Schlossplatz³ is the student magazine of the Hertie School of Governance. Initiated by the first MPP class, Schlossplatz³ takes up current issues of modern governance and discusses them from the perspectives of the public, private and civil society sector. The magazine appears biannually and contains articles and interviews from policy-makers, scholars and students on topics of modern governance.

The magazine reflects upon the interdependence of current policy issues. Most of today's economic, political and societal challenges ask for integrative solutions resulting from the interplay of the public and the private sectors as well as civil society. If we are to understand and solve the questions of our time, we have to be mindful of the role of these actors - hence the "3" ("to the power of three") in the title. None of the three actors is capable of tackling present or future challenges on its own. We believe that it is crucial to unite all three sectors in finding sustainable solutions to common problems. Schlossplatz³ provides a forum for debate for decision-makers and leaders from the academic and professional realm to exchange ideas, expertise and opinions.

Furthermore, Schlossplatz³ is a student magazine that informs its readers about student life at the Hertie School of Governance: Who are we, the students? What are we striving for? Most of us have already collected experience in a variety of professional settings, which they can use to contribute to the magazine. Each issue will present some articles by students but as well as a collection of impressions directly related to events in Berlin and at the Hertie School of Governance.

If you would like to order a copy of the magazine and become a regular reader, please send us an email: sp3@mpp.hertie-school.org

Topic: The Future of Labour
Contributors: Michael Förster, Max Grünig, Anke Hassel, Maximilian Held, Wolfgang Heller, John S. Heywood, Anika Rasner, Martin Sambauer, David Scheller-Kreinsen, Stanley Siebert, Jim Vaupel, and Britta Zander.

The world of labour has undergone tremendous changes throughout the last years. Globalisation, de-industrialisation and the constant change of labour environments are posing challenges to labour markets. Schlossplatz3 discusses a number of these challenges and will show different angles of how "The Future of Labour" can be incorporated in policy discourse and policy-making.

Topic: Crisis
Contributors: Jörg Asmussen, Kurt Biedenkopf, Arjen Boin, Ewout Doorman, Paul 't Hart, Ilona Kickbusch, Stanley Kober, Martin David Ledwon, Johannes Loh, Christoph Mielke, Monika Rimmele, Frank Roselieb, Donald Steinberg, and Christopher Wynn

Crisis as an omnipresent part of our daily lives has become engrained in our mindsets. We should, however, not resort to apathy, but instead attempt to differentiate between those issues sold to us as crises. The new Schlossplatz³ issue shows how crises are managed in various examples and how they can serve as instances of learning.

Topic: Citizenship
Contributors: Sébastien Eugène, Michael Goodhart, Christina Hanley, Marc Howard, Roman Hrycyk, Christian Joppke, Claus Offe, Vello Pettai, Ulrich K. Preuß, Rajash Rawal, Rasmus Relotius, Sylvia Roberge, Wolfgang Schäuble, Joslyn Trowbridge

The turn of the century has witnessed the beginning of a new era in international politics. What are the implications for citizenship, an institution that, like few others, defines who we are and how we organise political life? This issue of Schlossplatz³ provides a snapshot of the ongoing debate on the past and future of citizenship.

Topic: Water
Contributors: Sophia Armanski, Maude Barlow, Sally Below, Peter Bossard, Holger Gerdes, Nicole Kranz, Cornelius Laaser, Sascha Müller-Kraenner, Randi Olsen, Jennifer Organ, David Pearson, Carlos J. Guizar Rivas, Jamal Saghir, Ralf Steeg, Gareth Walker, Jörg Welke 

All human life depends on water and air. The sustainable management of both is a major challenge for today's public policy makers. This issue of Schlossplatz³ taps the streams and flows of the current debate on the right water governance.

Topic: Cities
Contributors: Benjamin Barber, Christoph Baron, Ivan Capriles, Jobst Fiedler, Sir Peter Hall, Kaija Landsberg, Julie Ren, Thilo Sarrazin, Saskia Sassen, Caspar von Schoeler, Thomas Taraschewski 

The editorial team of Schlossplatz³ has regrouped and now includes a number of MPP students from the new class of 2009. For the fourth issue of the student magazine of the Hertie School of Governance, the new team has focused on urban governance as the central topic.

Topic: International Institutions
Contributors: Jochen von Bernstorff, Bob Geldof, Muriithi Kagai, Risto Karajkov, Georg Kell, Uta Kletzing, Volker Lehmann, James Nussbaumer, Felix Rübcke, Jeffrey Sachs, Sabine von Schorlemer, Besa Shahini, Vladimir Spidla, Michael Zürn

It is our pleasure to introduce you to the third issue of Schlossplatz³. We, a group of students at the Hertie School of Governance, had the pleasure to gather another respectable potpourri of interviews and articles from scholars, practitioners, and students of public policy.

Topic: Security
Contributors: Fraser Cameron, Thomas Carothers, Diana Dus, Diana Mirza Grisco, Andreas Hammer, Uwe-Karsten Heye, Ulrich Horsmann, Rainer Lindner, Thomas de Maizière, Raphael Muturi, Tinatin Ninua, Cathleen Powell, Gerhard Schröder, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Javier Solana, Nick Witney

The second issue of Schlossplatz³ tackles a complex concept: Security. It does so in a way which perfectly emphasises the approach that HSoG tries to embody in its teaching of and research on public policy. It reminds us of the intricacies and challenges that need to be confronted by all modern public policies.

Topic: Governance
Contributors: Ndika Akong, Maria del Carmen Orbegoso Alvarez, Kurt Biedenkopf, Ralf Dahrendorf, Alfred Grosser, Anke Hassel, Detlev Mehlis, Nick Menzies, Götz Werner, Cornelia Woll, Klaus Wowereit

The Master of Public Policy Programme at the Hertie School of Governance has successfully ended its first year. The second year, with an intake of 50 new students, has been commenced, therewith taking the "project HSoG" to new levels. As a rather young institution the HSoG had and has to overcome governance challenges implied in creating a new institution.