Prof. Dr. Norbert Götz is Professor of Contemporary History at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden.

His current research focuses on humanitarianism, moral economy, global civil society, and civil society–state relations. His interests also include populism and nationalism, political culture, peace and international relations, democracy and the welfare state, and conceptual history. The larger Baltic Sea region, including the Nordic countries and Central and Eastern Europe, are special target regions, although his research includes the British Isles, global history, and the UN.

He is currently directing the following research projects: Civil Society without Boundaries: Nordic Humanitarianism Facing the Biafra Crisis and Spaces of Expectation: Mental Mapping and Historical Imagination in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean Region.

Recent publications include: ‘Towards Expressive Humanitarianism: The Formative Experience of Biafra’, in: Fiammetta Balestracci, Christina von Hodenberg, and Isabel Richter (eds.), An Era of Value Change: The Long 1970s in Europe (Oxford University Press 2024) 207–32; Biafra and the Nordic media: Witness Seminar with Uno Grönkvist, Lasse Jensen, Pierre Mens, and Pekka Peltola (Huddinge: Södertörns högskola 2024) and ‘History: The Moral Economy Perspective’, in: Yannis Stavrakakis et al. (ed.) Research Handbook on Populism (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing 2024) 239-250.