Carsten NICKEL
Adjunct Professor
Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA)
Sciences Po

Peer-reviewed publications:
- A Certain Idea of Space: France, Germany and the Question of Geopolitics in Europe. Journal of European Integration 47 (2025) 7, 1039-59.
- What Do We Talk about When We Talk about the ‘Return’ of Geopolitics? International Affairs 100 (2024) 1, 221-39.
- State Formation from Below: Subsidiarity and the Rise of Coordinated Capitalism in 19th Century Germany. Moving the Social 70 (2023), 29-54.
- Das Trilemma des bürgerlichen Politikbegriffs. Berliner Debatte Initial 34 (2023) 2, 104-15.
- Populismus, Politikwissenschaft und die Zukunft der Sozialdemokratie. Leviathan 48 (2020) 1, 59-69.
Recent teaching:
- (Geo)Political Risk Analysis. MA seminar, Sciences Po, spring semesters (since 2023).
- Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning. MA guest lectures, HEC Paris, spring terms (since 2022).
- Geopolitical Risks. Guest lecture, doctorate in business administration programme, ICADE Madrid, spring term 2025.
- Country Risk: Concepts, Methods, Applications. MA workshop, University of Navarra, fall/spring terms 2024/25.
Education:
DPhil Politics (Oxon) 2016, MSc IPE (LSE) 2009, MA Social Sciences (Bochum) 2008.
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