17 to 21, 2028. The event is expected to bring between 600 and 700 scholars from around the world to the university’s campus.
Game theory is a field within mathematics and economics that examines how rational actors make strategic decisions in situations where outcomes depend on others’ choices. Its applications extend across disciplines such as computer science, political science, psychology, biology, and business.
The selection of Stony Brook follows a proposal submitted by the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory. The center has been active in game theory research since its establishment as part of the Institute for Decision Sciences in 1987 by Michel Balinski. It has organized more than 110 scientific activities, including 36 annual international conferences and over 75 workshops focused on 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, leading 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.”
Over nearly forty years, more than 2,700 scientists have participated in events at the center. Notably, twelve Nobel laureates—including Kenneth Arrow, Robert Aumann, Gérard Debreu, John Nash, Reinhard Selten, Thomas Schelling, Vernon Smith, Eric Maskin, Roger Myerson, Alvin Roth, Lloyd Shapley and Paul Milgrom—have attended or are affiliated with it. Five are current or posthumous members.
Stony Brook University will serve as primary host institution for this congress alongside its Center for Game Theory. The university will take on financial and administrative responsibilities while coordinating logistics through several departments: Economics; Conferences and Special Events; and Information Technology. The Game Theory Society will manage scientific programming.
The congress program includes about 660 contributed talks across five days with plenary sessions as well as special sessions commemorating milestones such as the society’s thirtieth anniversary.
