Hans Peter Schmitz
he/him
Professor
Bob and Carol Mattocks Distinguished Professor in Nonprofit Leadership
Caldwell Hall 220
919-515-3067 hschmit2@ncsu.eduEducation
PhD Social and Political Sciences European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole
M.A. Political Science, History, and European Ethnology Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Area(s) of Expertise
Hans Peter Schmitz is an expert on international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), philanthropy, and global advocacy. In his recent work, he explored the role of digital media and billionaire philanthropy in shaping the broader context of global non-governmental activism. His scholarship emphasizes how institutional and normative constraints limit the ability of organized activism to accomplishing lofty missions.
Publications
- Gifts from top 50 US philanthropists jumped to $22.4B in 2025 − Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates and the estate of Paul Allen lead a list of the biggest givers , (2026)
- Leader self-development in local government: framing the antecedents of self-awareness , International Journal of Public Leadership (2026)
- A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International , Public Administration and Development (2025)
- NGO Mergers and Acquisitions: A Relational Perspective , Beyond Cooperation and Competition: A Relational Approach to NGOs (2024)
- The Giving Pledge , International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (2024)
- Who Governs Transnational NGOs? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Board Composition , Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs (2024)
- Board Diversity of International NGOs , Academy of Management Conference (2023)
- Collaborative Advocacy: Fostering Transformative Outcomes, Hope is not a Strategy , Leadership and Positioning in Health and Human Services (2023)
- Philanthropy and Heroism , Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies (2023)
- Self-Awareness and Self-Study. Informal Leadership Development in the Public Sector , International Leadership Association Conference (2023)