20 years Hertie School: The Past, Present and Future of Public Policy Education
20 years ago, the Hertie School was founded as a private university to build and educate future decision-makers in good governance and modern statehood. Since its inauguration, the university has set an impressive track record of growth and expansion: with more than 800 students from 80 countries, over 2,500 alumni worldwide, numerous partners and funders as well as several master's and doctoral programmes, the Hertie School has established itself as one of the top public policy schools in Europe.
How did we get here and what are the challenges for teaching and research in social sciences in Germany and beyond? Join us for a panel discussion at the Opening of the Academic Year 2023/24 with past and present leaders of the Hertie School.
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Woll
Cornelia Woll is President of the Hertie School and Professor of International Political Economy. Woll came to the Hertie School in 2022 from Sciences Po in Paris, where she had served in many roles since 2006, including President of the Academic Board, Professor of Political Science, Co-Director of the Max Planck Sciences Po Center. She has been a Visiting Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt and Harvard University. Woll holds a habilitation in political science from the University of Bremen (2013), a bi-national PhD from Sciences Po and the University of Cologne (2005), and an MA and a BA in international relations and political science from the University of Chicago.
Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Michael Zürn served as the Founding Dean of the Hertie School from 2004 to 2009 and is the school's first Honorary Fellow. Zürn is Director of the Research Unit Global Governance at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Denver and at Harvard University. Until 2004, Zürn was Chairman of the Collaborative Research Centre "Transformation of the State" in Bremen, funded by the German Research Foundation. In 1993 he was appointed Professor of International and Transnational Relations at the University of Bremen. Zürn studied in Denver and Tübingen, where he also received his PhD.
Prof. Helmut K. Anheier, PhD
Helmut K. Anheier is Senior Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School. He served as President of the Hertie School from 2009 to 2018. He is also a member of the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Luskin School of Public Affairs and Visiting Professor at LSE Ideas, London School of Economics and Political Science. His research centres on indicator systems, governance, culture, non-profits, and philanthropy and organisational studies. He is the author of over 500 publications, many in leading journals, and he has received various national and international awards.
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Anne-Marie Slaughter is the CEO of New America, a think and action tank dedicated to renewing the promise and national ideals of the United States through structural political reform, an overhaul of the American education system, a focus on family security and wellbeing, technology that serves democracy, and a new global politics focused on people and planet. She is also the Bert G. Kerstetter ‘66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. From 2009–11, Slaughter served as director of policy planning for the United States Department of State, the first woman to hold that position. Foreign Policy named Slaughter a Top 100 Global Thinker in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Moderator: Jan-Martin Wiarda
Jan-Martin Wiarda is a renowned figure for his expertise as a journalist, political scientist and economist. He studied in Munich and Chapel Hill (USA), followed by comprehensive training at the German Journalist School. He has contributed to esteemed publications including the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Brand Eins, Financial Times Deutschland and Tagesspiegel. Notably, he served as a Redakteur at ZEIT for eight years, specialising in education within the "Chancen" department. Subsequently, Jan-Martin held the role of Communications Director of the Helmholtz Association for three years. Since 2015, he has worked as a freelance journalist, author, and moderator, and he also completed his dissertation at HU Berlin in 2016.
