News and press releases

Topic: Hartz IV - latest research results Wednesday, November 10, 13.00 – 14.00 h at the Hertie School, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin

As of 1 July 2010, Regine Kreitz is the Head of Communications at the Hertie School in Berlin.

Andrea Römmele, Hertie's Professor for Communications in Politics and Civil Society, dissects whether or not political scandals actually have an impact on the voter on election day.

Patrick Gilroy. MPP Class of 2011 student Patrick is the first recipient of the Hertie Internship Fund from Alumni (HIFA).

Prof. Dr. Andrea Römmele will transfer from the International University Bruchsal to the Hertie School in Berlin. Professor Römmele will hold the newly-created position of Professor for Communication in Politics and Civil Society, which is supported by the Initiative ProDialog.

"Studying Belarus is like finding one’s way through a web of complex legacies": Hertie School students Lucy Kinski and Robert Schachtschneider form half of a group of Studienkolleg participants delving deeper into the complexities of this key former Soviet republic. Read their comments on their research...

Recently, young legal professionals from the Southern Caucasus region took part in the GTZ Winter Academy at the Hertie School.

A number of Hertie School Faculty have contributed to a "handbook of progressive ideas for our times".

The 2009/2010 Academic Year has formally been opened at the Hertie School. We welcome all 116 new students, coming to Berlin from 36 different countries. At the same time, we'd like to extend warm congratulations to our first EMPM graduates.

As the new Dean at the Hertie School, Helmut K. Anheier likes to emphasise the school’s current importance: “One thing the financial crisis has shown us is the importance of educating leaders in business and politics: leaders who have learned to and are also able to see the bigger picture."

As the first post-Soviet state, Kazakhstan will chair the OSCE in 2010, thereby ensuring that the Central Asian country will play an important intermediary role between the former Soviet republics and the West in the next year.

Energy expert - and Hertie School professor - Claudia Kemfert urges politicians to tackle the climate and energy crisis.