What’s New at the Hertie School? Understand today. Shape tomorrow. | Page 1/4 | www.hertie-school.berlin Dear Friends of the Hertie School, As we prepare for the well-deserved summer break we take a moment to reflect on the highlights from the past months. In June the semester drew to a close as we celebrated with our MPP and PhD graduates. In the new Academic Year we will be expanding our programme offerings in the fields of development and international affairs with the launch of the Master of International Affairs and a new Executive Certificate in Managing International Cooperation and Development. A new set of indicators are available on The Governance Report website - a great resource for academics, policymakers and journalists. We also launched a new platform for our joint project with the LSE and Mercator Stiftung, The Dahrendorf Forum. The Academic Year 2015/2016 will open with a series of interesting events with speakers including Anthony Giddens. Make sure you save the dates and join us in September. Enjoy the Read and your Summer Break! Helmut K. Anheier, President Edition 5 | Academic Year 2014/2015 | July 2015 On 6 July the Hertie School hosted the pre- sentation of the book, Law and Politics. Ulrich K. Preuß’s Definition of the State (Nomos) with Hertie School Pro- fessor Claus Offe and the book’s editors, Tine Stein and Claudio Franzius and a closing remark by Hertie School Emeritus Ulrich K. Preuß. The book is part of a Nomos series on definitions of the state. Preuß is one of Germany’s leading theorists of the state and the book contains a comprehensive collection of analyses and commentary on his work. >> www.hertie.school/events Graduation 2015: Hertie School Confers Doctoral Degrees for the First Time The excitement in the air was palpable at the Graduate Program- mes graduation ceremony on 5 June, where the Hertie School conferred its first Doctoral Degrees since being awarded the right to do so in 2012. Seven PhD and 125 MPP graduates were presen- ted with their degrees amid clapping and a flurry of smiles – and even some cheering. The commencement speaker, Transparency International’s Managing Director Cobus de Swardt, addressed the graduates and 500 guests including family and friends from around the globe. He charged the new crop of leaders to choose career and life paths that go beyond the limits of comfort and privilege and to stand for a fairer tomorrow: “The fight against corruption is central to the struggle for human rights and social justice. I hope you – Class of 2015 – will add your voice and energies to the tasks of demanding and building transparency and accountability a- cross all sectors of society”. De Swardt’s own contribution to this fight began as a young activist against South Africa’s Apartheid regime. Almost half of this year’s MPP cohort either completed an exchange semester or a Dual Degree. In addition, all of the MPP graduates have gained professional experience during in- ternships and, in some cases, a Professional Year. >> www.hertie.school/graduate-programmes Law and Politics: Ulrich K. Preuß’s Definition of the State The Majority of Young People from the Balkan States Want to Emigrate A new study under the leadership of Her- tie School Professor Klaus Hurrelmann, has found that the majority of people bet- ween the ages of 14 and 29 in the Balkan states are very skeptical about the politi- cal developments in their home countries and thus see little chances of building a successful career there. For this reason many of them want to emigrate to Ger- many, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or the USA. Hurrelmann cooperated with leading researchers from Albania, Kosovo, the for- mer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina for the study com- missioned by the Friedrich Ebert Founda- tion. “The pessimism of the young people is worrying and should alarm the EU,” said Hurrelmann. “Young southeast Europeans display disconcertingly little interest in politics and their lack of trust in political and social institutions is strong. In most of the countries we investigated only a third of 14-29 year olds are willing to become politically engaged.” For more about the study’s findings and recommendations: >> www.hertie.school/hurrelmann
Dear Friends of the Hertie School, As we prepare for the well-deserved summer break we take a moment to reflect on the highlights from the past months. In June the semester drew to a close as we celebrated with our MPP and PhD graduates. In the new Academic Year we will be expanding our programme offerings in the fields of development and international affairs with the launch of the Master of International Affairs and a new Executive Certificate in Managing International Cooperation and Development.
A new set of indicators are available on The Governance Report website - a great resource for academics, policymakers and journalists. We also launched a new platform for our joint project with the LSE and Mercator Stiftung, The Dahrendorf Forum.
The Academic Year 2015/2016 will open with a series of interesting events with speakers including Anthony Giddens. Make sure you save the dates and join us in September.
Enjoy the Read and your Summer Break! Helmut K. Anheier, President
Edition 5 | Academic Year 2014/2015 | July 2015
On 6 July the Hertie School hosted the pre-sentation of the book, Law and Politics. Ulrich K. Preuß’s Definition of the State (Nomos) with Hertie School Pro-fessor Claus Offe and the book’s editors, Tine
Stein and Claudio Franzius and a closing remark by Hertie School Emeritus Ulrich K. Preuß.
The book is part of a Nomos series on definitions of the state. Preuß is one of Germany’s leading theorists of the state and the book contains a comprehensive collection of analyses and commentary on his work. >> www.hertie.school/events
Graduation 2015: Hertie School Confers Doctoral Degrees for the First TimeThe excitement in the air was palpable at the Graduate Program-mes graduation ceremony on 5 June, where the Hertie School conferred its first Doctoral Degrees since being awarded the right to do so in 2012. Seven PhD and 125 MPP graduates were presen-ted with their degrees amid clapping and a flurry of smiles – and even some cheering.
The commencement speaker, Transparency International’s Managing Director Cobus de Swardt, addressed the graduates and 500 guests including family and friends from around the globe. He charged the new crop of leaders to choose career and life paths that go beyond the limits of comfort and privilege and
to stand for a fairer tomorrow: “The fight against corruption is central to the struggle for human rights and social justice. I hope you – Class of 2015 – will add your voice and energies to the tasks of demanding and building transparency and accountability a-cross all sectors of society”. De Swardt’s own contribution to this fight began as a young activist against South Africa’s Apartheid regime. Almost half of this year’s MPP cohort either completed an exchange semester or a Dual Degree. In addition, all of the MPP graduates have gained professional experience during in-ternships and, in some cases, a Professional Year.
>> www.hertie.school/graduate-programmes
Law and Politics: Ulrich K. Preuß’s Definition of the State
The Majority of Young People from the Balkan States Want to EmigrateA new study under the leadership of Her-tie School Professor Klaus Hurrelmann, has found that the majority of people bet-ween the ages of 14 and 29 in the Balkan states are very skeptical about the politi-cal developments in their home countries and thus see little chances of building a successful career there. For this reason many of them want to emigrate to Ger-many, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or the USA.
Hurrelmann cooperated with leading researchers from Albania, Kosovo, the for-mer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina for the study com-missioned by the Friedrich Ebert Founda-tion.
“The pessimism of the young people is worrying and should alarm the EU,” said Hurrelmann. “Young southeast Europeans display disconcertingly little interest in politics and their lack of trust in political and social institutions is strong. In most of the countries we investigated only a third of 14-29 year olds are willing to become politically engaged.” For more about the study’s findings and recommendations:
>> www.hertie.school/hurrelmann
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Faculty & ResearchExplore the Governance Report 2015 Indicators
Anke Hassel Joined Expert Group “Work of the Future”The modern working environ-ment is changing rapidly and is set to change even more so within the next one or two deca-des. Hertie School’s Anke Hassel has been appointed as part of an expert commission “Work of the future”, initiated by the Hans Böckler Foundation, to help na-vigate a safe path through dem-
ographic change, technological developments and changes in participation of employees.
The panel includes experts from academia and the government, as well as members from executive boards and works councils who will meet and strategise with rep-resentatives from different sec-tors. >> www.hertie.school/hassel
Berlin to Moscow for HSE Young Experts’ WorkshopWhat role does innovation play in enhanc-ing sustainability – especially in the NGO sector? Hertie School faculty and students had the opportunity to participate in an expert workshop at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow in May, where this exciting question was discussed.
Faculty members of both universities, including HSE’s First Vice Rector Lev Yakob-son and Hertie School’s President Hel-mut K. Anheier and professors Michaela Kreyenfeld, Mark Hallerberg and Senior Fellow Jobst Fiedler, provided academic input while students added their voices with insights from their research projects. Doctoral student Alexandra Ioan who pre-sented her findings on social enterprises noted, “Our perspectives were sometimes very different, which made the debate in-triguing”.
In addition to rigorous debate, partici-pants took part in trips to Moscow and a visit to an NGO in the health sector. The journey is not over, however, as the Hertie School will welcome its Russian peers in Berlin this autumn.
>> www.hertie.school/researchnews
One of the biggest challenges facing German public administration agencies is the implementation of the e-governance law Digitale Agenda 2014-2017 and the related digitalisation processes.In short: Germany’s public administration is still lagging behind when it comes to digitalisation. This was one of the core findings of a recent Hertie School study State, Public Administration and the Degree of Digitalisation conducted by Gerhard Hammerschmid.
The study, which was presented at the
Hertie School on 29 May in the lead -up to the third Zukunftkongress Staat & Verwaltung, analysed 1200 public administration offices in Germany, and found that although around three quarters are planning to digitise
more effectively, funding and coordination have been lacking and it is unclear when exactly these strategies will be implemented. Budgetary pressure and the implementation of a new staffing policy likewise count among the current biggest pressures facing German administration.
German Public Administration is Lagging Behind with Digitalisation
The Governance Report 2015 indicators are now available as publication-ready graphics for use online or presentations, on the report’s website. The indicators were designed to help users better under-stand how economic and political issues in the EU have evolved, especially in the wake of the euro crisis. The indicators al-low for analyses that:• describe whether EU countries have
been moving closer together or further apart;
• show whether convergence or diver-
gence has been more pronounced within clusters of countries;
• examine associations between mac-roeconomic trends and aggregate pu-blic opinion; and
• highlight specific groups of countries and time periods to determine where and when these governance challen-ges were most acute.
Users can also explore the indicators on-line with interactive tools highlighting convergence indicators and conditional associations. The time series tool (pictured
above) examines trends in a given variable in individual EU countries over time, while the interactive map shows geographical and temporal trends for each variable.
>>www.governancereport.org
Highlights from the Hertie School Blog Mark Hallerberg and Henrik Enderlein explore questions related to avoiding GREXIT and the policy responses needed in the wake of the Greek Referendum on 5 July + Angela Merkel may have adopted a concili-atory tone in response to David Cameron’s demands to reform the European Union. In a broader perspective, however, the differences in position are considerable, according to Markus Jachtenfuchs. + Helmut K. Anheier and Diana Leat examine the require-ments of strategic philanthropy – rationality and the pursuit of unattainable-seeming goals + Christian Joerges takes a closer look at “Justice within and between Polities” by examining the nature of “the economic”, the distinction of justice within consolidat-ed polities and justice among such polities. Read these and other posts on our Blog. Subscribe to receive new posts in your inbox. >>www.hertie.school/blog
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Renowned Sociologist Anthony Giddens will deliver the Opening Lecture of the Academic Year 2015/16 on 3 September. Giddens will speak on Into the Digital Age - the World in the 21st Century. + On 4 September the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year and the launch of the MIA will feature keynote lectures by, among others, Katrin Suder, Secretary of State in the German Federal Defence Ministry on the topic, Leadership in an Interconnected World. + The Hertie School will celebrate the success of its EMPA Graduates and welcome the incoming cohort on 11 September
with a commencement speech by Alison Smale, New York Times. + As part of a cooperation with the World Health Summit 2015, which is taking place in Berlin in October, Hertie School students will have the opportunity to attend the event and members of the faculty will contribute to the programme. The Hertie School will also team up with WHS to host a public event around the time of the summit. More info to follow on the Hertie School website. >>www.hertie.school/events
Events Recap: Climate Change, Infrastructure, Corruption, Fiscal Rules and More
The Executive Seminars, Skills Training and Workshops for the Academic Year 2015/2016 are now online and registration is open.
In addition to the themes covered in past years, a range of Executive Formats focused on Development Policies, Sustainable Development and the Security-Development Nexus have been added to the calendar.
Participants interested in these fi elds may opt to complete individual Seminars or Skills Trainings, but they can
also combine four of these executive seminars or courses to complete the new Executive Certifi cate on the Management of International Cooperation and Development.
Convenors include Hertie School Professor Wolfgang Ischinger (also affi liated with the Munich Security Conference) and Ursula Müller from the World Bank.
For more information about the upcoming courses and how to register:
>>www.hertie.school/executive
New Executive Seminars and Skills Training for 2015/2016Programme News
19 May COP21 Paris and the World’s Response to Climate Change Policy Briefi ng with Christiana Figueres, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Chair: Claudia Kemfert. Watch the discussion: >>www.hertie.school/events + 19 May The study, Large Public Infrastructure Projects in Germany – Between Ambition and Realities, was launched at the Hertie School. “Large public projects with out of control costs threaten the credibility of politicians and
the public sector. Our research shows that this can actively be prevented,” said Genia Kostka, who led the study. She was joined by Martin Delius, Piratenpartei Berlin, Heinz Dürr, Heinz & Heide Dürr Foundation, Mathias Oberndörfer, KPMG, Andreas Wagner, Foundation Offshore Wind Energy and her co-author Hertie School Senior Fellow Jobst Fiedler for the launch discussion of the study’s key fi ndings. It was made possible by the support of the Karl Schlecht Foundation: >>www.hertie.school/infrastructure + 21 May How Open Data Tools Can be Used to Engage Citizens in Fighting Corruption Panel Discussion With Rachel Davies, Transparency International UK, Christian Homburg, CORRECT!V, and Ilya Shumanov, Transparency International Russia. Chair: Alina Mungiu-Pippidi +
25 June Which Reforms Should the EU Expect from Germany? Keynote and Discussion with Jakob Friis, EC Directorate General for Economy and Finance, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Chair: Kai Wegrich. Hosted in cooperation with the EC Representation in Germany. + 1 July How to Achieve Prudent Debt Levels? An OECD Study on Fiscal Rules Discussion with Christian Kastrop, OECD, and Henrik Enderlein, Hertie School and Jacques Delors Institut - Berlin + 8-12 July Understanding Governance Virtuous Circles. Who succeeded and why? An international conference on corruption hosted by the Hertie School’s European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building (ERCAS). To explore the events archive and register for our Events List visit: >>www.hertie.school/events
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“Transformation Lawyers” from the South Caucasus visit the Hertie School
25 Young Lawyers from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will visit the Hertie School from 13 to 31 July to explore a range of questions related to transformation in the South Caucasus. At the same time they will deepen their knowledge about various legal fi elds and look at how to best apply this know-how in their work. The Hertie School ist hosting the GIZ‘s Transformation Lawyers - Legal Dialogue for Legal Transformation for the 6th time. >>www.hertie.school/campus
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EMPA Alumni Retreat 2015
Hertie School Re-Certified as Family-Friendly University
From 5-7 June, the 4th Executive Alumni Retreat took place at scenic Lychensee, about an hour north of Berlin. Alumni tra-velled to the retreat from as far as Belgi-um, Czech Republic, Estonia, Kenya, Swit-zerland, the Netherlands, the UK and from all over Germany to reunite with their for-mer Executive MPA classmates.
This year’s retreat focused on behav-ioural economics (nudges) as a tool for effective governance and saw inspiring presentations from the UK government as well as the European Commission. It was complemented by a review of the “Open Government” measures in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia, which had been discussed in detail at last year’s retreat.
The alumni also had the opportunity to
share their professional experiences and to exchange with Hertie School faculty. Of course, there was plenty of time for more informal discussions, joint lunches and dinners. Other highlights were a boat race, a challenging quiz organised by the Exe-cutive MPA Alumni Council and the gath-ering at the bonfire at night.
>> www.hertie.school/empareunion15
Campus & Alumni
Media Highlights | May - JulyThe Hertie School study Large Infrastructure Projects in Germa-ny by Genia Kostka and Jobst Fiedler received extensive media attention, it was featured by by ZDF heute-journal, RTL Nacht-journal, N-TV, rbb Kulturradio, WDR 5, NDR info, Bild, Handels-blatt Global Edition, Wirtschafts-Woche, NZZ, Tagesspiegel, Köl-ner Stadt-Anzeiger and many more (20 May). + Portraits of Klaus Hurrelmann as Germany’s leading “annotator of the youth” ap-peared in FAZ and Süddeutsche Zeitung (19 and 26 May). + Alina Mungiu-Pippidi’s 190-country study on corruption got picked up by The Economist in an article on Ukraine (22 May). + Handels-blatt reported on the study by Gerhard Hammerschmid on the progress in digitalisation of public administration (1 June).
+ Jean Pisani-Ferry’s op-ed on “The end of work as we know it” was published by media around the world including Irish Exa-miner and Korea Herald (2-3 July). + In the context of the Greek Crisis many media turned to Henrik Enderlein (WirtschaftsWo-che, 29 May, Financial Times, 8 July) and Mark Hallerberg (N-TV, 7 July). + The Hertie School was featured in a report by rbb Abend-schau on private universities in Berlin (4 July). + Henrik Enderlein discussed the implications for Europe of Grexit versus another bail-out on ZDF’s Maybrit Illner (9 July).
For more media highlights visit the Hertie School Press Room: >>www.hertie-school.berlin/inthemedia
Hertie School in the Media
The Hertie School of Governance has, for the third time in a row, been awarded with the certificate “audit family-friendly uni-versity” by the initiative “berufundfami-lie gGmbH”. The certificate confirms the university’s dedication to being a family-friendly organisation for students and em-ployees.
Anna Sophie Herken, the university’s managing director, supports the audit’s goal: “It raises awareness about creating an environment that facilitates the recon-ciliation of family with study and work. We believe the certificate is a stimulus to develop this further.“ >> www.hertie.school
Nicholas CrawfordNicholas Crawford (UK) graduated with a Master of Public Policy in June. Helmut K. Anheier thanked him during the graduati-on for his work as President of the Hertie School Student Association (HSA), spear-heading various initiatives to improve stu-dents’ overall experience at the School.
Niklas Anzinger & Sascha SchusterMPP Alumni Niklas Anzinger and Sascha Schuster (Germany) were among the au-thors of the study on large public infra-structure projects (p.1). Under the men-torship of Genia Kostka and Jobst Fiedler they contributed to the study, which was widely reported on in the German media.
Meet our AlumniKatharina Gnath Dr. Katharina Gnath (Germany) is one of the first graduates in the Hertie School’s Doctoral Programme in Governance. She wrote her dissertation on Explaining the European Monetary Union’s external governance: institutional origins and de-velopment. > www.hertie.school/alumni
