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Andy Hoffman

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Andy Hoffman is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise; a position that holds joint appointments at the School for Environment and Sustainability and the Ross School of Business. He also also serves as education director of the Graham Sustainability Institute.  His research focuses on corporate strategies that address environmental and social issues.  His disciplinary background lies in the areas of organizational behavior, institutional change, negotiations and change management.  He has published more than 100 articles and eleven books, two of which have been translated into five different languages. Prior to academics, he worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency, Metcalf & Eddy, the Amoco Corporation, and T&T Construction and Design, Inc. In 2004, he was a Senior Fellow with the Meridian Institute.

Publications

  • Hoffman, A. (2016) Finding Purpose: Environmental Stewardship as a Personal Calling, (Leeds, UK: Greenleaf Publishing).

  • Hoffman, A., et al. (2015) Academic Engagement in Public and Political Discourse: Proceedings of the Michigan Meeting, May 2015 (Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Publishing)

  • Hoffman, A. (2015) How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate, (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press).

  • Henn, R. and A. Hoffman (eds.) (2013) Constructing Green: The Social Structures of Sustainability (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).

  • Ehrenfeld, J. and A. Hoffman (2013) Flourishing: A Frank Conversation on Sustainability (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press).

Read more publications here. 

Research
  • 2002: Boston University Junior Faculty Research Grant, Cultural and Organizational Diffusion of Environmental Affairs.

Education

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (management, civil and environmental engineering)

MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (civil and environmental engineering)

BS, University of Massachusetts (chemical engineering)

Affiliations

Board on Environmental Change and Society planning committee on Methods for Characterizing Risk in Climate Change Assessments (Washington DC: The National Academy of Sciences) (2015-2016).

Co-organizer, National Academies of Science workshop on climate change and management education, (Washington DC: The National Academy of Sciences) (2012-2103).

Co-organizer, National Climatic Data Center Executive Forums on Business and Climate, (June: Asheville, NC; November: Washington DC; NOAA, NCDC) (2011-2012).

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In the Media
01/24/2023
Andy Hoffman
What’s behind the climate culture wars? (Marketplace)
11/09/2022
Andy Hoffman
Business management doesn’t always have to be about capitalism – this course shows how it can also be a calling (The Conversation)
09/19/2022
Andy Hoffman
Rise of the climate optimists, pushing back against gloom (The Christian Science Monitor)
08/18/2022
Andy Hoffman
Climate action: How values – and disasters – influence progress (The Christian Science Monitor)
05/02/2022
Andy Hoffman
Republicans try to prove they are not the party of climate denial (Financial Times)
12/31/2021
Andy Hoffman
Climate change will force major sports leagues to change. Is MLB ready? (Yahoo! Sports)
11/06/2021
Andy Hoffman
Instead of writing big cheques to fight climate change, billionaires should just pay taxes: environmentalist (CBC Television Network)
11/01/2021
Andy Hoffman
How climate change became political (Financial Times)
10/28/2021
Andy Hoffman
'All of Us' must fight global warming (The Manila Times)
10/20/2021
Andy Hoffman
The best books on understanding the future in a climate changed world (Shepherd)
10/06/2021
Andy Hoffman
McDonald’s Cannot Get to ‘Net Zero’ by Feeding the World Hamburgers, Experts Say (Vice)
04/23/2021
Andy Hoffman
Climate change may quickly affect the global economy, report finds (Marketplace on NPR)
03/26/2021
Andy Hoffman
'The Engaged Scholar' (Inside Higher Ed)
01/28/2021
Andy Hoffman
GM hopes to eliminate gas vehicles in favor of all-electric vehicle lineup by 2040 (Detroit Free Press)
12/03/2020
Andy Hoffman
A better way for billionaires who want to make massive donations to benefit society (The Conversation)
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