Public events

Join a panel discussion with Marina Henke (Centre for International Security), Nicole Koenig (Jacques Delors Centre), Peter Wittig (Schaeffler GmbH) and Sudha David-Wilp (The German Marshall Fund of the United States). We will discuss the implications of the US presidential elections on the transatlantic relationship.
This event is executed in collaboration with the Centre for International Security and the Jacques Delors Centre.

Join us for a discussion covering topics impacting the US presidential elections on 3 November. We welcome Andrew Gelman (Columbia University), Mark Kayser (Hertie School), and Mariah Craven (writer and political consultant).
This event is executed in collaboration with Alumni Affairs.

What does the next generation make of politics and society? What would the political agenda look like if generation “Z” had their say?
Join us for an online panel discussion hosted by the Hertie Foundation and the Hertie School. English translation will be provided for this German-speaking event.

Book presentation and discussion with co-authors Hertie School Professor of Public Health and Education Klaus Hurrelmann and journalist Erik Albrecht and representatives of Generation Greta. Hosted by Elisabeth Niejahr, Managing Director, "Strengthening Democracy", Hertie Foundation. Please note that this event will be held in German.

How do citizens perceive facial recognition technology across the globe? Join us for a discussion with Léa Steinacker  (ada), Genia Kostka (Freie Universität Berlin) and chaired by Daniela Stockmann (Hertie School). Hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.

Symposium on the occasion of the 80th birthday of the constitutional lawyer and political thinker Ulrich K. Preuß, whose work forms the theoretical and political span for the discussions.

The Dahrendorf Forum at the Hertie School and the German-British Society cordially invite you to a panel discussion on current trends in ballot box choices and party support, set against the backdrop of developments in US politics, the fallout from the UK Brexit Referendum, and growing polarisation in European politics.

We welcome distinguished scholar Francis Fukuyama, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, for a discussion on lessons drawn from 1989 to face current challenges, and how we should handle today’s uncertainty to protect democracy tomorrow. Hosted in cooperation with The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e. V., Robert Bosch Stiftung, and the Hertie School.

Election results in East Germany have confirmed the AfD’s popularity while the CDU, SPD and Die Linke have all suffered losses in their support base. Join us for a discussion on the results with Andrea Römmele,  Mario Voigt, MdL Thüringen, Daniel Hegedüs, Rethink.CEE Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Sebastian Bukow, Project Officer Local Politics and Urban Development Division, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Birgit Baumann, Berlin-Correspondent, Der Standard. This event will be held in German and is hosted in partnership with Open Society Foundations.

Join us on this momentous night for Europe to watch and discuss as the results of the European Parliament elections unfold. The Hertie School and Jacques Delors Institute Berlin - Centre for European Affairs host this event together with Polis180, Junge Europäische Föderalisten Deutschland e.V., Schwarzkopf Stiftung and the Hertie Stiftung, Fellows & Friends. This event will be held in German.

How can we explain the geographical variation of populism in Europe? Philip Manow will discuss populist protest in various political economies by looking at how  vulnerable they are  to the two most powerful features of globalisation: the movement of goods and capital across borders and migration. This event is part of the Examining populism series at the Hertie School.