News and press releases

Adrienne Héritier and Kathleen Thelen awarded Hertie School‘s Michael Endres Prize

2019 prize given jointly to two winners for the first time.

Podcast: Smartphone to replace brain?

Lukas Graf discusses the impact of digitalisation on education in a Hertie Foundation podcast.

Hertie School graduate elected to European Parliament

Damian Boeselager is co-founder and spitzenkandidat of new pan-European party VOLT.

Hertie School pays tribute to 220 graduates

Former WTO Secretary General Pascal Lamy delivers keynote speech.

Anke Hassel appointed to German government advisory council ‘Hightech Forum’

Hassel chairs social innovation group, developing policy insights for education and research ministry.

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Michaela Kreyenfeld selected to join prestigious German sciences academy BBAW

Professor of Sociology also elected to 2019 board of the German Demography Society.

Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP) awarded 1.1 million-euro research grant

Joint project of Hertie School and 6 other Berlin institutions to tackle digitalisation challenges.

Besa Shahini is 2019 Alumni Achievement Award winner

The Albanian education minister is honoured for her outstanding public service.

Fewer and fewer young Germans are saving for retirement

Klaus Hurrelmann and Christian Traxler present results of 2019 MetallRente study.

Health economist Mujaheed Shaikh new Professor of Health Governance at the Hertie School

The professorship is funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung as part of the project "Restart: A Health Care Reform Workshop.”

Leibniz Association approves second phase of funding for Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies

Christian Traxler, Daniela Stockmann and Lion Hirth in project with seven Berlin institutions.