Nils Stockmann

Nils Stockmann

Nils Stockmann is a research fellow at the Institute of Political Science, University of Münster, Germany. His current research focuses on the translation of sustainability norms within European Union governance. He is furthermore interested in the interplay of Science & Technology Studies and IR, as well as the inter- and transdisciplinary boundaries of IR theory and methodology. During the fall term of 2022, Nils was as a visiting scholar at the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Making norms for uncertain times to come

by Nils Stockmann | 28 November, 2022 | International Norms in a Time of Uncertainty, International Organization, Theory & Methods

At the 1939 World Fair in New York City, the big attraction was "Futurama," an exhibition put on by the U.S. car manufacturer General Motors. Every visitor to Futurama received a souvenir — a small blue-white badge that read “I have seen the future.” That is, the future presented by (at the time) one of most influential companies in the world, one built around its main product: the automobile. Yet the exhibition wasn't exactly wrong. It was part of an effort to sell Americans on automobile-centric planning and development: its "theory of the future" produced a future (or, in current jargon,...

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