Full Name
Riane Eisler, JD, PhD (hon)
Job Title
President
Company
Center for Partnership Studies (CPS)
Speaker Bio
Riane Eisler, JD, PhD (hon), is president of the Center for Partnership Studies (CPS), Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies at the University of Minnesota, and author of The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future (now in 57 U.S printings), Sacred Pleasure, Tomorrow’s Children, The Power of Partnership, and The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, hailed by Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu as "a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking." Her most recent book, Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future (co-authored with anthropologist Douglas Fry; Oxford University Press, 2019), shows how the social and biological sciences, especially neuroscience, bear our her findings. Eisler pioneered the expansion of human rights theory and action to include women and children, and her research, writing, and speaking have transformed the lives of people worldwide. She keynotes conferences internationally and consults for governments on partnerism and the partnership model. She has authored over 500 articles for outlets ranging from The Christian Science Monitor, the International Journal of Women's Studies, and Business Insider to Quartz, The Human Rights Quarterly, and numerous popular presses, and is the recipient of numerous awards for her work for human rights, peace, and the foundations for a better future. For more information, www.centerforpartnership.org, www.partnerism.org, and www.rianeeisler.com.
Riane Eisler, JD, PhD (hon)