Born of German parents inHaifa, Israel, in 1957, Peiser's family soon returned to Germany. He grew up inFrankfurt and "spent the first 35 years of his life" in Germany.[5]
Peiser studied political science, English, andsports science atFrankfurt University, receiving a doctorate in cultural studies (Kulturwissenschaften) 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.[6][7]
Drawn by "concerns about nuclear energy and its waste", he reportedly was involved with theGerman Green Party while a student.[5]
Peiser was previously employed as an historian of ancient sport at the University of Frankfurt.[8] He listed his research interests at LJMU as the effects ofenvironmental change and catastrophic events on contemporary thought and societal evolution; climate change and science communication; international climate policy; the risks posed bynear-Earth objects andsatellites and the environmental and socio-economic impacts of physical activity.[9] Peiser is a member ofSpaceguard UK.[10] A 10 km-wide asteroid, Minor Planet (7107) Peiser, is named in his honour by theInternational Astronomical Union.[11][12]
In 1997 Peiser established the Cambridge Conference Network, an email-based discussion group for a conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Studies about Bronze Age catastrophes. Over time the network began to focus on discussion on climate change and was renamed CCNet (active from 1997 to 2006),[13] to provide a platform for "the minority of people who are climate (change) sceptics or have doubts about the prevailing views".[4]
On 11–13 July 1997, Benny Peiser and co-editors in the Second Society for Interdisciplinary Studies Cambridge Conference held at Fitzwilliam College, examined astronomical and meteoritic background of catastrophic thinking, for example near-Earth objects, cometary catastrophes and ecological disasters. Proceedings were compiled in a publication entitledNatural Catastrophes during Bronze Age Civilisations.[14]
^The National Post, former media magnateConrad Black's national flagship title was established to provide a voice for Canadian conservatives and to compete with Canada'sThe Globe and Mail, theestablishment newspaper with a liberal bias in Canadian newspapers[citation needed]. Outside Toronto, theNational Post was built on the printing and distribution infrastructure of Black's national newspaper chain, formerly calledSoutham Newspapers, that included papers such as theOttawa Citizen,Montreal Gazette,Edmonton Journal,Calgary Herald, andVancouver Sun and Benny Peiser continues to participate in stories with these newspapers as well.
Peiser, Benny Josef (1993).Das dunkle Zeitalter Olympias: Kritische Untersuchung der historischen, archaeologischen und naturgeschichtlichen Probleme der griechischen Achsenzeit am Beispiel der antiken Olympischen Spiele. Frankfurt am Main: P. Lang.ISBN978-3-631-46522-6. ("The dark age of Olympia, critical investigation of the historical, archeological and natural science problems of theAxial age of Greece with reference to theAncient Olympic Games")
Palmer, Trevor; Peiser, Benny Josef (1998).Natural catastrophes during Bronze Age civilisations: archaeological, geological, astronomical and cultural perspectives. Oxford, England: Archaeopress.ISBN978-0-86054-916-1.
B. Peiser (2003) Climate Change and Civilisation Collapse, inOkonski, Kendra (2003).Adapt or die: the science, politics and economics of climate change. London: Profile.ISBN978-1-86197-795-3.
M. Paine and B. Peiser (2004) The frequency and consequences of cosmic impacts since the demise of the dinosaurs, in: Bioastronomy 2002: Life among the Stars, eds. R. Norris & F. Stootman, (Sydney), 214–226
B. Peiser and T. Reilly (2004) Environmental factors in the summer Olympics in historical perspective. Journal of Sports Science 22(10) 981–1002
B. Peiser (2005) From Genocide to Ecocide: The Rape of Rapa Nui. Energy & Environment 16:3&4, pp. 513–539
B. Peiser (2005) Cultural aspects of neo-catastrophism: Implications for archaeoastronomy. In: Current Studies in Archaeoastronomy (J Fountain and R Sinclair, eds). The Carolina Academic Press Press, Durham, North Carolina, pp. 25–37
T. Reilly and B. Peiser (2006) Seasonal variations in health-related human physical activity, Sports Medicine 36:6, 473–485
A. Ball, S. Kelley and B. Peiser (2006) Near Earth Objects and the Impact Hazard. (Milton Keynes: Open University)
B. Peiser, T Reilly, G Atkinson, B Drust, J Waterhouse (2006). Seasonal changes and physiological responses: Their impact on activity, health, exercise and athletic performance. (The extreme environment and sports medicine) International SportMed Journal 7(1), 16–32.
Brook, Barry W., et al. (2007) Would the Australian megafauna have become extinct if humans had never colonised the continent? Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 26, Issues 1–2, January 2007.
^|editor1=Peiser, Benny J.|editor2=Trevor Palmer, and Mark E. Bailey (editors) (1998).Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilizations, BAR International Series 728.ISBN0-86054-916-X. p. 251.
^Peiser, Benny J. 1993.Das dunkle Zeitalter Olympias: kritische Untersuchung der historischen, archäologischen und naturgeschichtlichen Probleme der griechischen Achsenzeit am Beispiel der antiken Olympischen Spiele. Frankfurt am Main: Lang 1993, 290 pp.,ISBN3-631-46522-X.
^Conference Schedule: "Reconsidering Velikovsky: The Role of Catastrophism in the Earth Sciences and the History of Mankind," University of Toronto, 17–19 August 1990.
^Guillory, J. (1998). Benny J. Peiser; Trevor E. Palmer; Mark E. Bailey (eds.).Natural Catastrophes during Bronze Age Civilisations: Archaeological, geological, Astronomical and Cultural Perspectives. Archaeopress. Vol. 34. Oxford, United Kingdom: British Archaeological Reports International Series. p. 252.Bibcode:1999M&PS...34.1029G.ISBN978-0-86054-916-1.{{cite book}}:|journal= ignored (help)
^"Global Warming from a Critical Perspective"(PDF). Vol. 13, no. 2. The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut: New England Section Newsletter: American Physical Society (APS) and AAPT New England Sections. 19–20 October 2007. Retrieved10 May 2013.
