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He speaks Swedish, English, French, Spanish, German and possesses beginner’s efforts in Italian and Swahili.

In 2014, Sterner was awarded Environmental Fiscal Reformer of the Year by Green Budget Europe. He holds honorary positions at renowned institutions, most notably University of Cape Town, Resources for the Future, Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, and the Beijer Institute of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. He is also the former president of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.

Thomas Sterner is the Head of the Environmental Economics Unit and one of the founders of the Environment for Development Initiative in Gothenburg. He held the position of Chief Economist of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in New York between 2012–2013 while he was on sabbatical leave from the University of Gothenburg. He was elected as a visiting professor at the Collège de France in 2015–2016.

Sterner began his education in London at Hamilton House Prep School between 1958 and 1965. He continued his secondary education, also in London, at the Westminster Public School between 1965 and 1969. He received his BA degree from the University of Gothenburg in 1976 and his Ph.D. from the same institution in 1986. Additionally, he held visiting researcher positions at respected higher education and research institutions such as the University of Grenoble in France, the University of Cambridge in England, Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay, El Colegio de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Thomas Nils Samuel Sterner (born 22 March 1952) is Swedish economist and a professor of environmental economics at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. His research and publications are mostly focused on the design of policy instruments which address environmental problems. Sterner has published about hundred articles in refereed journals. He authored or edited more than a dozen books and a large number of book chapters, official reports and journalistic articles regarding environmental policy instruments. These publications include applications to energy, climate, industry, transport economics and resource management in developing countries.