Faculty Profile

Andy Hoffman, Ph.D.

Professor and Co-Director of the Erb Institute

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Office:

3508 Dana

Phone:
734-763-9455
Other Office:
Ross School of Business Room R4472
Fields of Study:
Sustainable Systems, Environmental Policy and Planning
Educational Background:

Ph.D., Management and Civil & Environmental Engineering (joint degree), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts


Andy Hoffman is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise; a position that holds joint appointments at the School of Natural Resources & Environment and the Ross School of Business. His research focuses on corporate strategies that address environmental and social issues.  His disciplinary background lies in the areas of organziational behavior, institutional change, negotiations and change management.  He has published seven books and opver seventy articles. 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.

Teaching interests include competitive environmental strategy, strategies for sustainable development, organizational behavior, negotiations, green construction, and organizational change

Awards and Grants:
Faculty Pioneer-Rising Star Award, World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute (October 2003); Best Paper of the Year finalist for Academy of Management Review (August 2003); Broderick Prize for Service to the Graduate Programs, Boston University School of Management (May 2003); "From Heresy to Dogma" awarded Rachel Carson Prize for a "work of social or political relevance" by the Society for Social Studies of Science (November 2001); Broderick Prize for Excellence in Research, Boston University School of Management (May 1998); Klegerman Award for Environmental Excellence, MIT (June 1995).