About Nico Stehr Nico Stehr is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta. During the 2000/2001 academic year, he held fellowships at the Hanse Centre for Advanced Studies and the Centre for Advanced Cultural Studies, in Germany. Books by Nico Stehr Knowledge and Economic Conduct The Social Foundations of the Modern Economy by (author) Nico Stehr Practising Interdisciplinarity edited by Nico Stehr & Peter Weingart Governing Modern Societies by (author) Richard V. Ericson & Nico Stehr