Eileen Barker

Eileen Barker OBE FBA
Eileen Barker, 1990s
Born	Eileen Vartan Barker (1938-04-21) 21 April 1938 (age 86) Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality	British
Occupation	Professor of sociology
Known for	Study of cults and new religious movements, religion
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Board member of	INFORM, Study Group for the Sociology of Religion, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Association for the Sociology of Religion, International Journal of Cultic Studies, Centre for the Study of Human Rights

Eileen Vartan Barker OBE FBA (born 21 April 1938, in Edinburgh, UK) is a professor in sociology, an emeritus member of the London School of Economics (LSE), and a consultant to that institution's Centre for the Study of Human Rights. She is the chairperson and founder of the Information Network Focus on Religious Movements (INFORM) and has written studies about cults and new religious movements.