Ido Oren

Welcome! 

 

I am associate professor of political science at the University of Florida. My intellectual and research interests range from International Relations theory, international security affairs, and US foreign policy, through the history and sociology of social science, to interpretive methods of political research. My book, Our Enemies and US: America's Rivalries and the Making of Political Science, was published by Cornell University Press and translated into Chinese and Japanese. My articles appeared in journals such as International Security, Perspectives on Politics, and the Review of International Studies. 

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I was a member of the Council of the American Political Science Association (2020-2023) and a longtime member and former chair of the executive committee of the APSA's Interpretive Methodologies and Methods conference group. I am a former Vice President of the International Studies Association (ISA), and former President of the ISA's southern region. I was a Fulbright lecturer at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing (Spring 2010) and a Fulbright Visiting Professor of International Studies at the Vienna Diplomatic Academy (Spring 2024). I have given invited lectures in Germany, Denmark, Turkey, Austria, Israel, Japan, and China.

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I grew up in Tel-Aviv, Israel. I earned a BA in Middle Eastern and African Studies from Tel-Aviv University, an MA in Political Science from New York University, and a PhD in International Relations from the University of Chicago.

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Political science and IR aside, I love exploring the worlds of wine (mostly red) and music (mostly jazz).