Shigehiro Oishi serves as the Marshall Field IV Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. As a social psychologist, his research is dedicated to understanding culture, social ecology, and well-being. His work is guided by fundamental questions concerning the nature of a good life and a good society.

Oishi is the author of the book "Life in Three Dimensions," which synthesizes a decade of his research on the concept of a psychologically rich life.