Hello! I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University.
I was recently a British Academy Visiting Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI).
I also co-chair APSA’s Interpretive Methodologies and Methods (IMM) group and am a Visiting Senior Fellow with the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies.
I have a PhD from the University of Toronto and previously studied at LSE and McMaster University.
You can find my C.V. here.
I study governance and diplomacy in international organizations, particularly the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). I work with and write on social IR theory and interpretive and qualitative research methods.
I’ve published widely in these areas, including two books. My first, Practicing Peace: Conflict Management in Southeast Asia and South America (Oxford University Press, 2022), was named one of the Top 10 Books of 2023 by International Affairs and has been reviewed widely.
My second book, Norms, Practices, and Social Change in Global Politics, is co-authored with Steven Bernstein and Marion Laurence and is available open-access as part of Cambridge University Press’ Elements in International Relations series (2025).
My research has also been published in the European Journal of International Relations (2017 & 2023), Global Studies Quarterly (2024), International Affairs (2018 & 2020), Journal of Global Security Studies (2018 & 2022), Pacific Affairs (2024), PS: Political Science and Politics (2020, 2021, & 2023), and in other outlets and edited volumes. You can read more on my research page.
When not researching, writing, teaching, or attempting to secure funding to make possible the first two, I enjoy drinking too much coffee, cycling, and hiking around the American Midwest with my son and my Saint Bernard, Mae.
You can also find me over at Bluesky, Google Scholar, NIU’s Department of Political Science, and the IMM.
Aarie Glas 