Class of 2014 - Hertie School of Governance

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Master of Public Policy
Profiles—Class of 2014
SIMONE AZEVEDO UURIINTUYA BATSAIKHAN JOST BERGSCHNEIDER MELANIE
BIWERSI JANA BLÖCKER CARLO BÖNINGER INGA-LENA BOOS FRIEDERIKE SOPHIE
BRAND THEKLA KATINKA BROSE AARON BURNETT JEREMY CAIRNS SEBASTIAN TADEO
CAMPOS GROTH GUSTAVO CARNEIRO SOPHIA COTE FREDDY COTTES LEONARDO
DE VIZIO BEN DEACON SAHIL DEO JEFFREY DEUTCH SARAH DREVERMANN BASIR
FEDA LEAH YAEL FLAM CHRISTIAN FRANZ SARAH FUCHS THAIS GAYMARD LEONIE
GRÜNHAGE VERA GÜNTHER MATTHIAS HELF EVA KATHARINA ROSE HERRMANN
MIRKO HOHMANN SIMON HOLM KLANGE JANNIC HORNE DAPHNEE PRATES
FLORES IGLESIAS MIHAI-ANDREI ILAS ALEXANDRA IOAN LUCIA GABRIELA IXTACUY
JORGE ROBERTO JAROUCHE AUN RABAN WILHELM FERREOL JAY VON SELDENECK
LIKUMBI KAPIHYA MAIA KAPLAN RODRIGO KAPPEL-SAURIN KAROLINA KARTUS
ANDREW KELLER NYAMBURA KIARIE THOMAS KIESGEN PAULA HILDEGARD KIFT
VIVIANA SABRINA KLEIN JONAS KOHL ALINA KÖNIG ANNE-MARIE KORTAS NIKLAS
KOSSOW JULIA KOWALSKI ERIC KRASSOI PEACH MARTIN KREBS JONAS MAXIMILIAN
KUHN JINJI KWON SINH LE STEVEN H. LI ELIZABETH LIM YUH YIING LOH QUIRIN
SEBASTIAN MADERSPACHER EGLANTINE MARCELIN DEVIN MARCO LEA-KRISTIN
MARTIN JULIA MELZER GUNNAR MOKOSCH MEGHAN MARIKA MULLEN DENNIS
MWAURA PEDRO OBANDO PAULINA MADDALENA OLENGA TETE AGOSTINA
PASCAZIO MARINA PAVLOVA SEBASTIAN PETER MATT POPKIN JOSE JULIAN PRIETO
BARRERA ANNKATHRIN RABE JULIA REIS DAVID RINNERT IAN RODERICK MARIANELA
ROMERO ACEVES THOMAS RUETZEL REBECA SAHAGUN RYWA SOPHIA SALAMANDER
MARISSA SANTIKARN LYDIA SCHEMINSKI MAGDALENA SCHMIDT JAN SCHUBERT
SHAARAD SHARMA MAHENDRA SHUNMOOGAM-GRABOSCH KATHARINA SIPPLE
ANTONIO HENRIQUE SMITH BRAVO SARAH ELISABETH SOTEROFF ERASMO SOTO
MARIO SPIEZIO THÉRÈSE CAROLIN TASCHE PAUL TROMPISCH THIEN KIM TRUONG
BJÖRN VERSE SAMANTHA VILLELLA MARIAN VOGEL DAVID VOGES FREDA CHRISTINA
URSULA VON DER DECKEN JOHANNES WAHNER FRANZISKA WEIL JULIUS WERSIG
MONICA WILLS SILVA NICHOLAS ZAGARIA SEBASTIAN ZAVELBERG SEBASTIAN ZILCH
Hertie School of Governance—founded and supported by
A glimpse of the future
Welcome to the Hertie School of Governance! We are an academic
centre of excellence in Berlin, characterised by practice-oriented
teaching and research, lively public debates and engagement with
current policy developments. Our international and interdisciplinary
faculty equips students with the understanding, knowledge and
tools to work at the forefront of governance and policy making.
We are pleased to introduce you to these future professionals and
world-changers.
It all began in 2005, when 30 students from 16 countries started the first Master of Public Policy programme
at the Hertie School. They graduated in 2007 and since
then, 433 MPP graduates have joined their ranks. On
behalf of the faculty and staff of the Hertie School, it is
our privilege to present the MPP Class of 2014. These
students, who have, in addition to an MPP, studied everything from Political Science, International Relations,
Economics, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Natural
Sciences, Engineering and Journalism, will graduate in
May 2014.
The Hertie School’s greatest asset is definitely the quality of our students. The average MPP student speaks
4 languages, holds 2 degrees, has done 3 internships,
has studied, volunteered or worked in 3 countries, and
we are proud to have prepared them for careers in the
public, private and civil society sectors. Past graduates
have gone on to work in government ministries and private corporations as well as international organisations
and foundations; others have established their own
organisations.
The Hertie School’s MPP programme offers an analytically challenging and problem-oriented education in governance, policy analysis, management and leadership,
strengthened by real-world experience in the public and
private sectors. It brings together perspectives from economics, political science, law, and sociology, and trains
students in quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
As part of a global network that includes the London
School of Economics and Political Science, Sciences Po in
Paris, Columbia University in New York and other excellent Public Policy Schools, we are able to offer a wide
range of study abroad opportunities for our students.
As you will note, a third of the students went on an
exchange semester or obtained a dual degree at one of
our partner universities. Other students participate in
the School’s Professional Year programme after their first
year of studies, which enables students to gain valuable
professional experience in institutions located in Europe
or further abroad.
Our motto at the Hertie School is “Understand today.
Shape tomorrow.” We are confident that these graduates – united by a desire to make a difference and to
bring about a better future – are well-prepared to meet
the increasingly international and challenging demands
of working in modern public agencies, corporations, as
well as civil society institutions. You are warmly invited
to review their profiles.
Prof. Helmut K. Anheier, PhD
Dean
Anna Sophie Herken
Managing Director
Master of Public Policy Profiles—Class of 2014 1
The Master of Public Policy
The MPP is an academically demanding degree programme with a
hands-on approach, which prepares students to tackle today’s most pressing
problems.
The Programme
An ever-changing world confronts us with a wide range
of policy challenges. What degree of state intervention
do we need to regulate the financial sector? Who is going
to pay for social security and retirement in countries with
ageing populations? How will we feed a growing world
population while still preserving the environment for
future generations? What does the transformation of the
Arab world mean for the communities in the region and
the world at large?
In order to tackle these issues and many others, policy
makers must think and act across boundaries. Learning and understanding why certain policies work while
others fail is what Master of Public Policy students at
the Hertie School of Governance do during the two-year
programme in Berlin.
The MPP provides the tools tomorrow’s decision makers
need to analyse existing policies, critically discuss policy
innovations and evaluate solutions. It is an academically demanding degree programme with a hands-on,
problem-oriented approach, giving students not only
knowledge but experience they can utilise across borders,
disciplines and sectors— be it public, private, or civil society. Students acquire the analytical skills to go out in the
world, wherever their interests may take them, and work
to promote good policies that in turn promote the public
good.
2 Hertie School of Governance
“We equip future leaders to act responsibly and think
ahead. We want them to be aware of their responsibility
to the greater good,” says Hertie School Dean Helmut K.
Anheier. “The MPP enables students to understand how
governance works so that they can contribute to making
it better—whichever policy-related careers they choose
to pursue.”
At the Hertie School, students have the opportunity to
learn from each other as well. Half of the programme’s
students are drawn from more than 40 countries, joining
their German counterparts in one of the world’s most
exciting cities. The mix of different cultures enriches student life and the learning environment. In addition to the
regular curriculum, the MPP offers a variety of opportunities through its study abroad programme for students
to gain international experience within a one semester
academic exchange or a year-long dual degree at leading
partner universities in North America, Europe and Asia.
International Experience
Academic exchanges and a dual degree programme allow students to
expand their horizons and personal networks at institutions around the
world.
Study Abroad
Tokyo. London. Singapore. Toronto. Beijing. Or Cairo. The
Hertie School of Governance offers its Master of Public
Policy candidates more than just a degree. The university has developed two study abroad opportunities that
allow students to gain experience—or even a second
degree—at partner institutions around the world: a
semester-long academic exchange or a year-long dual
degree programme.
Students who choose the dual degree spend their first
year at the Hertie School and then their second year
abroad at the partner school.
Hertie School alumna Snezhina Kovacheva earned degrees from both the Hertie School and Columbia through
the dual degree programme. She now works at the
European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. “Hertie and
Columbia changed the way I look at the world,” she says.
Academic Exchange
The exchange programme is available to about 30 students per cohort at 15 different foreign universities,
including Duke University, Georgetown University in
Washington DC, the National University of Singapore, the
University of Toronto, the Graduate Institute in Geneva,
Tsinghua University in Beijing, and the American University in Cairo. Students can apply for one of the academic
exchange places after starting their degree programme—
generally after their first semester. They then attend a
partner university during their third semester to add the
experience of living and studying in a different environment and culture to their degree.
In addition to the aforementioned partnerships, the
Hertie School offers a special dual degree in International
Security and Development Policy with the Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Syracuse University) and the International Institute of Social Studies
(The Hague). This dual degree is funded by the ATLANTIS
Transatlantic Degree Programme of the European Commission and the US Department of Education.
Dual Degree
For students who want to dive even deeper into another
academic environment, the school has created a dual degree programme that allows MPP candidates to not only
complete a degree from the Hertie School in Berlin
but also earn a degree at a partner university in the
United States, Asia or Europe. For example, the MPP
could be combined with a Master of Public Administration or Master of International Affairs at Columbia
University in New York. Other options include the London
School of Economics and Political Science, Sciences Po in
Paris, Milan’s Bocconi University and Tokyo University.
Simone Azevedo
Uuriintuya
Batsaikhan
Brazil
Mongolia
Academic Areas of Interest
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• International Governance
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Development Economics
• Environment, Energy, Climate
• Finance and Economic Policy
Education
Education
• CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing, The Chartered Institute of Marketing (Maidenhead,UK)
• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Faculdades
Tancredo Neves (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Master of Arts, International Relations and European
Studies, Central European University (Budapest,
Hungary)
• Bachelor of International Economic Relations,
National University of Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia)
• Exchange, University of Arkansas (Fayetteville,
Arkansas)
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Italian, German
Internships
06–07/2013 Intern, Research and New Developments
Department, EU-LAC Foundation (Hamburg, Germany)
03–06/2004 Assistant, Agro-business Department, Economic Mission of the French Embassy (São Paulo, Brazil)
03–06/2004 Assistant, Exhibitions and Publications
Department, Franco-Brazilian Center of Technical and
Scientific Documentation (São Paulo, Brazil)
Work Experience
08/2009–06/2012 Projects Manager, Education
Department, British Council Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil)
08–11/2009 Acting Regional Project Manager for Latin
America and Caribbean, British Council Brasilia (Brasilia,
Brazil)
02/2007–07/2009 Projects Officer and Regional
Evaluation Coordinator for Latin America and the
Caribbean, British Council Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil)
Languages
English, Mongolian, Russian, German
Internships
07 –08/2012 Summer Research Assistant, Global
Economy Program, Center for International Governance
Innovation (Waterloo, Canada)
Intern, Economic and Trade Affairs, Embassy of Mongolia
(London, UK)
Work Experience
02/2012–02/2014 Research Assistant, Department
of Development and Security, German Institute for
Economic Research, DIW Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
03/2010–08/2011 Assistant/Interpreter, UNDP Mongolia
(Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
Master Thesis Title
Master Thesis Title
To what extent have the EU-Latin American higher
Education cooperation programmes contributed to the
creation of the EU-Latin America and Caribbean common
Higher Education Area? (WT)
Partner organisation: EU-LAC Foundation
Supporting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME’s)
Through Commercial Credit Circuit (C3)
Jost
Bergschneider
Melanie Biwersi
Germany
Germany
• Political Communication
• Democratic Development and Governance
• Transport Policy
• European Integration
• Labour and Education Policy
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, International Politics and History,
Jacobs University Bremen (Bremen, Germany)
German, English
• Bachelor of Arts, English Language and Literature
and Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin,
Germany)
• Erasmus Exchange, English Language and Literature
and Political Science, University of Essex (Essex, UK)
Internships
Languages
07–09/2013 Office for Political Communication,
Lufthansa Group (Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2012 Regulation Strategy Department, Deutsche
Post AG (Bonn, Germany)
07–10/2011 Economic Policy Department, Rambøll
Management Consulting (Hamburg, Germany)
German, English, French, Spanish, Latin
Languages
Work Experience
09/2013–present Advisor, Social Media Department,
Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (Berlin, Germany)
09/2012–05/2013 Student employee, Economic Policy
Department, Rambøll Management Consulting (Berlin,
Germany)
10/2011–04/2012 Analyst, Economic Policy Department,
Rambøll Management Consulting (Hamburg, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Internships
06–07/2013 Assistant, European Division,
Representation of the Federal State of SchleswigHolstein (Berlin, Germany)
08–09/2010 Assistant, Office for Public Relations of the
Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Lübeck, Germany)
Work Experience
09/2012–present Voluntary work as a reading assistant
in a primary school (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Migrants and the German labour market: The effect of
migration on employment structures and labour market
institutions (WT)
German Federal Elections 2013 | Election-day Voters
during the German Federal Elections 2009 and 2013:
Do They Pose a Threat to Democracy?
Partner organisation: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Jana Blöcker
Carlo Böninger
Germany
Germany
• European Integration and EU Financial Crisis
• Political Communication and Management
Education
Education
• Exchange Student , George Washington University
(Washington DC, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Philosophy,
Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
• Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy and Cultural Studies,
University College Maastricht (Maastricht,
Netherlands)
• International Baccalaureate, Ardingly College
(Haywards Heath, UK)
Languages
English, German
Languages
English, German
Internships
01–02/2009 Intern, Office of Heide Rühle, Committees:
IMCO, REGI, European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium)
05–07/2008 Intern, Event Management, Jazzbüro
Hamburg e.V. (Hamburg, Germany)
Work Experience
01/2012–present Member of the German Team of
Experts Team Europe/Economic Governance, European
Commission Representation Office in Germany (Berlin,
Germany)
03/2011–present Young European Professional, The
Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bonn, Germany)
10/2009–present Student Research Assistant, office
of Manuel Sarrazin, Committee on the Affairs of the
European Union, German Parliament (Berlin, Germany)
07–08/2009 Mentor, Exhibition about Law in NaziGermany, Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of
Europe (Hamburg/Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Efficiency and Legitimacy in Times of the Financial Crisis:
A Comparative Study between the United States of
America and the European Union
Partner organisation: German Parliament
Internships
06–07/2013 Intern, Corporate Responsibility
Department, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
(Frankfurt a.M., Germany)
04–08/2012 Intern, Corporate Responsibility
Department, Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany)
01–02/2008 Intern, Advisory Department, KPMG AG
(Munich, Germany)
09–11/2007 Freelance Journalist, Culture & Lifestyle
Sector, Metrozine (Shanghai, China)
06–07/2007 Intern, Wealth Management Center,
Bankhaus Reuschel & Co. (Munich, Germany)
Work Experience
10/2012–present Founder & CEO, Karmawood UG (Karft,
Germany)
Master Thesis Title
The transition from Corporate Responsibility to Shared
Value in the service sector
Inga-Lena Boos
Friederike Sophie
Brand
Germany
Germany
• Health Policy
• Energy Policy
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental
Sustainability
• Public Affairs
Education
• Bachelor of Science, International Economics
and Business Economics, Maastricht University
(Maastricht, Netherlands)
Education
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch
• Master of Arts, Cultural Anthropology, Sociology,
Education Studies, University of Cologne (Cologne,
Germany)
• Exchange, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
• Exchange, American University (Washington DC, USA)
Internships
Languages
04–06/2011 Department of external economic policy,
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Berlin,
Germany)
09/2010–02/2011 Business Development, Energy sector,
Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce
(Montréal, Canada)
06–07/2009 Assurance, Energy Sector,
PricewaterhouseCoopers (Düsseldorf, Germany)
07–08/2008 Advisory Services, Institutional Customers,
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. (Cologne, Germany)
English, German, Japanese
Languages
Work Experience
09/2012–08/2013 Advisor, Bilateral Cooperation in
the Field of Health, German Federal Ministry of Health
(Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
German Health System | Champion in hips and knees –
but at high costs. Can selective contracts reduce hospital
volumes? - at the example of hip and knee replacements
Partner organisations: Federal Ministry of Health and
OECD
Internships
09/2012–01/2013 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (Berlin,
Germany)
06–08/2012 Ketchum Pleon GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
Work Experience
01/2008–present Freelance Editor and Translator
04/2013–present Student Assistant, Prof. Dr. Kai
Wegrich, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)
04–09/2013 Student Assistant, Digital Communication,
Association of German Banks (Berlin, Germany)
08/2006–08/2011 Student Assistant, Prof. Dr. Heiner
Meulemann and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Friedrichs, Research
Institute for Sociology, University of Cologne (Cologne,
Germany)
10/2008–03/2009 Tutor “Introduction to Cultural
Anthropology”, Institute for Cultural and Social
Anthropology, University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
How does the Japanese feed-in tariff influence the
incentives for investing in renewable energy in Japan?
Partner organisation: Institute for Sustainable Energy
Policies (Tokyo, Japan)
Thekla Katinka
Brose
Aaron Burnett
Canada/Germany
Germany
• Non-profit Sector
• Human Rights
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Science, European Studies, University of
Twente (Enschede, Netherlands)
• Bachelor of Journalism (Honours), University of King’s
College (Halifax, Canada)
Languages
Languages
English, German, Dutch, Spanish
English, German
Internships
Internships
06–07/2012 Consultant, Referat EB3, German Federal
Ministry of Economics and Technology (Berlin, Germany)
06–07/2011 Consultant and Researcher, Pan Himalayan
Grassroots Development Foundation (Ranikhet, India)
01–06/2013 NGO Relations Intern, Department of Public
Information, United Nations (New York, USA)
07–10/2012 Editorial Intern, IP Journal, German Council
on Foreign Relations (Berlin, Germany)
Work Experience
Work Experience
09/2012–08/2013 Consultant, Socio-Economic
Department, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
(Berlin, Germany)
12/2008–06/2011 Reporter, 660News Radio, Rogers
Broadcasting (Calgary, Canada)
Master Thesis Title
Master Thesis Title
Social Innovation: A Desirable and Feasible Journey for
Organizations Addressing Public Problems? The State of
the Art of Social Innovation in German Social Welfare
Organizations
Partner organisation: Vodafone Foundation
Europe and the Responsibility to Protect: Can EU Conflict
Prevention Instruments do more to help prevent mass
atrocities?
Jeremy Douglas
Cairns
Sebastian
Campos Groth
Canada
Mexico / Germany
• Natural Resource Policy
• Public Management
• New Knowledge Technologies
Education
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Victoria
(Victoria, Canada)
• TORFL, Irkutsk State Linguistic University (Irkutsk,
Russia)
Education
• Licenciatura International Relations, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico City, Mexico)
• Industriekaufmann, Industrie- und Handelskammer /
ISMAC (Mexico City, Mexico)
Languages
English, Russian
Languages
Spanish, German, English, French
Work Experience
05/2012–09/2013 Policy Analyst, Department of
Economic Development, Government of Yukon
(Whitehorse, Canada)
05/2009–09/2011 Mineral exploration contractor,
Groundtruth exploration inc. (Dawson City, Canada)
Master Thesis Title
Developing a Future: The relationship between natural
resource development and indigenous self-governance in
northern Canada
Internships
06–08/2013 Assistant – Public Relations, Human
Resources, Central Management and Business
Development at Service 94 GmbH (Hannover, Germany)
10/2006–06/2008 Marketing, Controlling, Accounting,
Human Resources Departments at Bayer de México, S.A.
de C.V. (Mexico City, Mexico)
Work Experience
09/2012–present Coder, Manifesto Coding Project, Berlin
Social Science Center (Berlin, Germany)
08/2010–06/2012 Teaching Assistant, Current Relations
between Mexico, the United States and Canada,
National Autonomous University of Mexico and Center
for Research and Teaching in Economics (Mexico City,
Mexico)
Master Thesis Title
Fostering Creative Economy Clusters: Policies and
Evidence. A comparison between Berlin and London
Partner organisation: Bundesagentur für Arbeit
Gustavo
Carneiro
Sophia Cote
Canada
Brazil
• Social and Educational Policy
Education
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil)
Languages
English, Portuguese, Spanish, German
Internships
06–08/2013 Project Coordinator, Human Rights Course,
Allversity (Berlin, Germany)
01/2008–05/2009 Legal Intern, Chief Justice’s Chamber,
Supreme Court of Brazil (Supremo Tribunal Federal)
(Brasilia, Brazil)
05–09/2007 Legal Intern, Public Defender’s Office
(Brasilia, Brazil)
Work Experience
09/2010–06/2012 International Assistant, Chamber
of Justice for Public Law, High Court of Justice (Brasilia,
Brazil)
Education
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Modern European History
and Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University,
(Antigonish, Canada)
• Diploma in Middle Eastern Studies, PhilippsUniversität Marburg, (Marburg, Germany)
Languages
English, German
Internships
03–09/2013 Intern, Public Affairs and Corporate
Communications, APCO Worldwide (Berlin, Germany)
09/2012–03/2013 Project Associate, Public Relations,
Germany Trade & Invest (Berlin, Germany)
06–09/2012 Intern, Public Sector Advisory, KPMG (Berlin,
Germany)
Work Experience
Master Thesis Title
E-Learning in higher Education: a path to a more equal
system?
09/2013–05/2014 Project Assistant, Public Affairs and
Corporate Communications, APCO Worldwide (Berlin,
Germany)
09/2008–05/2011 Security Organiser, Student Union, St.
Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Canada)
Master Thesis Title
How can the European Union ensure natural gas
supply diversification so that it can avoid increasing its
dependency on Russian gas production and imports?
Partner organisation: APCO Worldwide Berlin
Freddy W.
Cottes
Leonardo
De Vizio
USA
Italy
• Behavioural Economics
• Private-Public Management
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Philosophy, Analytics and
Phenomenology, University of California Berkeley
(Berkeley, USA)
• University of California, Berkeley Abroad Program,
Language and Culture Program at the University of
Potsdam (Potsdam, Germany)
• Dual Degree Master of Science in Economic and Management of Public Administrations and International
Institutions, Bocconi University (Milan,Italy)
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International
Relations, LUISS Guido Carli (Rome, Italy)
• Exchange Semester, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
Languages
English, Spanish, German, Italian
Languages
English, Italian, French
Internships
06–08/2013 Analyst & Consultant, E-commerce,
Ondango (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Policy recommendation for a more effective and accountable European Commission
Work Experience
07/2013–present Executive Director, The Sunshine
Foundation (California, USA)
01–06/2012 General Manager, Seasons Bali, (Denpasar,
Indonesia)
Master Thesis Title
When do apps nudge? Nudging people towards a more
active lifestyle through smartphone applications
Benedict A.
Deacon
Sahil Deo
India
UK
• Foreign and Security Policy
• Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), International Relations &
European Studies, University of the West of England
(Bristol, UK)
• Master of Science, Management and Finance, Kedge
Business School (Marseille, France)
• Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science,
University of Pune (Pune, India) and Ecoles des Mines
(Mines, France)
Languages
German, English, French
Languages
Internships
06–09/2013 Intern, Policy Planning Staff, German
Federal Foreign Office (Berlin, Germany)
10/2011–01/2012 Intern, Strategic Communication
and Change Consultancy, Deekeling Arndt Advisors in
Communication GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
Work Experience
06–12/2013 Research Assistant Law and Society, Prof.
Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Joerges, Hertie School of Governance
(Berlin, Germany)
01–09/2012 Research Assistant, Research Division II:
EU-External Relations, German Institute for International
and Security Affairs (SWP) (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Efficiency of Consumption | The ‘Shareconomy’ and
‘Collaborative Consumption’ as consumer empowerment
and their regulatory challenges
English, Marathi, Hindi, French, Arabic
Internships
06–09/2013 Intern, SULGO, (GiZ) (Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania)
04–05/2011 Field Researcher, Innovation for Poverty
Action (Pune, India and New Haven, USA)
02–05/2009 Technology Analyst, Lyonnaise des Eaux
(Paris, France)
Work Experience
09/2012–present Research Assistant, Prof. Mark
Hallerberg, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin,
Germany)
09/2012–04/2013 Student Consultant, Civic Consultant
(Berlin, Germany)
05/2011–08/2012 Consultant, Project FreemE, a project
of the European Union (Cairo, Egypt and Rabat, Morocco)
07/2009–05/2010 Student Consultant, GreenEarth
Development Consultancy (Pune, India)
Master Thesis Title
The Case of Bad Banks in Germany - An Agency-based
Analysis of the Effects of Different Institutional Design
Options
Partners: German MEPs who are in the parliamentary
control body of the Federal Agency for Financial Market
Stabilisation | Experts from the World Bank
Jeff Deutch
Sarah
Drevermann
USA
Germany
• Social Policy
• Human Rights
• Corporate Sustainability
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, Hampshire College,
(Amherst, USA)
• Exchange Semester, Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin,
Germany)
• Exchange, American University (Washington DC, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität (Frankfurt a.M., Germany)
• Exchange, Sciences Po, Institut d’Études Politiques de
Lyon (Lyon, France)
Languages
English, German
Languages
English, German, Spanish, French, Russian
Internships
05–08/2013 Intern, Civic Consulting (Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2010 Court Representative Intern, Day Custody
Program, Center for Alternative Sentencing and
Employment Services (New York, USA)
05–08/2008 Ella Baker Intern, Center for Constitutional
Rights (New York, USA)
Internships
05–08/ 2013 Intern, Business in Society, Bertelsmann
Stiftung (Gütersloh, Germany)
07–08/2012 Wirtschaftsrat Hessen, Intern
Work Experience
Work Experience
10/2013–present Judge, Global Debate and Public Policy
Challenge, Global Public Policy Institute (Berlin, Germany)
10/2012–present Research Assistant, Civic Consulting
(Berlin, Germany)
02/2011–08/2012 Core Organizer, Milk Not Jails (New
York, USA)
06/2011–06/2012 J-1 Visa Program Specialist, Cultural
Vistas (New York, USA)
09–12/2010 Teaching Assistant, Professor Myrna
Breitbart, Hampshire College (Amherst, USA)
01/2008–07/2010 Administrative Assistant, Rosenberg
Fund for Children (Easthampton, USA)
10–12/2013 Research Assistant, Bertelsmann Stiftung
04–08/2011 Stach’s Gesellschaft für
Unternehmensentwicklung mbH (Frankfurt a.M.,
Germany)
Master Thesis Title
The effectiveness of multi-stakeholder initiatives in order
to enhance environmental standards into the supply
chain of corporations
Master Thesis Title
Profiling (In)justice: Disaggregating Data by Race and
Ethnicity to Curb Discriminatory Policing
Basir Feda
Leah Yael Flam
Afghanistan
Sweden
Education
•
•
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•
•
• Bachelor of Arts, Economics, University of Goa (Goa,
India)
Education
Languages
English, Pashtu, Persian, Urdu/Hindi, German
Internship
06–08/2013 Intern, Potsdam Institute for Climate
Impact Research (Potsdam, Germany)
09/2009–05/2012 Civil/Development Officer, Office of
the Deputy of Head of Mission at the United Nations
Assistance Mission (Kabul, Afghanistan)
08/2003–08/2006 Economic Assistant, Development
Cooperation Unit, Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany (Kabul, Afghanistan)
Master Thesis Title
Macroeconomic determinants of Green Investments in
35 Advanced and Emerging Markets
International Governance
Security Policy
Near Middle East
Public Affairs
International Organizations
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), International Relations
with European Studies, University of Exeter (Exeter,
UK)
• Erasmus, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin,
Germany)
Languages
English, German, Polish, French
Internships
05–08/2013 American Jewish Committee Goldman
Fellow, The Forum For Dialogue Among Nations (Warsaw,
Poland)
06–09/2012 Intern, US Embassy, Public Affairs (Berlin,
Germany)
03–04/2011 Intern, Deutsche Welle (Berlin,Germany)
Work Experience
02–04/2013 Student assistant, Hertie School of
Governance (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
The role of innovation as a mechanism to integrate the
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community into the Israeli labour
market (WT)
Christian
Bernhard Franz
Sarah Fuchs
Switzerland
Germany
Education
• Exchange, McCourt School of Public Policy,
Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA)
• Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Munich
School of Management, Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität (Munich, Germany)
Education
• Dual Degree, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
• Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs, University of
St.Gallen (St.Gallen, Switzerland)
• Exchange, Université de Genève (Geneva,
Switzerland)
Languages
English, German, French
Languages
English, German, French, Japanese
Internships
02–07/2013 Research Assistant, Macroeconomic
Forecasting, German Institute for Economic Research,
DIW, (Berlin, Germany)
05/2011–03/2012 Associate, Business Development, Fair
Observer (San Francisco, USA and Munich, Germany)
01–08/2008 Intern, Supply Chain Management, Sitec
Shanghai (Shanghai, China)
Internships
05–08/2013 Public Affairs, FleishmanHillard Germany
GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
03–07/2011 Representation of Interests, DEKRA e.V.
– Representation to the European Union (Brussels,
Belgium)
Work Experience
Work Experience
04/2012–06/2012 Summer Associate, Strategy
Consulting, L.E.K. Consulting (Munich, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
The Case of Bad Banks in Germany - An Agency-based
Analysis of the Effects of Different Institutional Design
Options
Partners: German MEPs who are in the parliamentary
control body of the Federal Agency for Financial Market
Stabilisation | Experts from the World Bank
09/2011–08/2012 and 04/2009–09/2010 Student
Assistant, Executive MBA in General Management,
University of St.Gallen (St.Gallen, Switzerland)
07–10/2008 Assistant, Back Office and Accounting
Department, Pavenstedt & Pauli AG (Zurich, Switzerland)
05–12/2007 Assistant, Accounting Department, AOP
Insurance Broker AG (Niederrohrdorf and Winterthur,
Switzerland)
Master Thesis Title
Energy Policy in Switzerland
Thaïs Gaymard
Leonie
Grünhage
France
Germany
Education
Education
• MPA/MPP Dual Degree London School of Economics
and Political Science (London, UK)
• Master in Public Affairs and Public Law, Sciences Po
(Paris, France)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Sciences and History,
Sciences Po (Paris, France)
• Bachelor of Arts, European Studies, Maastricht
University (Maastricht, Netherlands)
• Erasmus, Institut d’Études Politiques (Grenoble,
France)
Languages
Languages
English, French, German
Internships
06–09/2013 ERDF (Electricite reseau distribution de
France) Departement of Public Affairs, relations with
local elected officials and government. ( Paris, France)
01–07/2012 ESL&Network, Public affairs consultant
(Paris, France)
09–12/2011 Universal Pictures International, Publicity
assistant for Cinema Section (Paris, France)
05–09/2011 French Embassy in Madagascar,
Communication Attache (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
11–04/2011 Research Assistant, Institut Montaigne
(Paris, France)
09/2009–08/2010 Programming Assistant, Alliance
Francaise (New York, USA)
Internships
06–07/2013 Strategic and Political Department,
Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V.
(Berlin, Germany)
07–08/2012 Israel Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation
(Jerusalem, Israel)
06–08/2011 Division for EU Research Policy, European
Research Area, German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (Bonn, Germany)
Work Experience
11/2013–present Student Assistant, Office of Michael
Vietz MdB, Deutscher Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)
09/2012–06/2013 Student Assistant, Office of Ingbert
Liebing MdB, Deutscher Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Master Thesis Title
Which Fiscal Union for the Euro Area?
Partner organisation: Notre Europe - Jacques Delors
Institute
German Federal Elections 2013 | The role of party
members in election campaigns
Partner organisation: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Vera Günther
Matthias Helf
Germany
Germany
• Economic Policy
• European and Global Governance
• Public Management and Strategy Consulting
Education
Education
• Exchange, Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Bachelor of Arts, European Studies, International
Relations, University of Passau (Passau, Germany)
• Exchange, Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Bachelor of Science, International Business,
Maastricht University (Maastricht, Netherlands)
• Exchange, HEC Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Languages
English, German, French, Spanish
Languages
English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Chinese
Internships
04–06/2011 Office of Kerstin Müller, MdB, German
Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)
10–12/2010 Middle East Division, German Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(Bonn, Germany)
02–04/2009 Wellpaper, a microfinance NGO for women’s
empowerment (Auroville, India)
Work Experience
09/2012–08/2013 Desk Officer, Division for UN
Affairs and cooperation with developing and newly
industrialized countries, Federal Ministry for the
Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
(Berlin, Germany)
Internships
05–07/2013 Trainee, Transport Programme, European
Climate Foundation (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
The negotiation process for more rigorous CO2-emission
standards of new passenger cars sold in the European
Union by the year 2020. An analysis of the lobbying
attempts by various interest groups and their impact on
the opinion formation of the politicians involved
Master Thesis Title
Does Inequality Decrease Wealth? Implications for Future
National Accounting based on Sustainable Development
Eva Herrmann
Mirko Hohmann
Germany
Germany
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Communication and Consulting
• Education, Integration and Cultural Policy
• Security Policy and Foreign Affairs
• Transatlantic Relations
• Processes of Democratization and Civil Rights
Education
Education
• Dual Degree, Master of Science, Economics
and Management of Public Administration and
International Institutions, Bocconi University (Milan,
Italy)
• Bachelor of Arts, Culture and Economy, University of
Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany)
• Exchange, University of Adelaide (Adelaide, Australia)
• Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs, University of
St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
• Exchange, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs,
University of Texas at Austin (Austin, USA)
• Exchange, University of Otago (Dunedin, New
Zealand)
Languages
Languages
German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Internships
Internships
05–07/2013 German Federal Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs, Unit VIa1 European Social Policy, Youth
Unemployment (Berlin, Germany)
04–08/2012 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GiZ), Development Consulting
in the Areas of Good Governance and Anti-Corruption
Efforts, FODECID (Managua, Nicaragua)
01–03/2012 Permanent Representation of the Federal
Republic of Germany at the UN Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP)
and the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) (Rome, Italy)
Work Experience
10/2013–present Consultant, NIKE Consulting (Milan,
Italy)
11/2011–04/2012 Co-Chair, European Public Policy
Conference (EPPC): ‘Rethinking Poverty in the Developed
World’ (Paris, France)
03–05/2010 Student Research Assistant, Research
Project ‘Sprache macht stark!’ - University of Mannheim
(Mannheim Germany)
05–07/2013 German Bundestag, Office Katja Keul. MdB
(Berlin, Germany)
05–07/2012 Global Public Policy Institute (Berlin,
Germany)
03–05/2012 The Boston Consulting Group (Munich,
Germany)
Work Experience
09/2012–08/2013 Research Assistant, Global Public
Policy Institute (Berlin, Germany)
07/2007–07/2008 Volunteer, Vamos Juntos e.V. (La Paz,
Bolivia)
Simon Holm
Klange
Jannic Horne
Germany
Denmark
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Science, International Business & Politics,
Copenhagen Business School (Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Exchange, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs (Los
Angeles, USA)
• Bachelor of Science, Geography and Environmental
Sciences, University of Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany)
• Exchange, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble,
France)
Languages
Danish, English, German
Internships
05–08/2013 Intern, Principles of Responsible
Management Education Secretariat, UN Global Compact
(New York, USA)
Languages
Internships
Work Experience
02/2010–09/2012 Research Assistant, Center for CSR,
Copenhagen Business School (Copenhagen, Denmark)
08/2011–01/2012 Academic Writing Consultant, Rikkyo
University (Tokyo, Japan)
07/2007–12/2012 Full-time Campaign Volunteer,
Operation Dagsværk (Copenhagen, Denmark)
05–07/2013 Department for Energy, Transport and
Environment, German Institute for Economic Research
(Berlin, Germany)
05–07/2012 Research Division on Asia, German Institute
for International and Security Affairs (Berlin, Germany)
06–10/2011 Division on Sustainable Environmental
Governance, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) (New Delhi, India)
Master Thesis Title
Global Governance of Higher Management Education:
The Case of Principles of Responsible Management
Education
Work Experience
03–07/2010 Student Research Assistant, Institute for
Physical Geography, University of Freiburg (Freiburg,
Germany)
09–02/2008 Community Service, Little Sisters of St.
Francis (Nagalama, Uganda)
Master Thesis Title
Political de-risking of investments in utility scale
renewable energy projects (WT)
Daphnee
Iglesias
Andrei Ilas
Romania
Brazil
• Security Policy
• New Knowledge Economy and Policy
• European Union
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, Pontifical
Catholic University of Goiás – PUC-Goiás (Goiânia,
Brazil)
• Master of Science, Financial Management and Capital
Markets, Academy of Economic Studies (Bucharest,
Romania)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of
Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)
Languages
English, Portuguese, Spanish, German
Languages
Internships
07–08/2013 Summer Intern, Global Security Program,
The Centre for International Governance Innovation –
CIGI (Waterloo, Canada)
03–11/2006 Secretary Intern, Municipal Chamber of
Councillors (Goiânia, Brazil)
06–03/2006 International Relations Intern, International
Affairs Office, Federal University of Goiás – UFG-GO
(Goiânia, Brazil)
Work Experience
10/2010–05/2012 Business Operation Specialist, Finance
and Accounting, Accenture (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
08/2009–08/2010 Executive, International Division,
National Cancer Council – MAKNA (Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia)
04/2008–08/2009 Intelligence Analyst, Institutional
Security Centre, State Public Prosecution Ministry of
Goiás (Goiânia, Brazil)
Master Thesis Title
Commodifiable privacy? A comparative study between
Internet privacy regulation in the United States and the
European Union
Partner organisation: The Centre for International
Governance Innovation
Romanian, French, English
Internships
06–08/2013 Intern, Strategic Planning and Economic
Development, Ministry of Economy (Bucharest, Romania)
Work Experience
02/2008–08/2012 Consultant, International
Development for SMEs , Crédit-Mutuel – Crédit Industriel
et Commercial (Bucharest, Romania)
04/2007–02/2008 Data Research Analyst, Investment
Banking Support, Conectys Serv Telecom (Bucharest,
Romania)
06/2005–01/2007 Junior Analyst, Political Consulting,
Global Video Media (Bucharest, Romania)
Master Thesis Title
Macroeconomic determinants of Green Investments in
35 Advanced and Emerging Markets
Alexandra Ioan
Lucía Ixtacuy
Figueroa
Romania
Mexico
• Civil Society
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Education Policy
• Democratization, Anti-corruption Policy
Education
Education
• Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management
in Public Administration, University of Bucharest
(Bucharest, Romania)
• Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Public
Relations, National School of Public Administration
and Political Studies (Bucharest, Romania)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and International
Relations, Centro de Investigación y Docencia
Económicas-CIDE (Mexico City, Mexico)
Languages
Internships
Romanian, English, German, French, Spanish
06–08/2013 Cátedra de Cooperación Internacional y con
Iberoamérica-COIBA (Santander, Spain)
Languages
Spanish, English, German
Internships
05–06/2013 Intern, Ashoka Globalizer, Ashoka
Deutschland gGmbH (Berlin, Germany)
Work Experience
Master Thesis Title
04/2010–02/2012 Head of Department of Supervision
and Consultancy, Directorate-General for Coordination
and Monitoring of Federal Civil Service, Federal Institute
for Access to Public Information and Data Protection,
(Mexico City, Mexico).
04/2009–02/2010 Consultant. Project: “Observatories
for Transparency and Accountability in the
Implementation of Federal Budgets and Programs of the
Federal Public Administration”, Ministry of Civil Service,
(Mexico City, Mexico).
01/2008–03/2009 and 01–03/2010 Consultant.
Directorate-General for Coordination and Monitoring of
Federal Civil Service Federal Institute for Access to Public
Information and Data Protection (Mexico City, Mexico).
Governance of social entrepreneurship networks.
Partner organisation: Impact Hub network
Master Thesis Title
Work Experience
02–08/2013 Student assistant, Berlin Office / DasGehirn.
info, Hertie Foundation (Berlin, Germany)
07/2010 – 07/2012 Project manager, IMPACT Program,
New Horizons Foundation (Bucharest, Romania)
05/2008 – 08/2012 Trainer / Project Manager, Expedition
Inside Culture Association (Bucharest, Romania)
10/2008–05/2010 Assistant manager, Leaders for the
Third Millennium Program, CODECS Foundation for
Leadership (Bucharest, Romania)
Anti-corruption Revolutions: When Civil Society steps in
Partner organisation: Transparency International
Jorge Roberto
Jarouche Aun
Raban Jay von
Seldeneck
Brazil
Germany
• International Law
• Migration and Human Rights
• Private Sector Consultancy
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Law, Pontifiícia Universidade Católica de
Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
• Bachelor of Science, Economics, International
Business Economics, Major in Strategy, Maastricht
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish, German
Languages
German, English, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese
Internships
09–12/2013 Intern, Migration, Integration,
Transnationalisierung, WZB Berlin Social Science Research
Centre (Berlin, Germany)
05–06/2013 Intern, CVW Kanzlei (Berlin, Germany)
Work Experience
01/2010–05/2012 Lawyer in Civil Law, Consumers
Rights, Healthcare Law and Family Law, Munari & Aun
Advogados Associados (São Paulo, Brazil)
Master Thesis Title
Migration Rights in Europe: the ECJ and the ECHR as
Political Actors
Internships
05–06/2013 Bureau of Herrman Otto Solms (FDP),
German Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)
01–04/2012 Audit Department, KPMG (Berlin, Germany)
11–12/2011 Marketing Department, Trommsdorf +
Drüner (Berlin, Germany)
09–11/2011 M&A Department, Hawkpoint Partners Ltd.
08/2009 Commercial Real-estate Department, Engel &
Völkers (Berlin, Germany)
03–07/2008 Team-assistant , Bransparent (Berlin,
Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Assessing the potential of the Banking Union (Single
Supervisory System) to overcome the vicious circle of
banks and their sovereigns
Likumbi Kapihya
Maia Kaplan
Zambia
Uruguay
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•
•
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Education
• Dual Degree, Sciences Po (Paris, France)
• Master of Public Administration, Sciences Po (Paris,
France)
• Bachelor of Economics, City College, City University of
New York (New York, USA)
Development Economics
Finance and Economic Policy
International Governance
Security Policy
Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations. ORT
University (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Languages
Languages
Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, Italian
English
Internships
Internships
10/2012–05/2013 Graduate Intern, International Policy
Leadership Institute (Paris, France)
08–09/2013 Intern, Institute of Latin American Studies,
GIGA (Hamburg, Germany)
Work Experience
Work Experience
01/2011–07/2012 Legislative Aide, New York State
Assembly (Albany, USA)
Master Thesis Title
When do semi-autonomous revenue agencies reduce
corruption in developing countries? Tax administration in
developing countries
11/2011–06/2012 International Trade Execution
Assistant, Recoup Trading S.A (Montevideo, Uruguay )
06/2010–04/2011 Collection Assistant, Seprona
S.R.L- CSAV Group (Shipping Company) (Montevideo,
Uruguay)
09/2009–02/2010 International Trade Assistant, Cruce
Design Group (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Master Thesis Title
Education in Latin America. Comparing Chilean and
Uruguayan systems of Education to understand the
mechanisms to achieve educational equity
Rodrigo KappelSaurin
Karolina Kartus
Poland
Brazil
Education
• Dual Degree, Master in Public Affairs in International
Finance and Economic Policy, School of International
and Public Affairs, Columbia University (New York,
USA)
• Bachelor in Business Administration, Centro
Universitário do Distrito Federal (Brasília, Brazil)
Education
• Exchange, University of Southern California (Los
Angeles, USA)
• Bachelor in International Economics and
Management, Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)
Languages
Languages
English, Polish, Italian, French
Portuguese, English, German
Internships
Internships
06–07/2013 Research intern, Group Modes of Economic
Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Research Centre
(Berlin, Germany)
05–08/2013 Intern, Statistical Division: Population
Unit, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(Geneva, Switzerland)
01–05/2012 Junior Researcher, Center for Social and
Economic Research (Warsaw, Poland)
Work Experience
09/2008–09/2012 Labor Auditor, Head of the Discipline
and Ethics Division, Internal Affairs Office, Ministry of
Labor and Employment of Brazil (Brasília, Brazil)
11/2007–09/2008 Central Bank Analyst, Department
of Financial Illicit, Exchange, and Foreign Capital, Central
Bank of Brazil (Brasília, Brazil)
08/2006–11/2007 Manager, Department of Political
Amnestied, Ministry of Planning of Brazil (Brasília, Brazil)
Master Thesis Title
BTG Pactual, Arpex Capital: Acquiring an Entry Strategy
with Innovation and Differentiation in Brazil
Master Thesis Title
Immigration policies addressing highly qualified thirdcountry workers in the European Union. Analytical
assessment of the European Blue Card
Andrew Keller
Nyambura
Kiarie
USA
Kenya
• Security Policy
• International Trade
• International Law
Education
Education
• Dual Degree Atlantis Student, Master of Public
Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
(Syracuse, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, Comparative
Cultures and Politics, Michigan State University (East
Lansing, USA)
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Manchester
(Manchester, UK)
Languages
English, Kiswahili, Kikuyu, German
Internships
Languages
English, French, German
Internships
09–12/2010 Commercial Service Intern, US Commercial
Service, US Mission to the EU (Brussels, Belgium)
01–05/2010 Legislative Intern, Office of Michigan State
Representative Dudley Spade (Lansing, USA)
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Sociology at
the Ohio State University (Columbus, USA)
Work Experience
08/2011–07/2012 Assistant Social Service Program
Administrator, Community Resource Center (Encinitas,
USA)
Master Thesis Title
07–07/2013 Economic Development Intern, Economic
Development Department, WomenCraft (Ngara,
Tanzania)
04–06/2013 Research Assistant, Department of
Development and Security, DIW (Berlin, Germany)
06–08/ 2011 Governance and Policy Programme Intern,
Department of Governance and Policy, Transparency
International (Nairobi, Kenya)
Master Thesis Title
The Socio-economic and distributive impact of risk
regulatory decisions in accordance with the Sanitary
and phytosanitary agreement on developing countries.
How does the scientification of law within the Dispute
settlement mechanism in the WTO affect the socioeconomic status of agricultural dependent populations in
Sub-saharan Africa?
The EU-US Open Skies Agreement: Liberalization Taking
Flight?
Thomas Kiesgen
Paula Kift
Germany
Germany, England
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Cyber Security
• Data Protection
Education
Education
• Dual Degree, Master of Science, Economics
and Management of Public Administration and
International Institutions, Bocconi University (Milan,
Italy)
• Bachelor of Arts, Politics and Management, University
of Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany)
• Exchange, Universidad Complutense (Madrid, Spain)
• Intermediary State Examination Civil and Public Law
(Heidelberg, Germany)
• Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, French Literature,
European Cultural Studies, Near Eastern Studies,
Princeton University (Princeton, USA)
Languages
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Internships
05–08/2013 Department: International Environmental
Policy, German Federal Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Berlin,
Germany)
03–08/2011 Department: Regional Office for Europe,
United Nations Environment Programme (Geneva,
Switzerland)
08–09/2010 Department: Research Policies, German
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bonn,
Germany)
07–08/2009 Office of Peter Levin, Attorney at Law
specialized in Criminal Law (Cherry Hill, USA)
Work Experience
04–12/2010 Research Assistant with Prof. Dr. Katharina
Holzinger, Chair of International Politics and Conflict
Studies (Konstanz, Germany)
09/2007–08/2008 Jewish Family and Children’s Service
of Greater Philadelphia (Philadelphia, USA)
Languages
German, English, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Hebrew
Internships
07–08/2013 Research Assistant, Internet Governance,
Global Public Policy Institute (Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2012 Research Assistant, EU Data Protection
Regulation, Walter Hallstein Institute for European
Constitutional Law (Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2011 Research Assistant, International Relations
Department, French Senate (Paris, France)
06–08/2010 Intern, 1LIVE, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
(Cologne, Germany)
Work Experience
08/2012–05/2014 Research Assistant, Global
Constitutionalism and the Internet, Alexander von
Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (Berlin,
Germany)
08/2013–05/2014 Research Assistant, Data Privacy
and Cyber Security, Global Public Policy Institute (Berlin,
Germany)
03–05/2013 Research Assistant, International Law,
Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Subsidiarity as a Structural Principle of Transatlantic
Privacy Governance
Partner organisation: Alexander von Humboldt Institute
for Internet and Society
Viviana Sabrina
Klein
Jonas Kohl
Germany
Germany
• Labour Market and Social Policy
Education
Education
German, English, French, Kiswahili, Spanish
• Dual Degree, Master of Science, Economia e
Management delle Amministrazioni pubbliche e
Istituzioni internationali (CLAPI), Bocconi University
(Milan, Italy)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Freie Universität
Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Internships
Languages
04–05/2013 Assistant, Department CSR, Ministry of
Labour and Social Affairs (Berlin, Germany)
07–12/2012 Assistant, Main Office Tanzania, Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GiZ)
(Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
11/2010–02/2011 Assistant, Parliamentarian Office,
European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium)
English, German, French, Italian
Work Experience
Work Experience
01/2013–present Research Assistant, East Africa division,
NEO Energies GmbH (Frankfurt/Main, Germany / Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania)
06/2009–09/2012 Editorial assistant, German language
courses, Deutsche Welle (Bonn, Germany)
09/2012–08/2013 Desk officer, Referat Ia6, German
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Berlin,
Germany)
Bachelor of Arts, European Studies, University of
Maastricht (Maastricht, the Netherlands)
Languages
Master Thesis Title
Internships
06–07/2012 Intern, Referat IA3, Federal Ministry of
Economics and Technology (Berlin, Germany)
12/2010–01/2011 Intern, Commissioner for Migration in
Berlin-Neukölln (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Economic Inequality and policies promoting social
mobility (WT)
Taking Stock of Partnerships with the Private Sector in
Development Cooperation – What works, what doesn’t?
Partner organisation: (GiZ) Tanzania
Anne-Marie
Kortas
Niklas Kossow
Germany
Germany
• Labour Policy
• Migration
• Anti-corruption
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, Politics & Public Administration /
Spanish Philology, Universität Potsdam (Potsdam,
Germany)
• Exchange, Universidad de Costa Rica (San José, Costa
Rica)
• Bachelor of Arts, European Social and Political Studies,
University College London (London, UK)
• Exchange, School of International Relations, St.
Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Languages
Languages
English, German, French, Russian, Spanish
German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French
Internships
Internships
06–09/2013 Promoting Respect for Informal Workers’
Labor Rights in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras
(PROSEI), International Labour Organization (San José,
Costa Rica)
08/2010–01/2011 Department for the Consolidation of
Municipalities, Ministry of National Planning and Political
Economy (San José, Costa Rica)
02–07/2007 Deutz AG (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
06–07/2013 Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales,
Department for International Labour and Social Policies,
Twinning (Berlin, Germany)
08–09/2011 Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany, London, Department of Culture and Education
(London, UK)
06–08/2011 Transparency International UK,
Communications and Research (London, UK)
06–07/2010 Office of Dr. Rolf Mützenich, MdB, German
Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)
Work Experience
02/2011–06/2014 Student Assistant, Modes of Economic
Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Center (Berlin,
Germany)
01–08/2012 Project Manager, Special Olympics Costa
Rica (San José, Costa Rica)
Master Thesis Title
Restraining Corruption by Controlling the Informal
Economy?
Partner organisation: World Bank
Work Experience
08/2007–08/2008 Social Worker, L’arche la Rebellerie
(Nueil-sur-Layon, France)
Master Thesis Title
The Role of Civil Society in Anti-corruption: Lessons from
Russia and Ukraine
Partner organisation: German Marshall Fund
Julia Kowalski
Eric Krassoi
Peach
Germany/Poland
USA
• Public Health
• Migration policy
• Labour policy
Education
• Dual Degree, London School of Economics and
Political Science (London, UK)
• Master of Science, Development Economics, School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) (London, UK)
Education
Languages
Internships
English, German, French, Polish, Serbo-Croatian
06–09/2012 Trainee, International Migration
Division, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (Paris, France)
Internships
06–08/2013 Summer Associate, Equity Research, Citi
(London, UK)
05–08/2011 Programme Assistant, International
Diplomats Training, German Federal Foreign Office
(Berlin, Germany)
10/2010–04/2011 Intern, Fund and Administration
Unit, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo,
Bosnia Herzegovina)
Work Experience
10/2013–04/2014 Capstone Project, Development
Economics Research Group, World Bank (London, UK/
Washington DC, USA)
06–08/2012 Research Assistant, Public Policy, Hertie
School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)
10/2009–09/2010 Teaching Assistant, Institute of
Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin,
Germany)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Economics, Hendrix
College (Conway, USA)
Languages
English, Spanish, German
Work Experience
01–07/2013 Analyst, Immigration Research, Ministry of
Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington, New
Zealand)
07/2010–02/2011 Project manager: Labour Market
Analysis, Industry Training Federation, (Wellington, New
Zealand)
08/2008–07/2010 Information Analyst, Labour Market
Dynamics Group, Department of Labour, (Wellington,
New Zealand)
Master Thesis Title
How permanent is permanent migration? Identifying the
determinants of remigration for skilled migrants in New
Zealand
Master Thesis Title
Assessing the Impact of Basel III on Developing Countries’
Financial Markets
Martin Krebs
Jonas Maximilian
Kuhn
Germany
Germany
Education
Education
• Dual Degree, Master of Public Administration
programme, London School of Economics and
• Bachelor of Science, Economics, University of
Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany)
• Exchange, Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey)
• Bachelor of Arts, International Politics and History,
Jacobs University (Bremen, Germany)
Languages
English, German
Work Experience
Languages
English, German, French, Arabic, Turkish
09/2012–08/2013 Professional Year, Assistant Account
Executive, FleishmanHillard (Berlin, Germany)
Internships
Master Thesis Title
05–10/2012 Intern, Corporate Development, Strategic
Alliances, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) (Eschborn, Germany)
01–04/2012 Intern, Department for Economic and
Social Affairs, Division for Public Administration and
Development Management, United Nations (New York,
USA)
01–03/2011 Intern, Economics, Culture and Press Affairs
Directorate, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
(Accra, Ghana)
Growing city – gentrification in Berlin: A cross
comparison between three Berlin neighbourhoods at
different stages of gentrification
Work Experience
06/2013–06/2014, 09–12/2011, 10/2007–01/2008
Student Assistant, Office of Josip Juratovic, MdB (Berlin
and Heilbronn, Germany)
09/2008–10/2012 Student Assistant,
Department Product Management Finance, MLP
Finanzdienstleistungen AG (Wiesloch, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Financial Inclusion and Food Security
Partner organisation: CARE International UK
Pearl Jinju Kwon
Alina König
South Korea
Germany
• Microfinance
• Social Policy
• Poverty Reduction / MDGs
Education
Education
• Exchange, Business Administration, Alma College
(Michigan, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts, Advertising and Public Relations,
Ewha Womans University (Seoul, South Korea)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Cultural
Anthropology, Universität Hamburg (UHH) (Hamburg,
Germany)
• Exchange, Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
(Madrid, Spain)
Languages
Korean, English, French, German
Languages
German, English, Spanish, French
Internships
07–08/2013 Intern, Marketing, Urwego Opportunity
Bank Rwanda (Kigali, Rwanda)
12/2012–01/2013 Intern, Marketing, John Bell &
Croyden (London, UK)
04–07/2008 Intern, Administration, Korea Permanent
Mission to the United Nations (New York, USA)
Work Experience
06/2011–05/2012 Assistant Manager, Client Support
and Marketing, CPA Global Korea (Seoul, Korea)
03/2010–04/2011 International Sourcing Merchandiser,
Gap Inc. Korea (Seoul, Korea)
07–12/2009 Assistant Brand Manager, Marketing, CocaCola Korea Company, Ltd (Seoul, Korea)
Master Thesis Title
Organizational Capacity for Continuous Innovation
in Social Sector Organizations – What drives the
organizational innovation for Micro Finance Institutions
(MFIs) in Rwanda to transform to be Inclusive Finance
Institutions (IFIs)?
Partner organisations: Urwego Opportunity Bank
Rwanda, Hope International, World Relief, Opportunity
International
Internships
05–08/2013 South Asian Division, German Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ) (Bonn, Germany)
03–06/2012 Good Governance and Public Reform
Program, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) (Lima, Peru)
09/2011–02/2012 Rural Development and Agriculture
Division, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Work Experience
2007–2010 Chair and Associate, Maghreb, NAFRAN
North Africa, Syria Group, Amnesty International
(Hamburg, Germany)
2005–2008 Associate, Internationaler Jugendverband
Europa – Lateinamerika (IJEL) (Hamburg, Germany /
Guadalajara, Mexico / Bayamo, Cuba)
2004–2012 Associate, Plan International (Hamburg,
Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Social Protection for Poverty Reduction. A Comparative
Analysis of the Emerging Countries’ Experience
Partner organisations: BMZ / (GiZ)
Sinh Le
Steven H. Li
USA
Canada
• Security Policy
Education
Education
• Dual Degree, Atlantis, International Security and
Development Policy, Maxwell School, Syracuse
University (Syracuse, USA)
• MA in International Relations, Maxwell School,
Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA)
• Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, Ohio State
University, (Ohio, USA)
• Dual Degree, School of International and Public
Affairs, Columbia University (New York, USA)
• Master of International Affairs, International Financial
and Economic Policy, Management, Columbia
University (New York, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with Distinction,
University of Toronto, St. George’s (Toronto, Canada)
Languages
Languages
English, Vietnamese, Romanian
English, Mandarin, German, French, Latin
Internships
Internships
06–08/2013 Policy Mapping Intern, United Nations
System Standing Committee on Nutrition, United
Nations, (Geneva, Switzerland)
Work Experience
06–08/2013 Summer Analyst, M&A, Berkshire Capital
Securities LLC (New York, USA)
09–11/2012 Political Analyst Intern, Department of
General Assembly & Conference Management, United
Nations (New York, USA)
06/2009–07/2011 Health Educator, Peace Corps,
(Cimislia, Moldova)
Work Experience
Master Thesis Title
09/2010–09/2011 Political Consultant, Hong Kong
Economic and Trade Office (Toronto, Canada)
Play Together, Stay Together: NATO and the USA `pivot`
to Asia
Master Thesis Title
Frankfurt as an International Financial Centre
Mei Lim
Yuh Yiing Loh
United Kingdom
Singapore
• Education
• Social Policy and Welfare Regimes
• Civil Society and Non-profit Organisations
•
•
•
•
Finance and Economic Policy
Security Policy
Migration
Urban Policy and Design
Education
• Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts (Honours),
Ancient and Modern History, Oxford University
(Oxford, UK)
Education
English, German
• Dual Degree, Master of Public Administration, London
School of Economics and Political Science (London,
UK)
• Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Politics and Economics,
University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
Internships
Languages
07–08/2013 Research Assistant, Research Evaluation and
Impact Department, Teach First (London, UK)
06–07/2013 Research Assistant, Ideas Incubator, RAND
Europe (Cambridge, UK)
English, Chinese, German
Languages
Work Experience
05/2009–07/2012 Head of Year, Kemnal Technology
College (London, UK)
08/2008–05/2009 Analyst, Credit Sales, JP Morgan
(London, UK)
09/2006–07/2008 Teach First Participant, History
Department, Notre Dame RC Girls School (London, UK)
Master Thesis Title
Internships
06–08/2013 Research Intern, Immigration Policy 2.0,
european forum for migration studies (efms) (Bamberg,
Germany)
07–08/2012 Intern, Institute of Policy Development, Civil
Service College (Singapore, Singapore)
07–09/2011 Intern, National Population and Talent
Division, Prime Minister’s Office (Singapore, Singapore)
Work Experience
04–05/2013 Research Assistant to Professor Nico Krisch,
Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)
Comparing school systems in different welfare state
regimes (Finland, Germany and UK): The impact of
structure on Educational outcomes and social equity
Quirin
Maderspacher
Eglantine
Marcelin
Germany
France
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, European Social and Political Studies,
University College London, (London, UK) and École des
hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris, France).
Languages
German, English, French, Hungarian
Internships
06–08/2013 Fellow Intern, McKinsey & Co (Berlin,
Germany)
06–07/2012 Research Assistant, Demos (London, UK)
06–08/2011 German Embassy (Budapest, Hungary)
08–09/2010 Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich, Germany)
06–07/2009 Institut für Politische Bildung BadenWürttemberg (Freiburg, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
‘Debt Brake’ Fiscal Governance in Germany’s Länder
Partner organisation: COCOPS Projekt WP7
• Exchange, Master of Public Administration,
International Development, School of Public Policy
and Management at Tsinghua University (Beijing,
China)
Montréal (Montréal, Canada)
• Certificate, Challenges of Global Poverty,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge,
USA)
Languages
French, English, German
Internships
07–09/2013 Capacity Development Unit, United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) (Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia)
01–05/2013 Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations
System (JIU) (Geneva, Switzerland)
08–12/2013 (GiZ) (Bangui, Central African Republic)
01–08/2012 African Artists for Development (Paris,
France)
Work Experience
10–11/2012 Analyst Consultant, (GiZ) (Bangui,
Brazzaville, N’Djamena, Libreville, Yaoundé; Central
African Republic, Congo, Chad, Gabon, Cameroon)
Master Thesis Title
Make the Public Sector work in Africa: An assessment of
the African Peer Review Mechanism
Devin Marco
Lea-Kristin
Martin
Indonesia
Germany
• Nudges and other Soft Policy Tools
• Sustainable Development
• Latin America
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Science, Information System
Management, Singapore Management University
(Singapore, Singapore)
Indonesian, English
• Dual Degree, Master of Public Administration,
Columbia University’s School of International and
Public Affairs (New York, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts, Cultural Sciences, European
University Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder, Germany)
• Exchange, University of Chile (Santiago, Chile)
Internships
Languages
06–08/2013 Researcher, European Research Centre for
Anti-Corruption and State-Building (Berlin, Germany)
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian
Languages
Internships
Work Experience
02/2007–08/2012 Assistant Director, Information
Technology Department, Monetary Authority of
Singapore (Singapore, Singapore)
Master Thesis Title
When do apps nudge? Nudging people towards a more
active lifestyle through smartphone applications
06–08/2013 Intern, CSR Department, German Federal
Ministry of Social and Labor Affairs (Berlin, Germany)
03–06/2013 Researcher, UN PAN, United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (New York,
USA)
05–07/2012 Intern, Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Lisbon,
Portugal)
08/2011–05/2012 Spanish Messaging and Outreach
Associate, The Yansa Group (New York, USA)
04–08/2010 Intern, Amnesty International (Santiago,
Chile)
08–10/2009 Marketing and Program Coordination Intern,
COINED (Barcelona, Spain)
Master Thesis Title
CSR – An Instrument for Conflict Resolution in Latin
America’s Mining Industry? Case Studies of Uruguay and
Argentina
Partner organisation: German Federal Ministry of Social
and Labour Affairs
Julia Melzer
Gunnar
Mokosch
Germany
Germany
• Social Policy and Family Policy
• Labour and Education Policy
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Public
Administration, Public Law, Potsdam University
(Potsdam, Germany)
• Exchange, Sciences Po (Bordeaux, France)
• Exchange, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Languages
Languages
English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese
Internships
Internships
05–07/2013 Intern, Division Ia 2 “Reconciliation of Work
and Family Life, Securing Opportunities for Children”,
German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
(Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2012 Intern, Heiko Thomas, MdA, Abgeordneten
haus (Berlin, Germany)
07–10/2011 Intern, Heiko Thomas, Bündnis 90/
Die Grünen (Berlin, Germany)
07–08/2013 Intern, International Climate Protection,
Federal Ministry for the Environment (Berlin, Germany)
02–06/2011 Intern, House of Representatives, Federal
Parliament (Canberra, Australia)
11–12/2010 Intern, Department of National Heritage,
Culture, and the Arts (Suva, Fiji)
03–04/2009 Intern, Centre for European Integration e.V.
(Rostock, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Work Experience
01/2013–present Personal Assistant to Sabine Bangert,
MdB, German Bundestag, Speaker for Labour Market
Policy, Speaker for Cultural Policy, Bündnis 90/ Die
Grünen (Berlin, Germany)
11–12/2012 Student Assistant, Prof. Kai Wegrich, Hertie
Master Thesis Title
Administrative Reform of the Youth Employment
Assistance Sector in Berlin: A Comparative Analysis with
similar reforms implemented in Hamburg in 2012 (WT)
Causes and effects of the usage of consumer
technologies for work-related purposes in German public
administration
Meghan M.
Mullen
Dennis Mwaura
Kenya
USA
• Public Health
• Security Policy
Education
Education
• Dual Degree/Atlantis Student, MPA from Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse
University (Syracuse, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of the
Pacific (Stockton, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts, Government, Harvard University
(Cambridge, USA)
Languages
Internships
English
05–08/2013 Summer Research Analyst, Governance
Report, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)
07/2011 Teaching Assistant, Espaço Criança Esperança
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
08/2010 Founding Facilitator, International Spark
Program (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Internships
07/2013 Office of E-Government and Information
Technology, Office of Management and Budget
08/2012–06/2013 Graduate Research Assistant,
Moynihan Global Affairs Institute Maxwell University
(Syracuse, USA)
Work Experience
03/2011–06/2012 Staff Assistant, Office of
Congressman Jerry McNerney (Washington DC, USA)
11/2010–03/2011 Office Manager, Office of
Congressman Jerry McNerney (Stockton, USA)
05–11/2010 Regional Field Director, Jerry McNerney for
Congress (Stockton, USA)
Languages
English, Swahili, German, French, Brazilian, Portuguese
Work Experience
09/2013–present Lead Consultant, Kenya: Collaborative
Policy Consultants (Berlin, Germany)
05–09/2009 Business Analyst, Citibank (Nairobi, Kenya)
09/2008–08/2011 Application Processing Assistant,
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, Harvard
University (Cambridge, USA)
Master Thesis Title
Risk Management in Hybrid Organizations
Master Thesis Title
Sexual Assaults in the US Military: Examining Trends and
Effectiveness of Policies
Pedro Obando
Paulina
Maddalena
Olenga Tete
Mexico
Germany
• State Building and Political Development
• Business and Government Policy
• Political and Economic Development
Education
Education
• Master of Arts, International Politics, Université Libre
de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium)
• Bachelor of Arts, Communications and Electronic
Engineering, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico
City, Mexico)
• Columbia University, International and Public Affairs,
(New York City, USA)
• Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA)
• Exchange, Master of Arts in International Relations
(MAIR), Political Science/Business Administration,
University of Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany)
Languages
Spanish, English, French, German
Languages
Internships
06–08/2013 Summer Research Fellow, Business
Environment and Human Rights Risks, Human Rights
Centre Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (San Cristóbal de las
Casas, Mexico)
02–07/2006 Policy Analyst, Economic Development Unit,
Directorate General for Development and Cooperation,
European Commission (Brussels, Belgium)
Work Experience
10/2013–present Teaching/Research Associate, Prof.
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Hertie School (Berlin, Germany)
05/2011–04/2012 Credit Committee Advisor, Head
Office for Europe, Corporate and Public Banking, BNP
Paribas Fortis (Brussels, Belgium)
02/2009–04/2011 Country Risk Officer, Economic
Research and Country Policy, Central Risk Management,
BNP Paribas Fortis (Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France)
04/2007–01/2009 Risk Officer, Graduate Management
Programme, BNP Paribas Fortis (Rotterdam, Netherlands /
Sydney, Australia / Paris, France / Brussels, Belgium)
Master Thesis Title
Economy?
Internships
07–09/2013 Intern, Executive Management Continental, Getinge Group (Mainz, Germany)
06–12/2013 Graduate Research Affiliate, The Earth
Institute, Columbia University (New York City, USA)
Master Thesis Title
Collaboration Is What Matters: The Critical Role of CrossSector Innovation for Social Inclusive Development in
Rural Haiti
Partner organisations: Prime Minister Office of the
Republic of Haiti | Earth Institute-Columbia University
Agostina
Pascazio
Marina Pavlova
Russia
Italy
• Human Rights and Refugees
• International Political Economy
• Macroeconomics
Education
Education
• Dual Degree, Master of Science, Economics and Management of Public Administration and International
Institutions, Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)
• Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Management
for Arts, Culture and Communications, Bocconi
University, (Milan, Italy)
• Master of Science, Economics and Management
Science, Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany)
• Master of Science, Economics, Higher School of
Economics (Moscow, Russia)
• Exchange, International Relations, Stanford University
(Palo Alto, USA)
• Master of Science, Applied Mathematics and
Computer Science, Lomonosov Moscow State
University (Moscow, Russia)
• Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics and
Computer Science, Lomonosov Moscow State
University (Moscow, Russia)
Languages
Italian, English, Spanish, German
Internships
06–09/2011 Assistant to the Revenue Manager, Pricing
Strategy, NH Hotels (Milan, Italy)
Languages
Master Thesis Title
English, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Japanese
Health policy and management: the cost of inappropriate
treatment given to patients with anxiety disorder
Internships
05–08/2013 Intern, Bürger Europas e.V. (Berlin, Germany)
07–10/2011 Intern, Siemens AG (Munich, Germany)
08–10/2009 Intern, Bosch Ltd. (Frankfurt a.M., Germany)
Work Experience
09/2013–05/2014 Research Assistant, German Institute
for Economic Research (Berlin, Germany)
02/2010–06/2011 Research Assistant, Lomonosov
Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)
Master Thesis Title
Institute
Sebastian Peter
Matthew
Popkin
Germany
USA
• Economic Policy
• Emerging Markets
• International Security
• Asia-Pacific Economic and Security Issues
• Regional Integration and International Political
Economy
Education
• Exchange, Georgetown University (Washington DC,
USA)
• Master of Science, Economic History, London School
of Economics and Political Science (London, UK)
Education
• Atlantis Dual Degree, Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and International
Economics, Wheaton College (Wheaton, USA)
Languages
German, English, Spanish
Languages
English, Chinese
Internships
06–08/2013 Consultant, Public Affairs, Weber Shandwick
(Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2012 Consultant, TTT Department, Simon Kucher
& Partners (Munich, Germany)
08–09/2011 Intern, Department of Labor and Social
Affairs, Representation of Bavaria to the European Union
(Brussels, Belgium)
06–08/2011 Accountant, Assurance/Audit Department,
PricewaterhouseCoopers (London, UK)
06–07/2009 Journalist, Editorial Department,
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich, Germany)
Internships
Summer 2013 Hudson Institute, Washington DC
Summer 2004 World Bank, Washington DC
Work Experience
2011–2012 Private Business Consultant (Beijing, China)
2009–2011 President/Co-Owner, Flogos China (Beijing,
China)
2007–2008 Investment Specialist, Fidelity Investments
2007 Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines)
Master Thesis Title
Master Thesis Title
Institute
Towards a Coalition of Small States: Counter-Balancing in
the South China Sea
José Julián
Prieto
Annkathrin
Rabe
Colombia
Germany
• Democracy promotion and Anti-corruption policies
• Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
• Energy and Climate Change
• Governmental Relations, Political Communication
• European Economic Governance
Education
Education
• Master of Arts, Development and Governance,
Duisburg-Essen University (Essen, Germany)
• Certificate, Human Rights and International
Humanitarian Law, Universidad Externado de
Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Business
Administration, Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá,
Colombia)
• Exchange, Sciences Po (Grenoble, France)
Languages
Spanish, English, German, French
Internships
06–08/2013 Intern, Planning and Monitoring, Fundación
Evolución Caribe (Cartagena, Colombia)
02–03/2012 Intern, Natural Resources and Conflict, Bonn
International Center for Convertion (Bonn, Germany)
Languages
German, English, French, Russian, Dutch
Internships
05–06/2013 Public Affairs, RWE AG (Berlin, Germany)
05–08/2012 Public Regulatory Affairs, Deutsche Telekom
AG (Brussels, Belgium and Bonn, Germany)
04–06/2012 Europapolitik, Bundesverband der
deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI) (Federation of German
Industries), (Berlin, Germany)
01–03/2012 European Council on Foreign Relations
(ECFR) (Berlin, Germany)
Work Experience
Work Experience
06/2009–05/2011 Project Coordinator’s Assistant,
Coordinator of the area of Indigenous communities
and representative for the northern region, ProFis-(GiZ)
(Bogotá, Colombia).
Master Thesis Title
09/2013–present Student Assistant, Public Affairs, RWE
AG (Berlin, Germany)
01/2010–present Media Manager (External Staff), Media
Team, World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland /
Istanbul, Turkey / Vienna, Austria)
04–08/2013 Research Assistant, Prof. Kai Wegrich, Hertie
10/2012–01/2013 Student Assistant, Europapolitik,
Bundesverband der deutschen Industrie e.V. (Berlin,
Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Generation adequacy: Electricity Market Design within
the German “Energiewende”
Partner organisation: RWE AG
Julia Reis
David Rinnert
Germany
Germany
• Higher Education Policy
• Public Management in Developing Countries
• Governance and Politics in the Post-Soviet Space
• Environment and Sustainability
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, History and Politics, University of
York (York, UK)
• Exchange, Georgetown University – McCourt School
of Public Policy (Washington DC, USA)
German, English, French, Spanish, Hungarian
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Social Sciences, Humboldt
University (Berlin, Germany)
• Exchange, Sciences Po (Paris, France), City University
of New York (New York, USA), Ilia State University
Tbilisi (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Internships
Languages
05–06/2013 Division 411 “Higher Education policy
and Development”, Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (Berlin, Germany)
07–08/2011 Editorial Department of the TV-programme
“Maintower”, Hessian Broadcasting (Hessischer
Rundfunk) (Frankfurt a.M., Germany)
07–08/2010 Freies Deutsches Hochstift (Frankfurt a.M.,
Germany)
English, German, Russian, French
Languages
Internships
Work Experience
06–07/2012 Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development (Berlin, Germany)
10–12/2011 German Institute for International and
Security Affairs (Berlin, Germany)
02–04/2010 Department for Global Health and
Development; Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN
(Geneva, Switzerland)
05–08/2013 Research Assistant, Prof. David Wootton,
Department of History, University of York (York, UK)
Work Experience
Master Thesis Title
The influence of foundations on teaching in universities –
A comparative study of Germany and the United States
of America
10/2013–03/2014 Capstone Project Consultant, Good
Governance in Sudan, UK Department for International
Development (London, UK)
09/2012–07/2013 Junior Professional, Modernisation
of Local Public Services in the Republic of
Moldova, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) (Chisinau, Moldova)
04–06/2012, 05–08/2013 Research Assistant,
Department for Public Management, Hertie School of
Governance (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
The Way Forward for Civil Service and Administrative
Reforms in Developing Countries: Determinants of
Reform Outcomes in the Georgian Administration since
2003
Ian Roderick
Marianela
Romero Aceves
USA
Mexico
• Political Communication and Public Affairs
• Urban Development and the Creative Economy
• Digitization, Intellectual Property and the Publishing
Industry
• Education
Education
Education
• Diploma, European Community Law, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico City, Mexico)
• Bachelor of Laws, Centro de Investigación y Docencia
Económicas (Mexico City, Mexico)
• Exchange, Universität Regensburg (Regensburg,
Germany)
Work Experience
Languages
12/2007–08/2012 Government Relations, Policy
Trademark and Copyright Specialist, Scholastic Inc. (New
York, United States)
• Bachelor of Arts, History and English Literature
Dickinson College (Carlisle, United States)
Languages
Master Thesis Title
Internships
06–08/2013 Foreign Lawyer, Hengeler Mueller (Frankfurt
a.M., Germany)
Work Experience
06/2009–present Legal Advisor, Proeducación, A.C.
(Mexico City, Mexico)
06/2009–05/2012 Associate Lawyer, Galicia Abogados
(Mexico City, Mexico)
04/2007–06/2009 Law Clerk, Galicia Abogados (Mexico
City, Mexico)
Master Thesis Title
Efficiency of Consumption | The ‘Shareconomy’ and
‘Collaborative Consumption’ as consumer empowerment
and their regulatory challenges
Thomas Rützel
Rebeca Sahagún
Martínez
Germany
Mexico
Education
Education
• Diploma (Master of Science equivalent), Physics,
University of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
• Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Instituto Tecnológico
Autónomo de México (Mexico City, Mexico)
Languages
Languages
English, German, Spanish, French
Internships
Internships
06–08/2013 Consultant, Climate Change and
Sustainability Division, Inter-American Development
Bank (Washington DC, USA)
09–11/2008 Consultant, Business Technology Office,
McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Berlin, Germany)
Work Experience
Work Experience
05/2010–present Consultant (Fellow Senior Associate),
Business Technology Office, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
(Hamburg, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Analysis of monetary policy decision-making in the Euro
area and the US
07/2011–07/2012 Junior Analyst for Institutional
Analysis and International Instruments, Environmental
Economics and Policy Research Unit, National Institute of
Ecology (Mexico City, Mexico)
01/2010–05/2011 Junior Analyst of Econometrics,
Environmental Economics and Policy Research Unit,
National Institute of Ecology (Mexico City, Mexico)
06–12/2009 Research assistant for PhD. Carlos Muñoz
Piña / Environmental Economics and Policy Research
Unit/ National Institute of Ecology (Mexico City, Mexico)
Master Thesis Title
Power dynamics between urban social movements and
local authorities
Partner organisation: Metropolis Network and Berlin
Senate Urban Planning Unit
Rywa
Salamander
Marissa
Santikarn
Germany
Australia
• Foreign Policy
Education
Education
• Exchange, School of Policy, Planning, and
Development at University of Southern California (Los
Angeles, USA)
• Bachelor of Arts/Laws, Modern History, Law as
general degree, University of Melbourne (Melbourne,
Australia)
Languages
English, German, Thai, Japanese
Languages
English, German, French, Italian
Internships
05–07/2013 Political Section, BILD (Berlin, Germany)
04–05/2012 Foreign Affairs Committee, German
Parliament (Berlin, Germany)
10/2011–03/2012 Political and Press Section, Federal
Foreign Office, (Tel Aviv, Israel)
06–08/2010 ARD (Tel Aviv, Israel)
04–06/2008 Researcher, Leo Baeck Institute, (New York,
USA)
Master Thesis Title
Internships
06–08/2013 ECO-BEST Program, Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) (Bangkok,
Thailand)
02–06/2011 Law Student Intern, Environmental
Defenders Office (Melbourne, Australia)
12/2010–01/2011 Winter clerkship programme,
Environmental, Intellectual Property and Dispute
Resolution Programs, Siam Premier (Bangkok, Thailand)
Work Experience
05–06/2006 and 12/2006–01/2007 Temporary Editor,
Metro Magazine and Thailand Tatler (Bangkok, Thailand)
Master Thesis Title
Can the Californian cap-and-trade programme offer
any institutional design features and lessons for the
European emissions trading scheme and if so, to what
extent are they transposable to the European context?
Lydia
Scheminski
Magdalena
Schmidt
Germany
Germany
• Nonprofit and Civil Society Organizations
•
•
•
•
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Political Communication
Social Innovation
Social Entrepreneurship
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Cultural Sciences, Media, Bauhaus
University Weimar (Weimar, Germany)
Education
University (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Languages
German, English, Spanish, French
Languages
German, English, Dutch, Russian, French
Internships
05–08/2013 Department: Good Governance and
Human Rights, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Work Experience
03–09/2012 Press and Public Relations Coordination,
Ziegler Film GmbH & Co. KG (Berlin, Germany)
09/2011–03/2012 Kulturweit – Voluntary Service of
the German Foreign Ministry in Cooperation with the
German National Commission for UNESCO, Department
of Cultural Affairs, Mexican National Commission for
UNESCO (Mexico City, Mexico)
04/2008–09/2011 Assistant to Creative Producer/
Management Project Development, Ziegler Film GmbH &
Co. KG (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Analysis of the imbalanced structure of participants in
the Germany Voluntary Service (FSJ) Kulturweit
Internships
0–11/2013 Programme Coordinator, Leadership BerlinNetzwerk Verantwortung e.V. (Berlin, Germany)
09–12/2011 Intern, European Department, Europäisches
Informationszentrum Jean Monnet (Berlin, Germany)
07–08/2011 Intern, Culture Department, Südost Europa
Kultur e.V. (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Social Innovation: A Desirable and Feasible Journey for
Organizations Addressing Public Problems? The State of
the Art of Social Innovation in German Social Welfare
Organizations
Partner organisation: Vodafone Foundation
Jan Schubert
Shaarad Sharma
Germany
UK
Education
Education
Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)
• Bachelor of Science, Economics and International
Development, University of Bath (Bath, UK)
Languages
English, German, Spanish, Swedish
Languages
English, Hindi, French
Internships
04/2010–07/2010 Intern, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
(Leipzig, Germany)
Work Experience
09/2013–present Student Trainee, Public Sector
Consulting, KPMG AG (Berlin, Germany)
09/2012–08/2013 Assistant Account Executive, Energy
Practice, Fleishman-Hillard Germany (Berlin, Germany)
07/2011–07/2012 Research Assistant, Climate and
Energy, Adelphi Consult & Research (Berlin, Germany)
06/2009–08/2010 Research Assistant, Department
of International Relations, University Leipzig (Leipzig,
Germany)
Master Thesis Title
The German shipping sector and the implementation of
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Internships
06–08/2013 Research Associate, European Research
Centre Against Corruption, Hertie School of Governance
(Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2007 Health Sector Working Group, CARE
International (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
06–08/2007 Volunteer Facilitator, Debate to Action,
British Council (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
06–06/2007 Government Reform Practice, Adam Smith
International (London, UK)
Work Experience
06/2010–08/2013 Manager, Government Reform
Practice, Adam Smith International (Nairobi, Kenya;
London, UK)
09/2008–04/2010 Programme Associate – Citizens
Against Corruption, Public Affairs Centre (Bangalore,
India)
Master Thesis Title
Developing the High-tech SME sector in Kazakhstan
Mahendra
ShunmoogamGrabosch
Katharina Sipple
Ukraine
Republic of South Africa
• International Political Economy
• Global Governance
• Foreign Policy
• Social Policies (Human Rights, Migration, Integration)
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), International Relations,
University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)
• Bachelor of Social Science, Governance and Political
Science, University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South
Africa)
• Bachelor of Arts, Russian Studies, Gender Studies,
Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany)
• Exchange, Moscow State Linguistic University
(Moscow, Russia)
Languages
Languages
English, German, Xhosa, Afrikaans
English, German, Russian, Ukrainian, French, Spanish,
Italian, Dutch
Internships
Internships
06–07/2013 Consultant, Tal Pery Unternehmens
beratung (Berlin, Germany)
07–8/2013 Market Research and Product Development,
Mind The Gap – Human Development Institute (Berlin,
Germany)
3/2009 Assistant at Student Affairs (Dnepropetrovsk,
Ukraine)
07/2005 Teachers’ Assistant at Martin-Buber-School
(Giessen, Germany)
Work Experience
01/2010–07/2012 Department of International Relations
and Cooperation, Republic of South Africa’s Foreign
Ministry (Pretoria, South Africa)
09/2008–12/2009 Western Cape Provincial Parliament,
(Cape Town, South Africa)
10/2006–07/2008 USA’s National Academy of Sciences’
Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
02–06/2005 Provincial Government of the Western Cape
(Cape Town, South Africa)
02/1999–01/2003 Treatment Action Campaign/Equality
Project (Cape Town, South Africa)
Work Experience
09/2010–06/2013 Student Assistant, Department for
Contemporary History Berlin –Munich
06/2010–08/2012 Intern Advisor, Apollo Association,
(Berlin, Germany)
09/2008–07/2009 Visitor Service at Jewish Museum
(Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Master Thesis Title
Democracy: the effects of a globalised world on the
national economic policymaking ability of states – does
democracy have a future?
Making Minority Rights Stick – The Roma and Sinti of
Europe
Partner organisation: German Institute for Human Rights
Antonio Smith
Bravo
Sarah Soteroff
Canada
Venezuela
• Energy Policy
Education
Education
• Bachelor In Economics, Universidad Católica Andres
Bello (Caracas, Venezuela)
• Master in Economics and FinanceCentro de Estudios
Monetarios y Financieros (Madrid, Spain)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), History, University of
Western Ontario, London Ontario (Ontario, Canada)
Languages
English
Languages
Internships
Internships
05–08/2013 Intern, Government Relations, APCO
Worldwide (Washington DC, USA)
06–09/2013 Assistant, Project of Macroeconomic
Reforms, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) (Hanoi, Vietnam)
07–09/2011 Research Assistant, Direction of Foreign
Affairs, Bank of Spain (Madrid, Spain)
07–09/2008 Research Assistant. Research Department,
Central Bank of Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela)
Work Experience
01/2010–06/2012 PR and Communications Manager,
DAC Group (Toronto, Canada)
08/2008–01/2010 Manager of Communications, Sharpe
Blackmore Euro RSCG/MPG Canada (Toronto, Canada)
Master Thesis Title
Master Thesis Title
Striking the Natural Resource Curse: The Case of
Hydrocarbons
Using private sector methods of measurement to quell
government inefficiency and mismanagement of budget
allocations (WT)
Erasmo Soto
Mario Spiezio
Mexico
Italy
• Energy, Climate Finance
• International Economic Governance
• Regulatory Policy
• Social Protection and Policy
Education
Education
• Exchange, American University (Washington DC,
USA)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political science, Chinese studies
and Japanese studies, University of Zurich (Zurich,
Switzerland)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Università degli
Studi di Pavia (Pavia, Italy)
• Erasmus Exchange, Trinity College of Dublin (Dublin,
Ireland)
Languages
English, German, Spanish, French
Languages
Italian, English, Spanish, French
Internships
08/2013–01/2014 Trainee, Economic Governance: G20,
Climate Finance, Heinrich Böll Foundation (Washington
DC, USA)
06–12/2012 Intern, Skills and Employability Department,
International Labour Office (Geneva, Switzerland)
Work Experience
02–07/2013 Young Professional, Financial Sector
Reform, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) (Beijing, China)
05–08/2011 Project Management Assistant, High
Voltage Products Unit, ABB Switzerland AG (Zurich,
Switzerland)
08/2008–09/2011 Consultant, Mergers and Acquisitions
Monitoring, Netbreeze GmbH (Dübendorf, Switzerland)
Master Thesis Title
The Influence of Financial Regulation on Private Finance
for Clean Energy and Green Infrastructure
Internships
06–08/2013 Research Assistant, Social Development
Division, United Nations – Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok, Thailand)
09–12/2011 MAE-CRUI Analyst, Cooperation and Trade
Office, Embassy of Italy (Bogotá, Colombia)
07–11/2010 Junior Analyst, LAMA Development Agency
(Dakar, Senegal)
Work Experience
06/2013–present Graduate Consultant, Social
Development Division, United Nations - Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Berlin,
Germany, Bangkok,Thailand)
03–09/2012 Corporate Relations Officer, Global Alliances
Office, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi (Milan, Italy)
12/2010–03/2011 Junior Business Analyst , Business
Development, And Liguey Farms, (Dakar, Senegal)
Master Thesis Title
Health outcomes and social health insurance in Viet Nam
Partner organisation: UNESCAP
Thérèse Carolin
Tasche
Paul Trompisch
Austria
Germany
• Labour Market Policy
• Public Health
Education
Education
• Master of Science, Political Science, Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Bachelor of Arts, European Studies, Otto-vonGuericke-Universität Magdeburg (Magdeburg,
Germany)
• Exchange, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
(Barcelona, Spain)
• Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Vienna
University of Economics and Business (Vienna,
Austria)
• Exchange, Institute Barcelona D’Estudis Internacionals
(Barcelona, Spain)
Languages
English, German
Languages
English, German, Spanish, Catalan, French, Russian
Internships
06–08/2012 Research Fellow, Centro Redes (Buenos
Aires, Argentina)
09/2009–03/2010 Institut Européen des Hautes Études
Internationales (Nice, France)
01–03/2009 Institut für Europäische Politik (Berlin,
Germany)
Work Experience
09/2013–present, 09/2011–06/2012 Student Assistant,
Socio-Economic Department, VDI/VDE-IT (Berlin,
Germany)
09/2012–08/2013 Desk Officer, Division for General
European & International Health Policy Planning, OECD,
German Federal Ministry of Health (Berlin, Germany)
04–08/2010 Desk Officer and Teaching Assistant, Centre
International de Formation Européenne, (Nice, France)
Internships
06–07/2013 Directorate General for Economic Policy and
Financial Markets, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance
(Vienna, Austria)
03–08/2012 Research Department, European Chamber
of Commerce (Singapore, Singapore)
09/2011 Trade Commission, Austrian Embassy to
Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark)
07–08/2009 Sales and Marketing Department, Lowe
GGK (Vienna, Austria)
07–08/2008 Sales and Marketing Department, Echo
Medienhaus (Vienna, Austria)
Master Thesis Title
The Single Supervisory Mechanism, the first pillar of the
European Banking Union: An assessment (WT)
Partner organisation: Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance
Master Thesis Title
Transition from the Educational to the Occupational
System: A Comparative Study across Welfare Regimes
Kim Truong
Björn Verse
USA
Germany
• Urban and Social Policy
• E-Government and Information Technology
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Environment, Climate Change and Technology
• European Governance, EU Economic Policy
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, Human Biology, Health Policy,
Stanford University (Stanford, USA)
• Exchange, Sciences Po (Paris, France)
• Exchange, Institute of Public Policy, Comenius
University of Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia)
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Bachelor of
Arts, Communication Sciences, Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity of Munich (Munich, Germany)
Languages
English, Vietnamese
Languages
Internships
05–08/2013 Research Fellow, GovLoop (Washington DC,
USA)
06–09/2010 Research Intern, Robert Koch Institute, Dept.
of Epidemiology and Health Reporting (Berlin, Germany)
08–09/2009 Public Health Aid, Global Healthcare Project
(Pueblo Nuevo, Guatemala)
Work Experience
02/2011–08/2012 Associate, Federal Technology,
Deloitte Consulting (Arlington, USA)
04/2009–06/2010 Communications Associate, Stanford
Center on Poverty and Inequality, (Stanford, USA)
Master Thesis Title
US-China Cybersecurity Cooperation
Partner organisation: United States Department of
Homeland Security
English, German, French, Slovak
Internships
07–09/2013 Bundesverband der Energie- und
Wasserwirtschaft e.V., Strategy and Policy Department
(Berlin, Germany)
06–07/2011 German Bundestag, Frank Schwabe, Deputy
Speaker for International Climate Policy (Berlin, Germany)
01–05/2011 REN21 - Renewable Energy Policy Network
for the 21st Century of the United Nations Environment
Programme and Germany (GiZ) (Paris, France)
Work Experience
09/2012–present Project Assistant, dena - Deutsche
Energie-Agentur GmbH, Renewable Energy Department
(Berlin, Germany)
01–07/2012 Project Assistant, SIEMENS AG, Corporate
Unit Government Affairs (Munich, Germany)
10/2009–12/2011 Project Assistant, WKKW
KleeneWoeltje GmbH, Business Consultancy for
Sustainability & CSR (Munich, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Electricity market design reforms in the EU: Comparative
regulatory analysis of capacity mechanisms in view of
the EU Electricity Internal Market
Samantha
Villella
Marian Vogel
Germany
USA
• Gender policy
• Security Policy
• International Trade
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs, George
Washington University (Washington DC, USA)
Languages
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, Politics, University of Nottingham,
(Nottingham, UK)
• Exchange, Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan)
English, Italian, German
Languages
Internships
05–08/2013 Community Manager, Wostel Co-working
(Berlin, Germany)
05–08/2012 English Communications, Jambo Bukoba
(Munich, Germany)
01–05/2012 Washington Office, love.futbol (Washington
DC, USA)
Master Thesis Title
Case study analysis of urban green policy and the success
of environmental planning in the United States
English, German, Russian, French, Japanese
Internships
06–09/2013 Intern to Executive Board, Stiftung
Wissenschaft Politk (Berlin, Germany)
Work Experience
10/2013–present Market Analyst, Market Logic (Berlin,
Germany)
02–08/2008 Zivildienstleistender (Community Service),
Goethe Institute Bonn (Bonn, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
How competitive is the German Export Credit Insurance
Hermes in comparison to the Export Credit Insurances of
France, South Korea and China?
David Voges
Freda von der
Decken
Germany
Germany
• Demographic Change
• Social and Labour Market Policy
• Public Management and Policy Analysis
• Civil Society Institutions and Management
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Social Science,
University of Erfurt (Erfurt, Germany)
• Exchange, Economics, Universidad Torcuato di Tella
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Languages
German, English, Spanish, Turkish
Languages
German, English, Spanish, Tajik
Internships
05–09/2012 Consultant, Public Sector, CSC (Berlin,
Germany)
08–10/2010 Research Assistant, Economic and
Environmental Policy, German Employers Association
Thuringia (Erfurt, Germany)
03–04/2009 Assistant to the chairman of the Board
of Directors, Microfinance Institution Furuz Ltd.
(Kurganteppa, Tajikistan)
Work Experience
09/2012–09/2013 Research Assistant, Referat Ib2,
German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
(Berlin, Germany)
08/2011–01/2013 Consultant for a Study on the optimal
size of municipalities in cooperation with Dr. Arne
Weiß, Landtagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Erfurt,
Germany)
Master Thesis Title
The effect of welfare regimes on job quality in the
context of demographic change
Internships
05–07/2013 Federal Ministry of Economics and
Technology, Division Relations with EU Member States
(Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2012 PortSide New York (New York, USA)
03–04/2012 Lower Saxony State Chancellery (Berlin,
Germany)
01–02/2012 German Bundestag, Office Dr. Andreas
Schockenhoff, Member of Parliament (Berlin, Germany)
09–12/2011 CNC Communications and Network
Consulting AG (Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2011 German Confederation of Skilled Crafts,
Department for Economic and Environmental Policy
(Berlin, Germany)
03–05/2008 Cultural Foundation Hamburg (Hamburg,
Germany)
09/2007–02/2008 Niramaya Health Foundation
(Mumbai, India)
Master Thesis Title
A Modern Approach of Educational Governance. A Case
Study on the Institutional Setting of the Education
System in Berlin
Johannes
Wahner
Franziska Weil
Germany
Germany
Education
Education
• Bachelor of Science, Physics, Ruprecht-Karls-University
(Heidelberg, Germany)
Languages
Languages
English, German, Polish, Chinese, French
German, English, Spanish, French, Arabic
Internships
Internships
05–07/2013 Intern, Member Service, AHK Polen
(Warsaw, Poland)
05–08/2011 Intern, Research& Development, Siemens
Numerical Control Ltd. (Nanjing, China)
08/2007–09/2008 Volunteer (FSJ), Orphange, Dom na
zielonym wzgorzu (Kisielany, Poland)
09/2012–06/2013 Professional Year, TVET and Labour
Market Programme and Private Sector Development
Programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GiZ)
06–08/2012 Civil Society Division, Bureau of External
Relations and Advocacy, United Nations Development
Programme (New York, USA)
09–12/2010 Community Development Intern, The Light
and Leadership Initiative (Lima, Peru)
04–07/2010 Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) (Lima, Peru)
Master Thesis Title
Economy?
Master Thesis Title
The Informal Economy in the MENA Region (WT)
Julius Wersig
Mónica Wills
Silva
Germany
Colombia
• European Public Policy
• Security Policy
• Social Policy and Gender
Education
Education
• Certificat d’Etudes Politiques/Programme d’échange,
Political Sciences and Economics, Sciences Po (Paris,
France)
Berlin (Germany)
• Postgraduate Diploma, Supervision and
Accountability, Universidad de Chile, (Santiago, Chile)
• Bachelor of Science, Economics, Universidad de los
Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)
• Exchange, Eberhard Karls Tübingen University
(Tübingen, Germany)
• Bachelor of Science. Political Science, Universidad de
los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)
Languages
German, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Languages
English, Spanish, German, French
Internships
04–06/2013 Fellow Intern, Consulting, McKinsey &
Company (Berlin, Germany)
11/2012–03/2013 Student Consultant, Public Sector
Unit, Capgemini Consulting (Berlin, Germany)
07–10/2012 JOIN Intern, Customer Solutions and
Innovation/ CCO Commercial Strategy Team, Deutsche
Post DHL (Bonn, Germany)
Internships
Work Experience
Work Experience
2005–present Local Chapter Chairman, Intercultural
Communication and Conflict Management Skills Coach,
AFS Intercultural Programs (Berlin, Germany/Paris,
France/Venezia, Italy)
2007–2010 Social Service in Lieu of Military Service /
Student Assistant, European Academy (Berlin, Germany)
03–06/2013 Research Assistant, Development
Economics, European School of Management and
Technology ESMT (Berlin, Germany)
08/2010–06/2012 Research Assistant, Defence and
Security Area, Think-Tank Foundation Ideas for Peace FIP
(Bogotá, Colombia)
11/2007–03/2008 Student Assistant, Economics, Los
Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia)
Master Thesis Title
Sustainable Performance Gaps in EU Agencies?
Discussing Empirical Patterns within a Rational Choice
Framework
06–09/2013 Researcher/Intern, Violence and Crime
Prevention Programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) (Pretoria, South
Africa)
06–12/2009 Intern/News Analyst, Global News
Intelligence (Bogotá, Colombia)
Master Thesis Title
Nicholas Zagaria
Sebastian
Zavelberg
USA
Germany
• Public Health
• New Knowledge Economy
Education
• Master of Arts, International Relations and European
Union Studies, Central European University
(Budapest, Hungary)
• Bachelor of Arts, History, Reed College (Portland,
Oregon, USA)
Education
• Attestation d’Études Politiques, Institut d’Études
Politiques de Rennes (Rennes, France)
Languages
Languages
German, English, French, Dutch
Internships
Internships
06–08/2013 Graduate Associate, Financial Institutions
Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(New York, USA)
Work Experience
03/2006–09/2011 Disaster Recovery and Business
Continuity Consultant, IBM (New York, USA)
08/2004–03/2006 Channel Development Manager,
Xandros, Inc. (New York, USA)
09/2003–02/2004 Deputy Head of Mission, Coalition for
Work With Psychotrauma and Peace (Vukovar, Croatia)
Master Thesis Title
The relationship between inflation and unionization
levels in OECD Economies
06–07/2013 Corporate Communications, BARMER GEK
(Wuppertal/Berlin, Germany)
06–08/2012 Editorial Office, “wortwert” agency for
economic journalism (Cologne, Germany)
06–08/2011 Public Affairs Department, Deutsche Welle
Akademie (Bonn, Germany)
06–08/2010 Directorate-General Nature Conservation
and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Federal
Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and
Nuclear Safety (Bonn, Germany)
Work Experience
09/2008–08/2009 Civilian Service, Event Management,
Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Foundation
(Bonn, Germany)
09/2013–present Student Assistant, Fundraising and
Social Marketing, Children’s Clinics of the Charité –
University Medicine Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Master Thesis Title
Regional ICT Policymaking in the European Union
Sebastian Zilch
Germany
• Public Health
Education
• Exchange, University of California (Los Angeles, USA)
• Bachelor of Science, Economics, University of
Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)
Languages
Internships
06–08/2012 National Association of Statutory Health
Insurance Funds (Berlin, Germany)
04–07/2011 Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Geneva,
Switzerland)
04–08/2010 Centre for European Economic Research
(Mannheim, Germany)
Work Experience
09/2012–09/2013 Desk Officer, Division VIb3
“International Labour Organization/United Nations”,
German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
(Berlin, Germany)
11/2011–09/2012 Student Assistant to Gerhard
Hammerschmid, COCOPS Research Project, Hertie School
of Governance (Berlin, Germany)
10/2009–02/2011 Tutor, STATA, Department of Empirical
Economics, University of Heidelberg (Heidelberg,
Germany)
09/2006–09/2007 Volunteer, Glencree Centre for Peace
and Reconciliation (Enniskerry, Ireland)
Master Thesis Title
Quality and Service in primary care –patients’ role in
increasing quality in primary health care (WT)
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International: Students from over 40 Countries
Country and region of origin (percentage)
0,6
Australia
Western Europe Latin America
Great Britain
Ireland
Canada
13,3
8,0
8,0
8,0
3,5
Africa
Asia
Norway
Belgium
North America
13,3
Eastern Europe
Germany
Sweden
Finland
Netherlands
Russia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus
Luxembourg
USA
Poland
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Moldova
Mongolia
Romania
Georgia
Hungary
Armenia
Kyrgyzstan
Kosovo
Turkey
Uzbekistan
China
Bulgaria Lebanon
Serbia
Iran
Macedonia
Nepal
Germany
France
Spain
Andorra
Switzerland
Italy
Slovenia
Mexico
Morocco
Israel
Venezuela
Sierra Leone
Colombia
Nigeria
India
Ethiopia
Kenya
Ghana
Cameroon
Congo
Peru
Brazil
Thailand
Vietnam
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Australia
Malawi
Zambia
50,6 %
Bolivia
Chile
female
The Selection Process—
More than Excellent Grades
In order to apply for the programme, applicants must
have completed their first academic degree (bachelor's
degree) and have an excellent command of English.
HERTIE SCHOOL
40 %
40 %
20 %
Academic Performance
Transcripts, certificates,
and academic references
Personal Suitability
Work experience or internships,
international experience, as well
as social, political and / or entrepreneurial engagement
Motivation
Motivation letter, by
which argumentation
and formulation skills
will also be assessed
Diversity:
A Key to
Success
Interdisciplinary: Students from all Subject Fields
Fields of study that MPP students hold a bachelor’s degree in (percentage)*
21,1 Political Science
18,1 International
Relations
15,2 Area Studies,
Cultural Studies
11,4 Economics
9,4 Humanities
7,3 Social Sciences,
Sociology
5,3 Business
Administration
5,0 Law
4,4 Sciences,
Engineering
2,0 Media and
Journalism
0,8 Other
The Students
Intersectoral: Careers in all Fields
Many students bring professional
experience with them and start
the programme at an average
age of 25.
Some examples:
Career paths of graduates
and alumni by sector (percentage) **
A.T. Kearney,
Strategy Business Analyst
37 %
Business
Public Administration
BMW AG, UK Governmental
Affairs Executive
International Organisation
Google Inc.,
Policy Analyst
NGO/Foundation
Research/Think Tank
German Federal Foreign Office,
Advisor European Financial
Framework
Doctoral programme
State Ministry of BadenWürttemberg, Senior Position
21 %
Lebanese Ministry of Labour,
Policy Advisor
49,4 %
male
EU Commission, International
Relations Officer, DG Enlargement
The World Bank,
Consultant
Transparency International,
Programme Coordinator
CIS and Mongolia
Teach First Germany,
Founder and CEO
11 %
12 %
13 %
6%
Worldwatch Institute, Research
Coordinator, Energy and Climate
Bertelsmann Foundation,
Young Professional
* based on the Classes of 2007–2012 (N=340)
** based on the Classes of 2007–2011 (N=254)
Understand today. Shape tomorrow.
www.hertie-school.org/mpp

Class of 2014 - Hertie School of Governance

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