William Clark is the Harvey Brooks Research Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development at Harvard University’s . Trained as an ecologist, his research focuses on sustainability science: understanding the interactions of human and environmental systems with a view toward advancing the goals of sustainable development. He is particularly interested in how institutional arrangements affect the linkage between knowledge and action in the sustainability arena.
At Harvard, he co-directs the . He is co-author of (Princeton, 2016), Adaptive environmental assessment and management (Wiley, 1978), and Redesigning rural development (Hopkins, 1982); editor of the Carbon dioxide review (Oxford, 1982); coeditor of (Cambridge, 1986), (Cambridge, 1990), (MIT, 2001), (MIT, 2006) and (Harvard, 2010); and co-chaired the US National Research Council’s study (NAP, 1999). He serves on the editorial board of the . Clark is an elected member of the , the , and the . He is a recipient of the , the , the Kennedy School’s Carballo Award for excellence in teaching, and the Harvard College .