Thomas Heberlein
Professor Emeritus
(608) 262-1510
336B Agricultural Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Education: University of Chicago. B.A. Sociology 1967. University of Wisconsin-Madison. M.A. Sociology 1969. Ph.D. Sociology 1971. Advisor Shalom Schwartz. Dissertation Title: Moral Norms, Threatened Sanctions and Littering Behavior
Publications on Sweden:
- BOOK PROPOSAL: Smorgasbook-What an American Can Learn by Living in Sweden
- Heberlein, Thomas A. 2020. “Not fluent but not dead either.” Nordstjernan – The Swedish Newspaper of America #6. pp. 8-13
- Heberlein, Thomas A. “6 Things You Need to Know to Survive a Nobel Prize Banquet” Fodors.com/news December 6, 2017 https://www.fodors.com/news/author/thomas-heberlein.
- Heberlein, Thomas A. 2017. Sweden is safe (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Letters to the Editor, March 5.
- Heberlein, Thomas A. 2017. Nobel Prizes show strength of US universities (WI State Journal) Letters to the Editor, January 3.
- Heberlein, Thomas A. 2016. “Sweden may have the answer to America’s gun problem.” Vox. August 8, 2016. http://www.vox.com/2016/8/8/12351824/gun-control-sweden-solution
- Grauers, Karl. “Amerikanen som förälskade sig i svenska skatter.” Trans: The American who fell in love with Swedish Taxes. In Dagens Etc. May 2016
- Heberlein, Thomas A. 2016. “I’m an American living in Sweden. Here’s why I came to embrace the higher taxes.” Vox. First Person. April 8, 2016. http://www.vox.com/2016/4/8/11380356/swedish-taxes-love
- Heberlein, Thomas A. 2016. “Low Taxes? We get just what we pay for.” The Capital Times March 19, 2016. http://host.madison.com/ct/opinion/column/tom-heberlein-low-taxes-we-get-just-what-we-pay/article_edafbda2-b379-5afc-8836-a482b4312b42.html
- Heberlein, Thomas A. 2016. “Sex skäl att älska svenska skatter.” Arbetet. May 5, 2016. http://arbetet.se/2016/05/05/sex-skal-att-alska-svenska-skatter
- Heberlein, Thomas A. 2000. “The Gun, The Dog and the Thermos: Culture and Hunting in Sweden and the United States.” Sweden and America. 13: 24-29.
- Heberlein, Thomas A. 2005. Wildlife Caretaking vs. Wildlife Management: A Short Lesson in Swedish. The Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 33, Number 1, pp 378-380.
- Heberlein, Thomas A., Peter Fredman and Tuomas Vuorio. 2002. “Current Tourism Patterns in the Swedish Mountains.” Journal of Mountain Research. 22: 142-149.
Selected Publications on Wolves:
- Williams, Christopher K., Göran Ericsson and Thomas A. Heberlein. 2002. “A Quantitative Summary of Attitudes Toward Wolves and Their Reintroduction.” Wildlife Society Bulletin. 30: 575-584
- Ericsson, Göran, and Thomas A Heberlein. 2003. “Attitudes of Hunters, Locals and the General Public in Sweden Now That the Wolves Are Back. “ Biological Conservation. 111: 149-159.
- Heberlein, Thomas A. and Göran Ericsson. 2008. “Public Attitudes and the Future of Wolves in Sweden.” Wildlife Biology. 14: 391-394.
- Heberlein: Yes to WI Wolf Hunt (WI State Journal Article), 2008 [10.9 mb pdf]
Books:
- Navigating Environmental Attitudes, Oxford University Press, August 2012 [211 kb pdf]
- Publication of Enduring Quality Award. Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (1999)
- Award of Merit. Natural Resources Research Group of the Rural Sociological Society (2001)
- Lifelong Achievement Award. Friends of Scenic Lodi Valley (2008)
- Excellence in Research Award. Rural Sociological Society (2009)