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Hertie School

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Hertie School
South West Wing of the Hertie School
MottoUnderstand today. Shape tomorrow.[1]
TypePrivate
Established2003
Academic affiliation
TPC
Budget€30.2 million[2]
PresidentCornelia Woll, President
DeanAndrea Römmele, Mark Hallerberg, Christine Reh[3]
DirectorAxel Baisch[4]
Students801[5]
64[5]
Location
Berlin
,
Germany
CampusFriedrichstraße
ColoursRed, grey, and white
Websitewww.hertie-school.org

TheHertie School(until 2019 Hertie School of Governance)[6]is a German private, independentgraduate schoolfor governance (public policy, international affairs and data science) located inBerlin.Hertie School is accredited to confer master's and doctoral degrees. Half of the school's students are international, with more than 95 countries represented among alumni and currently enrolled students. Theworking languageisEnglish.

The research focus of the Hertie School, which has existed since its founding, lies in the analysis of the conditions, structures and dynamics of governance.[7]

Since 2018, the Hertie School has established five research centres (Centres of Competence) that focus on future key governance challenges: the Centre for International Security, theCentre for Digital Governance,the Centre for Fundamental Rights, the Jacques Delors Centre and the Centre for Sustainability (from 2021). Additionally, the School's Data Science Lab uses research in data science and artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle major societal problems.

History[edit]

The Hertie School was founded by the Hertie Foundation, located inFrankfurt.The school was established in 2003 as one of the first European professional schools for public policy.[8]Since 2008 it has been located in the Quartier 110 building onFriedrichstrassein Berlin.[9]The first study program offered was the Master of Public Policy (MPP). In 2015, the Master of International Affairs (MIA) was added. The Master of Data Science was set up in 2021.

In February 2005, the Hertie School was awarded state recognition as college of higher education by the Berlin Ministry of Science, Research, and Culture (Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur).

In October 2017, the Hertie School once again received full accreditation[10]to confer doctoral degrees for another ten years.

In February 2019, the Hertie School announced that it would move to the Robert Koch Forum from summer 2025 to enable its growth plans. The historic Robert Koch Forum is currently being renovated by the city of Berlin with a budget of 87 million euros.[11]

Enrollment and Degrees[edit]

As of September 2023, a total of 801 students were enrolled in the school. This includes 652 master's students, 52 Executive MPA participants and 64 doctoral students. There are over 2,700 alumni.[12]

Predominantly, Hertie School's students have backgrounds in law, economics, political science and international relations and pursue a Master of Public Policy, Master of International Affairs or Master of Data Science for Public Policy degree. The Hertie School also offers an Executive Masters of Public Administration.[citation needed]

Academic programmes[edit]

The Hertie School currently offers three Master programmes, an executive Master, and a PhD programme:

In autumn 2012, the Hertie School welcomed its first PhD cohort. PhD candidates take core curriculum courses in their first year while beginning their dissertation research and are expected to complete their PhDs within three years.

Student life[edit]

Students of the Hertie School are engaged with a number of student clubs, including the students' magazine The Governance Post, the Diplomacy Club, the Latin America Club, the Pride Network, Cinema Politica, The Work, Economy & Social Policy Club, and many more.

Faculty[edit]

Members of the core faculty include President Cornelia Woll, Dean Mark Hallerberg, Dean Andrea Römmele, Dean Christine Reh,Helmut K. Anheier,Joanna Bryson,Başak Çalı, Luciana Cingolani, Cathryn Costello, Mark Dawson, Ruth Ditlmann, Christian Flachsland, Anita Gohdes, Lukas Graf, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Anke Hassel, Marina Henke, Lion Hirth,Klaus Hurrelmann,Thurid Hustedt,Wolfgang Ischinger,Markus Jachtenfuchs, Slava Jankin, Lynn Kaack, Mark Kayser, Michaela Kreyenfeld, Johanna Mair, Sébastien Mena,Alina Mungiu-Pippidi,Simon Munzert, Arianna Ornaghi, Mujaheed Shaikh, Daniela Stockmann, Christian Traxler, Kai Wegrich and Julian Wucherpfennig.[13]

Partnerships[edit]

The Hertie School has established dual degree programs with the MPP Programme at the School of Public Affairs atSciences PoinParis,theSchool of International and Public Affairs(SIPA) atColumbia UniversityinNew York City,the MGA and MPA programmes atMunk School of Global Affairs and Public PolicyinToronto,the MPP Program at theUniversity of Tokyo,the MPA Programme at theLondon School of Economics and Political Science(LSE), the Programme in Government and International Organizations atBocconi UniversityinMilanand the Atlantis dual degree with the Maxwell School atSyracuse University.

The Hertie School also has partnerships in the Berlin education landscape: with theWZB Berlin Social Science Center,theFreie Universität Berlin(FU), theHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin(HU), theESMT European School of Management and Technology,and theUniversity of Potsdam.

It is also a member of the Open Society University Network (OSUN). The school is a member of theAssociation of Professional Schools of International Affairs(APSIA), whose members include the international affairs schools of leading North American universities and graduate schools in Europe and Asia. It is also part of the CIVICA network, a university alliance founded by the Hertie School along with other European institutions,[14]and co-funded by the Horizon 2020 program[15]of the European Commission.

Furthermore, the Hertie School is a member of key political science and policy analysis associations. These include the European Consortium for Political Science Research (ECPR), theAmerican Political Science Association(APSA), the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA), PolicyNet, and the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN).[16]The Global Public Policy Network is an international group of top public policy schools from around the world.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Our story".
  2. ^"Annual Report 2022/2023"(PDF).Hertie School.p. 10.Retrieved19 March2024.
  3. ^"Leadership of the school".
  4. ^"Dr. Axel Baisch".
  5. ^ab"Facts and figures".Hertie School.Retrieved19 March2024.
  6. ^"Stellungnahme zur Akkreditierung (Promotionsrecht) der Hertie School of Governance, Berlin (Drs. 1637-11), November 2011".
  7. ^"Hertie School | Hintergrundinformation"(PDF).
  8. ^Hans N. Weiler (2014), Hertie School of Governance (ed.),Die Erfindung einer privaten Hochschule für öffentliches Handeln(in German), Berlin,ISBN978-3-938732-03-8{{citation}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^"Hertie School of Governance eröffnet ihre neuen Räume im Quartier 110".presseportal.de(in German). 4 September 2008.Retrieved26 September2022.
  10. ^"Stellungnahme zur Reakkreditierung (Promotionsrecht) der Hertie School, Berlin"(PDF).
  11. ^"Historic Robert Koch Forum will be extensively renovated".Hertie School.Retrieved19 January2020.
  12. ^"Who we are | Facts and figures".
  13. ^Webseite der Hertie School: Core Faculty,retrieved 20 April 2022
  14. ^"About CIVICA".CIVICA.
  15. ^https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101017201
  16. ^https:// gppnetwork.org/

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