Richard M Ryan

Richard M Ryan

Richard M. Ryan, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Senior Research Professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at Australian Catholic University, with a secondary appointment at the University of Rochester. He is a codeveloper of self-determination theory, an internationally researched theory of human motivation and personality development. An honorary member of the German Psychological Society and the recipient of distinguished career awards from several societies, Dr. Ryan has been a Visiting Professor at the Max Planck Institute, the University of Bath, and Nanyang Technical University.