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...
In a world of multiple and overlapping crises, can norms and rules-based institution still create order amidst uncertainty? Do existing norms and frameworks for international cooperation enjoy sufficient legitimacy to help us navigate the interacting and concatenating effects of crises? A new symposium explores the question: “Whither norms (research) in times of uncertainty?”
Jarrod is joined by Daniela Lai and Adam Lerner to talk about the role of big questions in IR scholarship and teaching.
Jarrod is joined by Daniela Lai (Royal Holloway) and Adam to talk about the role of big questions in IR scholarship and teaching. The trio engage recent tweets by Bear Braumoeller and Tom Nichols (the latter of which Peter also addresses in a post) as they discuss the place of big questions in teaching and research. https://duckofminerva.podbean.com/e/does-ir-ask-big-questions/
Johanna Speyer is a PhD candidate and junior lecturer at the Chair of International Politics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. Her work focusses on norm theory, identity theories as well as the contestation of and resistance against authority beyond the state, particularly in the EU.
Carmen Wunderlich is Akademische Rätin auf Zeit (eq. to non-tenured Assistant Professor) at the Chair of International Relations and Development Policy at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, and Associated Researcher at the Peace Research Center Prague. Her research focuses on global norm dynamics, norm clusters and practices of norm contestation with a specific focus on issues related to the control of weapons of mass destruction,...
Jan Wilkens is a PostDoc in the Synthesis Team at the Center for Earth Research and Sustainability (CEN) in the Cluster of Excellence ‘Climate, Climatic Change and Society’ (CLICCS) at the University of Hamburg. His work focuses on the intersection of norms, contentious politics, and climate justice in international relations. This interest is specifically informed by bringing together constructivist and postcolonial scholarship.
Berenike Prem is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Bremen, Germany. She holds a PhD from the University of Bremen where she worked in research project on the privatization and internationalization of security. Her research concentrates on the evolving practices of warfare, with a focus on Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and the role of new military and security technologies. She is author of Private Military and...
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...
Lucrecia García Iommi is Associate Professor of Political Science at Fairfield University, where she teaches International Relations (IR) theory, U.S. foreign policy, and international law. Her research focuses on IR theory, norm dynamics, and global governance. She has published in International Studies Quarterly, International Relations, Global Constitutionalism and Cambridge Review of International Affairs. Most recently, she co-edited (with...
Once again, America is enduring the horrors of a mass shooting. This time a gunman attacked a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, opening fire before patrons grabbed his weapon and beat him with it. As of the time of writing (Monday morning) five are dead, and there are fears the number will increase. And once again, we are trying to make sense of this. Why did the shooter do this? What could have prevented this? Was this "random, senseless"...
Sassan Gholiagha is a postdoctoral researcher at the European New School of Digital Studies (European University Viadrina). He works on norms, security, and international organizations and has published on topics such as critical norms research, drones, the Responsibility to Protect, and international drug control. His most recent book is The Humanisation of Global Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2022).