University Distinguished Professor Emeriti, Michigan State University

Thomas Dietz is a human ecologist and environmental sociologist. His research focuses on the drivers of environmental change and human well being, on the social psychology of environmental decision making and on the interplay between science and values in decision making.  He is University Distinguished Professor Emeriti at Michigan State University, where he was founding director of the Environmental Science and Policy.  He was elected to the US National Academy of Science in 2023, is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, has been awarded the Sustainability Science Award from the Ecological Society of America,  and research awards from the American Sociological Association sections on Environment and on Animals and Society. He is an Affiliate of the Gund Institute of Environment at the University of Vermont His Decisions for Sustainability (Cambridge, 2003) won the Gerald R. Young Book Award from the Society for Human Ecology.