His research focuses on unravelling the drivers of environmental behavior, using environmental education, conservation development, environmental conflict, and environmental policy making as natural experiments to test hypotheses. Much of this research is summarized in his recent books The Housing Bomb and Urban Wildlife Conservation: Theory and Practice. Nils received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas A&M University, and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Additional information about his research, teaching, and service activities is on his web page:http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mnpeters/index.htm