Alumni stories

Alumni Reunion 2017

Extraordinary times call for an extraordinary reunion.

Hertie School graduate helps keep businesses out of harm’s way

Ali Sokmen, MPP 2011, draws on policy expertise to analyse political and economic risk.

Pedaling ideas

Alumna Alejandra Leal Vallejo is making urban environments safer for cyclists and pedestrians.

Rizwan Bajwa: Keeping kids fed and in school in war-torn Syria

One of the Hertie School’s first graduates is on the humanitarian front lines in the Middle East.

Cultivating green capital

At the Bundesbank, alumna Claudia Müller helps mobilise private green finance in the international system.

Meet Anne-Marie Kortas, 2016 Alumni Achievement Award recipient

Helping refugees find their feet in Germany.

Student and alumni views

The strugglers in developing countries: Reconciling expectations and aspirations

Hertie School graduate Christian Meyer on the significance of the global emerging middle class.

Fighting poverty and gender inequality in Sierra Leone

MPP Alumnus Joseph Ayamga: “One thing that outrages me is inequality. I just don’t like it.”

The value of a Master of Public Administration

Executive MPA graduate Sari Al Ghul reflects on how the programme took his career to a new level.

Student and alumni views

Hertie School launches digital student magazine ‘The Governance Post’

The Hertie School’s new digital student-run magazine, The Governance Post, was launched in Berlin today.

Alumni Achievement Award: Interview with Joseph Ayamga, first-ever recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award

Student and alumni views

Video: Reconciling family and career in Germany

A film by MPP Alumna Katri Kemppainen-Bertram explore why finding the balance can still be so tricky.