Paul Shrivastava
Professor
Paul Shrivastava, is Professor of Management & Organizations. Until July 1 2022 he served as Penn State's Chief Sustainability Officer, and Director of its Sustainability Institute. Prior to this he was the Executive Director of Future Earth, where he established the secretariat for global environmental change programs. He is the CoPresident of The Club of Rome, a global sustainability think-and-act tank. He also founded the UNESCO Chair in Arts and Science for implementing the SDGs at the ICN Business School, Nancy, France. He serves as advisor to the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS), Hiroshima University, Japan, and the Future Potentials Observatory at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.
Expertise
Implementing Sustainable Development Goals Planetary Peace economics Transdisciplinary sustainability research, methods and cultures
Education
Ph D in Strategic Planning and Policy, The University of Pittsburgh, Katz School of Business, Pittsburgh, PA, 1981-06-01
Courses Taught
BA 397 – Special Topics
Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
BA 571 – Strat Mgmt
Analysis and application of concepts and techniques aimed at successfully developing and implementing competitive strategy in a complex business environment. B A 571 B A 571 Strategic Management for Converging Economies (3)This course introduces students to the field of strategic management and the skills and tools used by general managers to make strategic decisions. Students learn to use frameworks and perspectives for analyzing industries, competitors, and companies with an overall objective of positioning the firm to attain and sustain competitive advantage. Students learn how to identify the industry and firm-level determinants of profitability and then relate those factors to the development of competitive strategy within the context of responsible business practice. Students also learn how to evaluate strategies to understand how and why companies are successful or not. Finally, students will learn how senior managers use integrative approaches for solving strategic problems.
BA 580 – DBA Culminating Res Project
This course provides Doctorate of Business Administration students with the opportunity to identify a practice problem or clinical question and investigate the literature related to this selected area of interest. Students will develop and implement a comprehensive project to address the problem. Students will also disseminate the results in both a scholarly presentation and manuscript for publication.
Selected Publications
Grunwald G., Kara A., Shrivastava P. "Understanding Consumer Reactions and Corporate Reputation in Corporate Sustainability Crises: The Role of Blame, Harm, and CSR Relevance" Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 575, 2026-08-28
Shrivastava P., Werlen B. "Cultural Diversity is Key to Holistic Sustainability" Nature Sustainability, 2026-06-01
Shrivastava P. "Why this age of polycrisis demands a new kind of peace" Resilience.org, 2026-05-21
Grunwald G., Kara A., Shrivastava P. "Sustainability Transformation of Higher Education Institutions: A Relationship Quality Management Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, 2026." Book, 2026-05-01
Currivan J., Shrivastava P. "From pieces to peace: Why healing our worldview is key to planetary survival" 2025-11-14
Shrivastava P., Alvarez-Periera C., Mairlot L. "“Planetary Peace for Human Security: Responses to Existential Risks in the Anthropocene”." Club of Rome Paper Series, 2025-08-01
Shrivastava P. "No limits to peace" 2025-07-09
Shrivastava P., Zsolnai L. "“Universities in the Anthropocene”" International Journal of Ethics and Systems, 2025-02-01
Shrivastava P. "Enduring Peace in the Anthropocene" 2025-01-01
Kuipers W., Shrivastava P., Zsolnai L. "“Building Practical Wisdom in Business, Organisation and Management through Transformative Civic Education (´Bildung´)" Journal of Management Spirituality & Religion, Oct 31, 2024,, 2024-10-31
Shrivastava P., Jackson L., Genem T., Caron P., Periera C. A. "Science in Crisis Times: The Crucial Role of Science in Sustainability and Transformation" PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 2024-10-22
Shrivastava P. "Earth Day a reminder of our obligations" China Daily, 2024-04-22
Crichton R., Shrivastava P., Walker T., Farhidi F., Renwick D. "Going green in the Norwegian fossil fuel sector? The case of executive compensation and sustainability culture at Equinor" German Journal of Human Resources Management, vol. 38, 2024-01-12
Shrivastava P. "Timely Corporate Governance Actions for Addressing Climate Change" IIMS Journal of Management Science, 2024-01-01
Shrivastava P., Kasuga F., Grant J. "From Climate Science to Climate Action" Global Sustainability, 2023-08-01
Shrivastava P., Grant J. "From Logic to Action on Flourishing for All" Business and Society Review, 2023-08-01
Shrivastava P. "“Transdisciplinarity” (A Rose) by any other name would smell just as sweet" 2023-06-01
Crichton R., Shrivastava P., Walker T., Faraz F., Weeratunga V. "Improving Executive Compensation in the Fossil Fuel Sector to Influence Green Behaviours" German Journal of Human Resources Management, 2022-10-15
Shrivastava P., Zsolnai L. "Wellbeing-oriented organizations: Connecting human flourishing with ecological regeneration" Journal of Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility, vol. Feb 22, 2022, 2022-02-21
Perssson S., Shrivastava P., Zsolnai L. "S.Art and Aesthetics in Sustainability Education Insights into Beautifying Management Education with François Jullien" RIPCO Journal Revue internationale de psychosociologie et de gestion des comportements organisationnels, 2021-10-01
Schultz K., Mnisri K., Shrivastava P., Sroufe R. "Facilitating envisioning and implementing sustainable development with creative approaches" Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020-05-01
Shrivastava P. "Transforming Sustainability Science to Generate Positive Social and Environmental Change Globally" One Earth, vol. 2, 2020-04-24
Bagley C., Sulkowski A., Nelson J., Waddock S., Shrivastava P. "A Path to Developing More Insightful Business School Graduates: A Systems-Based, Experiential Approach to Integrating Law, Strategy, and Sustainability" Academy of Management Learning, vol. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2018.0036, 2019-11-01
Kanie N., Griggs D., Young O., Waddell S., Shrivastava P., Haas P., Broadgate W., Haffney O. "Rules to Goals: Emergence of New Governance Strategies for Sustainable Development" International Journal of Sustainability Sciences, vol. Norichika Kanie; David Griggs; Oran Young; Steve W, 2019-08-01
Shrivastava P., Zsolnai L., Wasieleski D., Stafford-Smith M., Walker T. E., Weber O., Krosinsky C., Oram D. "Finance and Management for the Anthropocene" Organization and Environment, vol. 32, 2019-03-01
Cremades R., Surminski S., Manez-Costa M., Hudson P., Shrivastava P., Gascoigne J. "Using the Adaptive Cycle in Climate-Risk Insurances to Design Resilient Futures" Nature Climate Change, vol. 8, 2018-01-02