Dates and Events 2006
January 2006
12th, Thursday: HSoG on Tour - University of Bern
13th, Friday: End of Fall Semester 2005
14th, Saturday: Beginning of Spring Semester 2006
28th, Saturday: HSoG - Open House for prospective students
30th, Monday: Beginning of Spring Classes 2006
31st, Tuesday: HSoG on Tour - University of Lausanne
February 2006
2nd, Thursday: Art Award 2006, exhibition opening
7th, Tuesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lecture Series - Bernhard Kittel, Universiteit van Amsterdam: "Putting the Chain Saw into Social Expenditure. Pension Retrenchment and the Problems of Using Aggregate Data"
8th, Wednesday: HSoG Seminar - Lord Dahrendorf "Europe - united or open?"
9th, Thursday: HSoG Brown Bag Lunch - Ludwig Siegele, The Economist "A survey of Germany"
9th, Thursday: OECD-HSoG Dialogue - BENCHMARKING INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE: "International indicators: What lessons can be learnt from PISA?"
18th, Saturday: HSoG on Tour - "EU Studies Fair 2006" The Hilton Hotel, Brussels
21st, Tuesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lecture Series - Philip Rehm, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin and Duke University: "Risks and Preferences"
March 2006
7th, Tuesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lecture Series - Francis G. Castles, University of Edinburgh: "The Growth of the Post-War Public Expenditure State: Long-term Trajectories and Recent
8th, Wednesday: OECD-HSoG Dialogue - REFORMING INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS: "International Organisations: How can they meet the challenges of globalisation?"
9th, Thursday: Alumni Meeting of the School of International Public Affairs Columbia University (SIPA) at the HSoG
10th, Friday: The HSoG faculty meets Lisa Anderson, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University (SIPA)
14th, Tuesday: Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung, Board Meeting at the HSoG
14th, Tuesday: Sciences Po visits the Hertie School of Governance
15th, Wednesday - 16th, Thursday: HSoG on Tour - Forum of Training Schools and Institutes on Governance in the MENA region, Institute of Finance, Beirut (Lebanon)
16th, Thursday: Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen visits the HSoG
17th, Friday: The HSoG faculty meets Patrick Dunleavy, head of the MPP programme of the LSE
21st, Tuesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lecture Series - David Rueda, Oxford University: "Social Democracy Constrained: Indirect Taxation in Industrialized Democracies"
23rd, Thursday: The HSoG hosts the opening ceremony of the European Universities Debating Championships 2006
26th, Sunday: The HSoG hosts the semi-finals of the European Universities Debating Championships 2006
31st, Friday: Public-Private Exchange Programme - Sharing experiences of personnel exchanges
April 2006
4th, Tuesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lecture Series - Ellen Immergut, Humboldt University, Berlin: "Pension Politics in Western Europe"
6th, Thursday: OECD-HSoG Dialogue - GUIDING INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT: "Can soft law approaches help promote corporate social responsibility?"
11th, Tuesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lecture Series - Bruno Amable, Université Paris X-Nanterrre and CEPREMAP: "Welfare State Retrenchment: The Partisan Effect Revisited"
26th, Wednesday: HSoG Seminar - Detlev Mehlis, former Head United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission regarding the assassination of Rafik Hariri in Lebanon
28th, Friday: HSoG on Tour - StudyWorld2006 in Berlin
May 2006
1st, Monday: Academic Holiday (Labour Day)
2nd, Tuesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lecture Series - Cornelia Woll, Max Planck Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln: "Lobbying in Washington and Brussels: on the use of pressure and cooperation"
5th, Friday: The HSoG Faculty's Lecture Series -George Guess, Open Society Institute, Budapest: "Adjustments in Fiscal Decentralization Programs to Improve Service Results in Bulgaria and Romania"
9th, Tuesday: The Governing Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, visits the Hertie School of Governance
11th, Thursday: Wirtschaftsrat Deutschland, Jour Fixe Sektion Berlin at the HSoG
11th, Thursday - 12th, Friday: HSoG, AA, VDBIO, BFIO: 1st Conference for German Members of International Organisations and European Institutions
12th, Friday: End of Classes, Spring Semester 2006
13th, Saturday: Job fair "Careers in International Organizations" in co-operation with the German Federal Foreign Office
16th, Tuesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lecture Series - Philip Manow, Max Planck Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln: "The electoral consequences of negative integration - an empirical study of six European elections"
17th, Wednesday: HSoG Governance Forum - "Mending Ways or Parting Ways? Prospects for German-American Relations"
23rd, Tuesday: HSoG Art Award 2006 Ceremony
24th, Wednesday: Diplomats' College: "The social security system in Germany" Prof. Dr. Anke Hassel
26th, Friday: End of Spring Semester 2006
27th, Saturday: Beginning of internships
June 2006
9th, Friday: Diplomats' College: "German budgetary politics in the multi-level context" Prof. Dr. Henrik Enderlein
July 2006
3rd, Monday: Historical Crimes and International Justice: New Debates
Harvard Center for European Studies in Berlin
CES BERLIN DIALOGUES
25th, Tuesday - 27th, Thursday: berlinpolis - Junior Campus 2006
August 2006
14th, Monday: HSoG Governance Forum - "Monopol": Ein Museum auf Zeit für die Kunst von heute
27th, Sunday: Executive Seminars - Harnack Haus, Berlin
28th, Monday: "A Requiem for Liberal Internationalism?" with Prof. John G. Ruggie
31st, Thursday: GPPI in cooperation with HSoG: "Realizing Rights: New Alliances for Human Rights, Development and Migration" with Mary Robinson (at Zeughauskino)
31st, Thursday: End of internships and end of Academic Year 2005/2006
September 2006
1st, Friday: Beginning of Academic Year 2006/2007
4th, Monday: "Bildungspolitik in Berlin - Herausforderungen und Perspektiven 2010" in cooperation with berlinpolis
11th, Monday: Beginning of classes, Fall Semester 2006
13th, Wednesday: Inauguration ceremony MPP programme 2006-2008
October 2006
11th, Wednesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lunch-time Lecture Series of Fall Term 2006 - Lars Haagen Pedersen, Ministry of Finance, Denmark: "Financial Restraints in the Mature Welfare State - the Case of Denmark"
19th, Thursday: Book Presentation: Risse im Bruderbund. Die Gespräche Honecker - Breshnew 1974 bis 1982
20th, Friday - 21st, Saturday: Conference - "Bittere Erfahrungen" der Vergangenheit und der Prozess der Konstitutionalisierung Europas
25th, Wednesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lunch-time Lecture Series of Fall Term 2006 - Richard Rose, University of Aberdeen: "From Comparative Politics to Learning Lessons for Public Policy"
November 2006
1st, Wednesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lunch-time Lecture Series of Fall Term 2006 - Tore Hansen, University of Oslo: "The Local Norwegian Welfare State: From Municipal Socialism to Bureaucratic Routines"
3rd, Friday: HSoG on Tour - "Job or Master" fair in Düsseldorf
8th, Wednesday: Berlin APSIA Fair
9th, Thursday - 11th, Saturday: Executive Seminar in co-operation with the esmt on: Public-Private Governance - Understanding the public sector and enhancing cooperation
24th, Friday - 25th, Saturday: Second International Symposium: Multilevel Governance - Performance and Accountability more
29th, Wednesday: campusPERSPECTIVES -debate between Gabor Steingart and Lars-Henrik Röller, moderated by Michael Zürn
December 2006
6th, Wednesday: The HSoG Faculty's Lunch-time Lecture Series of Fall Term 2006 - Kent Weaver, Georgetown Public Policy Institute: "Design and Implementation Issues in the Swedish Individual Accounts Pension System" more
7th, Thursday: HSoG on Tour - Universität Mannheim more
12th, Tuesday: HSoG on Tour - International University Bremen more
15th, Friday: End of classes, Fall Semester 2006