About Adar

Adar Cohen leads conversations in conflict zones, family rooms, and other places where people can save the world.

His work has been featured by the New York Times, TED, TED Ideas, MSNBC, and AEON.

Adar holds a PhD in conflict resolution from Trinity College Dublin. A Harry S. Truman Scholar, a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, and a George Mitchell Scholar, Adar has lectured at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and -- at the invitation of the King of Bhutan -- at Sherubste College, the Himalayan Kingdom’s first institution for higher education.

He is a co-founder of Civic Leadership Foundation, which has supported over 25,000 young people in preparing for success in school, in their careers, and as citizens. His book, Jimmie Lee & James, is now available in paperback.