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Nicolas Gäckle is an academic researcher and lecturer specializing in biopolitics, pandemic governance, and experiential dimensions of crisis. His work primarily focuses on the intersection of political theory, international relations, and pandemic experiences, with particular attention to affective and temporal aspects of governance during emergencies.
His research interests center around biopolitics, pandemic fatigue, experiential governance, and temporal politics. Gäckle explores how pandemic experiences extend beyond the biological into the experiential realm, examining the recalibration of biopolitical approaches to life during crises. His work investigates pandemic exposures that reach into emotional and affective dimensions, analyzing how governments problematize public feelings and perceptions during emergencies.
Gäckle's recent publications reveal a strong focus on pandemic governance, with particular attention to hopelessness, fatigue, and temporal dimensions of crisis. His research demonstrates interdisciplinary connections between political science, international relations, and anthropology, with applications to understanding contemporary governance challenges.
- Governing pandemic fatigue: An International Relations case of experiential biopolitics (2023)
- Enduring Hopelessness: Governance without Horizon in Pandemic Times (2024)
- Dreaming the plague: Experiencing the pandemic present, experimenting with Anthropocene temporalities (2024)
As a lecturer, Gäckle has delivered academic presentations on the biopolitics of Covid-19, focusing on life, temporality, and experience. He is actively engaged in research through his participation as Principal Investigator in the project 'Navigation, Connectivity, and the Opening of (Global) Spaces,' which examines knowledge formation, global spaces, and pragmatic strategies.
