With great sadness and sorrow, the International Institute of Love Studies announces that Dr. Helen E. Fisher, the world’s expert on romantic love, passed away on August 17, 2024, at the age of 79, in New York, United States.

Helen Fisher, a renown biological anthropologist, was instrumental in bridging the gap between academic knowledge of love and the popular science of lust, romantic love, and attachment.

The Diversity of Love Journal has published an obituary for Helen Fisher, a towering figure in the study of love.