Dr. Paul Shrivastava, is Professor of Management and Organizations, at the Smeal College of Business, at The Pennsylvania State University. Until July 1, 2022 he was also the university’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Director of the Sustainability Institute. He is a full member of the Club of Rome, and an Affiliate Faculty at the ICN Business School, Nancy, France where he leads the UNESCO Chair on Integrating Arts and Science for Implementing the SDGs. Prior to this he served as the first Executive Director of Future Earth global research platform. He advises research programs at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto, and the Network for Education and Research in Peace and Sustainability at Hiroshima University.

Paul has over 40 years experience as an academic, advisor, and entrepreneur. He was part of the team that founded Hindustan Computer Ltd., one of India's largest computer companies. He founded the journal Organization and Environment, (published by Sage Publications). He was founding President and CEO of eSocrates, Inc., a knowledge management software company, and the founding Chair of the Organizations and the Natural Environment Division of the Academy of Management.

He has published 19 books and over 110 peer reviewed papers in research and scholarly journals. His current research uses science and arts to develop transdisciplinary solutions to sustainability challenges. He is working with colleagues at Penn State, Future Earth, ICN Business School, Hiroshima University, and the United Nations to develop programs for implementing the SDGs, and monitoring and measuring their progress.

He received his Ph. D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous leading management education journals. His work was recognized with a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award and IIM Calcutta Distinguished Alumni Award, and University of Pittsburgh, AACSB Influential Leader 2015 Award.