Emanuel Adler received his PHD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982, where he studied under the supervision of Ernst B. Haas.
He is the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Chair of Israeli Studies, Emeritus, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Emeritus. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the European Academy of Sciences, an Honorary Professor at the University of Copenhagen, and former editor of International Organization. Previously, he was Professor of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
His publications include books such as The Power of Ideology; Security Communities (with Michael Barnett); Communitarian International Relations; Convergence of Civilizations (with Federica Beverly Crawford, and Raffaella Del Sarto); International Practices (with Vincent
Pouliot); Israel in the World, and World Ordering: A Social Theory of Cognitive Evolution. He has also published articles such as “Seizing the Middle Ground: Constructivism in World Politics” and “The Emergence of Cooperation: National Epistemic Communities and the International Evolution of the Idea of Nuclear Arms Control.” His article (with Alena Drieschova) “The Epistemological Challenge of Truth Subversion to the Liberal International Order,” is forthcoming in International Organization.
Professor Adler’s interests include international practices and communities of practice, the evolution of international order, a constructivist reconsideration of strategic logic, including deterrence, European security institutions, international relations theory — in particular, constructivism, epistemic communities, security communities, and communities of practice — and Israel’s relations with the world.