Douglas P. Fry

Douglas P. Fry is Chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He co-wrote “Societies within peace systems avoid war and build positive intergroup relationships” (https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00692-8). Fry holds a PhD in Anthropology from Indiana University. His books include Nurturing Our Humanity (co-authored with Eisler), War, Peace, and Human Nature, and Beyond War.


Articles by Douglas P. Fry

a wildfire burns near a tree and a building

Why the world needs a fire department

By Douglas P. Fry | Climate Change
When a Nordic dispute over the strategically important Åland Islands arose in the early 20th century, Finland and Sweden turned to international mediation to resolve the issue peacefully. Photo permission and credit by Douglas P. Fry.

Peaceful societies are not utopian fantasy. They exist.

By Douglas P. Fry, Geneviève Souillac | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons