Gert Tinggaard Svendsen
Professor, PhD, at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. His main research areas are trust, social capital, and climate policy. An example of his research dissemination is the book Trust (Johns Hopkins University Press), which received a positive review in Forbes Magazine and has also been translated into Chinese.
In 2016, Gert was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog for his pioneering research on trust, and in 2025 he received one of the Ministry of Culture’s national awards for “The Trust Society” as intangible cultural heritage, which is now being nominated for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Trust is Cheaper than Control: A Danish Leadership Lesson
Why Trust Matters
Leaders are under relentless pressure to do more with less: deliver results faster, cut costs, and still find room for more innovation....
