Professor Eisner studied history at the University of Zurich and holds a PhD in sociology. He has published several authored or edited books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters in English, German, Spanish and French. His academic work revolves around the explanation of the causes, the consequences and the prevention of interpersonal violence across human societies. His research tries to contribute to the following questions: How can we describe and explain variation in levels of violence between societies and over the course of human history? What psychological and social mechanisms account for change and stability of violent behaviour over the life course? What combination of prevention, intervention and control is best suited to reduce interpersonal violence in different societies across the world? You can visit this page to find out more about his research projects.

Professor Eisner is a member of several editorial and advisory boards of academic journals and book series. He has also been working as an expert or co-author of reports with national governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank and UNODC. From July 2021 he is the Co-editor in Chief of the Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology.