Berkley Center

Dr. Scilla Elworthy founded the Oxford Research Group (ORG) in 1982 to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide and their critics. In 2003 she founded Peace Direct to fund, promote and learn from peace-builders in conflict areas; Peace Direct was named ‘Best New Charity’ at the Charity Awards in 2005. Since 2005 she has been an advisor to The Elders initiative and in 2007 was appointed a member of the International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy and the World Future Council. Elworthy was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in 2003 and nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with ORG. Her publications include Soul Power: An Agenda for a Conscious Humanity (2009, with Anne Baring), Making Terrorism History (2006, with Gabrielle Rifkind), and Power and Sex: A Book About Women (1996). She holds a PhD from Bradford University.