Game Changer - the game theory podcast

About Game Changer - the game theory podcast

In Game Changer, the podcast by TWS Partners, we want to share our enthusiasm and passion for game theory and its applications. We invite guests from business and academia to discuss how they use the power of game theory in their profession to make a difference – and to learn some fun anecdotes, useful facts and valuable insights along the way. Join us on this journey, and find out that game theory is much more than a topic for ivory tower discussions.

Publisher

TWS Partners

Category

business · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Sept 2020

Latest episode

20 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

132 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Jul 2026

   From Bullies to Role Models: Changing School Culture from Within | with Elif Kubilay

   In this episode, we speak with Elif Kubilay about a study she conducted with Sule Alan on how adolescents can be empowered to change the social climate in schools. We discuss student-teachers, peer influence, bullying, self-persuasion, and what happens when students are trusted with real responsibility. The paper is available here. Elif Kubilay is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Essex. Her research focuses on development economics, labour economics, education, and behavioural economics, with a particular interest in how school environments shape children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills.

2. 

   3 Jul 2026

   When Everyone Has a Say: Negotiating Complex Conflicts | with Lawrence Susskind

   In this episode, we explore the challenges of multi-party negotiations and why reaching agreement becomes exponentially harder as more stakeholders enter the room. Our guest Lawrence Susskind explains the principles of the Mutual Gains Approach and we discuss applications ranging from local disputes over renewable energy projects to the intricacies of building data centres and setting up other large-scale infrastructure investments. Along the way, we examine why organisations often underestimate stakeholder concerns and what they can do to build durable agreements. Lawrence Susskind is the Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at MIT and co-founder of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.

3. 

   22 Jun 2026

   The Calibration Game: Can Anyone Predict the Future? | with Rakesh Vohra

   In this episode, we explore what it really means to make a "good" prediction. Starting with something as ordinary as a weather forecast, we discuss why forecasting poses deep economic and game theoretic questions. Together with our guest Rakesh Vohra, we unpack the concept of calibration, examine how forecasts can be evaluated, and revisit the surprising insight that even someone without meteorological expertise can produce calibrated weather predictions. Rakesh Vohra is the George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor of Economics at University of Pennsylvania. You can find his paper co-authored with Dean Foster on calibration here.

Who has been a guest on Game Changer - the game theory podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dirk Bergemann
• David Pinsof
• Vitali Gretschko
• Topi Miettinen

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

69 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

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Quality

95

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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