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Norbert Götz

Norbert Götz, PhD, is Professor at the Institute of Contemporary History at Södertörn University, Sweden. He has a wide range of interests including political culture, international relations, democracy, welfare state, nationalism, peace and conceptual history, and you can read more about him here. He is also Södertörn University's representative on the board of Reimagining Norden in an Evolving World (ReNEW): An Excellence Hub in Research, Education and Public Outreach funded by Nordforsk of which nordics.info is a part.

Contributions to nordics.info

The Nordic Countries and Humanitarianism

- Norbert Götz

How the development of overseas aid led to the Nordic countries perceiving themselves as humanitarian “great powers”

Film: The Biafra Airlift and Nordic Humanitarianism

- Agata Pyka

Watch a film about the Nordic responses to the famine following the Biafra region in Nigeria claiming independence in 1967.

Film: The Biafra Airlift and Nordic Humanitarianism

- Agata Pyka

Watch a film about the Nordic responses to the famine following the Biafra region in Nigeria claiming independence in 1967.

NNL POD 14: What was the Nordic humanitarian response to the Biafra Crisis?

- Agata Pyka

Listen to a podcast on how Nordic public and voluntary organisations - particularly in Denmark, Sweden and Finland - responded to the famine which…

NNL POD 14: What was the Nordic humanitarian response to the Biafra Crisis?

- Agata Pyka

Listen to a podcast on how Nordic public and voluntary organisations - particularly in Denmark, Sweden and Finland - responded to the famine which…

Podcast: The Nordics and Identity

Stock photo of Helsingør, Denmark
- Anders Ravn Sørensen

From the outside, it is assumed that the populations of the Nordic countries are fairly homogeneous and that there is a relatively high level of…

Folkhem

People walking down stairs at the trainstation, they have luggage with them. Black and white.
- Norbert Götz

Folkhem, literally meaning ‘people’s home’, is a Swedish term for what is otherwise designated as the Swedish welfare state or the Swedish model. It…

United Nations and the Nordic countries

A man posing and sitting in front of a large building with glass windows (UN headquarters)
- Norbert Götz

The principles and aims of the United Nations resonate in the Nordic countries, which are small welfare states with an appreciation of international…

Internationalism and the Nordic countries

An old building during autumn
- Norbert Götz

The internationalism of the Nordic countries is characterised by a general commitment to international institutions and law, agenda-setting and…

Parliamentary culture in the Nordic countries

A big white house during the Winter time
- Norbert Götz

The Nordic countries have a particular parliamentary culture characterised by consensus and working across party lines. Their parliaments remain…

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