mwsmpp

Department of Business Humanities and Law

  • Centre for Business History
  • Governance, Culture & Learning Unit
Mikkel Witt
Syberg
PhD fellow


Room: POR/18.B-2.140
Mobile:
4292 4353
E-mail: mws.ioa@cbs.dk
Mikkel Witt Syberg
Presentation

I study the History of Nordic Civil Society, my research deals with which strategies refugee relief NGOs pursue to legitimate their activities. I emphasize the importance of the relationship to different actors in the context in which the NGOs operate.

Primary research areas
  • History of Nordic Civil Society
  • Refugee Relief
  • NGOs
  • Neo-institutionalism  
  • Legitimacy

 

Curriculum Vitae
Social media
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/mwsmpp
Courses
  • Institutional Perspectives - HA (Kom.)

 

Supervision
  • Second year projects
  • Bachelor projects

 

Publications sorted by:

Research

Communication

In the media

2025
Mikkel Witt Syberg / A Relationship Shaped by Interdependence : The Norwegian Refugee Council and the Norwegian State.
In: Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies since 1800. ed. /Sunniva Engh; Ruth Hemstad; Mads Mordhorst. Abingdon : Routledge 2025, p. 138-153 (Nordic Studies in a Global Context)
Book chapter > peer review
Mikkel Witt Syberg / Agency of Individual Actors in Civil Society Organizations’ Advocacy : A Case Study of the Genesis of the Danish Aliens Act of 1983.
In: VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 21.1.2025
Journal article > peer review
2023
Mikkel Witt Syberg / The Influence of NGOs on Danish Migration Policy in the 1930s : The Role of Moral and Pragmatic Legitimacy.
In: Journal of Migration History, Vol. 9, No. 2, 7.2023, p. 143–161
Journal article > peer review