Philippe Zawieja is a French psychosociologist, essayist and researcher in psychological occupational health at Mines ParisTech, Paris, known for his research on occupational burnout and other forms of fatigue, in particular in health care industry and Alzheimer's care.
Zawieja graduated from Burgundy School of Business in 1991, and obtained a master's degree in health economics and management from Paris School of Medicine and a Ph.D. in science and engineering of at-risk activities from Mines ParisTech. Till 2020, he also served as Secretary of the International Scientific and Ethics Council of , the European leader in dependency care.
Zawieja was nominated in 2013 Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), a French Order of Chivalry for distinguished academics and figures in the world of culture and education.
He was granted in 2014 the René-Joseph Laufer Award for social preventive health by the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences), part of the Institut de France.