Benny Josef Peiser was born on 1957 and is a social anthropologist specialising in the environmental and socio-economic impact of physical activity on health.
10 Facts About Benny Peiser
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Benny Peiser was a senior lecturer in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University and is a visiting fellow at the University of Buckingham.
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Benny Peiser became the director UK lobbying group Global Warming Policy Foundation in 2009.
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Benny Peiser grew up in Frankfurt and "spent the first 35 years of his life" in Germany.
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Benny Peiser studied political science, English, and sports science at Frankfurt University, receiving a doctorate in cultural studies from that institution in 1993, for an examination of the history, archaeology and natural history of Greek problems at the time of the ancient Olympic Games.
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Benny Peiser was previously employed as an historian of ancient sport at the University of Frankfurt.
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Benny Peiser listed his research interests at LJMU as the effects of environmental change and catastrophic events on contemporary thought and societal evolution; climate change and science communication; international climate policy; the risks posed by near-Earth objects and satellites and the environmental and socio-economic impacts of physical activity.
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In 1997 Benny Peiser established the Cambridge Conference Network, an email-based discussion group for a conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Studies about Bronze Age catastrophes.
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Benny Peiser has denied the reality of anthropogenic climate change in a number of editorials and speaking engagements.
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Benny Peiser is director of global warming denialist think-tank The Global Warming Policy Foundation.