Student events

With H.E. Badr Abdelatty (Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Federal Republic of Germany).

The Ambassador Series is a student initiative by the International Relations Club at the Hertie School. This event marked the first installment of the 2016 edition of the series.

With Sabine Campe and Marco Schäferhoff (Associate Directors of SEEK Development).

A day on career paths in security policy including dinner with a keynote speech. Guests will be representatives from different areas and sectors of security policy (on giving advice e.g. Think Tanks; on working in politics e.g. ministries and embassies; on talking politics e.g. media/blogging).

The event was organised in cooperation with the 'Zentrum Informationsarbeit Bundeswehr'.

With Roberto Amorosino (Senior Recruitment Officer, The World Bank Group, Washington DC) talked about the structure and strategic goals of the World Bank Group and provided an overview of current career opportunities.

The Hertie School hosted an exclusive screening of The Big Short, a film adaption of the number one non-fiction bestseller by Michael Lewis portraying the story of four outsiders who saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy. Directed by Adam McKay (Anchorman, Step Brothers). The Big Short stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt. The screening was followed by a Q&A with Henrik Enderlein (Professor of Political Economy at the Hertie School), and others.

A special word of thanks to Paramount Pictures Germany GmbH for the unique opportunity to host a screening of this remarkable movie prior to the German film release (January 2016).

A talk by Martin Kothé (Managing Director of FTI Consulting).

Hertie alumnus Nicolas Rosemberg gave a talk about his entry into and work with the Inter-American Development Bank. He shared insights about the type of work that they do at the Social Protection and Health division and the career opportunities inside the bank. He was joined by the 1st year student Barbara Buchbinder who has work experience with IDB in Washington D.C. 

A talk by Tim Arnold and Simon Chorzelski (MPP 2013) from the Boston Consulting Group. They were joined by Matthias Kaspers (Class of 2017) who is a former Visiting Associate with BCG and a member of their Fast Forward Program.

Presentation by Mareike Klein (Associate Professor of EU and International Politics at the LSE’s European Institute).

Hertie Alumna Florien Kruse (MPP 2015) talked about her work as a research trainee with Eurofound in Dublin. She igave advice on the application process and shared her personal experience of the added benefit (career-wise) of doing a traineeship at an EU agency like Eurofound.

3-day-conference organised by the Young Polish International Network (YPIN) and Tönissteiner Kreis e.V.with Ricardo Giucci (Berlin Economics), H.E. Jerzy Marganski (Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Germany), H.E. Rolf Nikel (Ambassador of Germany in Poland), Kyryl Savin (Deutsche Welle), Iryna Solonenko (German Council on Foreign Relations, DGAP), and Svitlana Zalishchuk (Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada), among others.

An initiative of the Hertie School Alumni Network.

A talk by Pierre Dyens and Victoria Francisco from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) about ADB's strategic overview and talent needs.