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Master of Public PolicyProfiles—Class of 2014

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Master of Public Policy Profiles—Class of 2014 1

It all began in 2005, when 30 students from 16 coun-

tries 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 ev-

erything 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 qual-

ity 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 pri-

vate corporations as well as international organisations

and foundations; others have established their own

organisations.

The Hertie School’s MPP programme offers an analyti-

cally challenging and problem-oriented education in gov-

ernance, policy analysis, management and leadership,

strengthened by real-world experience in the public and

private sectors. It brings together perspectives from eco-

nomics, 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 excel-

lent 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 gradu-

ates – 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.

Anna Sophie Herken

Managing Director

A glimpse of the futureWelcome 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.

Prof. Helmut K. Anheier, PhD

Dean

2 Hertie School of Governance

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. Learn-

ing 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 academi-

cally 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 soci-

ety. 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.

“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 stu-

dent life and the learning environment. In addition to the

regular curriculum, the MPP offers a variety of opportu-

nities 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.

The Master of Public PolicyThe MPP is an academically demanding degree programme with a

hands-on approach, which prepares students to tackle today’s most pressing problems.

The Programme


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 univer-

sity 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.

Academic ExchangeThe exchange programme is available to about 30 stu-

dents 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 Univer-

sity 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 environ-

ment and culture to their degree.

Dual DegreeFor students who want to dive even deeper into another

academic environment, the school has created a dual de-

gree 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 Adminis-

tration 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.

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 de-

grees 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.

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 Uni-

versity) and the International Institute of Social Studies

(The Hague). This dual degree is funded by the ATLANTIS

Transatlantic Degree Programme of the European Com-

mission and the US Department of Education.

International ExperienceAcademic exchanges and a dual degree programme allow students to expand their horizons and personal networks at institutions around the world.

Study Abroad


Academic Areas of Interest• Development Economics

• Environment, Energy, Climate

• Finance and Economic Policy

Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, Mongolian, Russian, German

Internships07 –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 Experience02/2012–02/2014 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 TitleSupporting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME’s)

Through Commercial Credit Circuit (C3)

Uuriintuya BatsaikhanMongolia

Academic Areas of Interest• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

• International Governance

• Public-Private Partnerships

Education• CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing, The Char-

tered Institute of Marketing (Maidenhead,UK)

• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Faculdades

Tancredo Neves (São Paulo, Brazil)

LanguagesPortuguese, English, Spanish, French, Italian, German

Internships06–07/2013 Intern, Research and New Developments

Department, EU-LAC Foundation (Hamburg, Germany)

03–06/2004 Assistant, Agro-business Department, Eco-

nomic 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 Experience08/2009–06/2012 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)

Master Thesis TitleTo 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

Simone AzevedoBrazil


Academic Areas of Interest• European Integration

• Political Communication

• Labour and Education Policy

Education• 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)

LanguagesGerman, English, French, Spanish, Latin

Internships06–07/2013 Assistant, European Division,

Representation of the Federal State of Schleswig-

Holstein (Berlin, Germany)

08–09/2010 Assistant, Office for Public Relations of the

Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Lübeck, Germany)

Work Experience09/2012–present Voluntary work as a reading assistant

in a primary school (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleMigrants and the German labour market: The effect of

migration on employment structures and labour market

institutions (WT)

Academic Areas of Interest• Political Communication

• Democratic Development and Governance

• Transport Policy

Education• Bachelor of Arts, International Politics and History,

Jacobs University Bremen (Bremen, Germany)

LanguagesGerman, English

Internships07–09/2013 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)

Work Experience09/2013–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 TitleGerman 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

Melanie BiwersiGermany

Jost BergschneiderGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• European Integration and EU Financial Crisis



Education• Exchange Student , George Washington University

(Washington DC, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Philosophy,

Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

LanguagesEnglish, German

Internships01–02/2009 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 Experience01/2012–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 Nazi-

Germany, Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of

Europe (Hamburg/Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleEfficiency 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

Jana BlöckerGermany


• Political Communication and Management


Education• Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy and Cultural Studies,

University College Maastricht (Maastricht,

Netherlands)

• International Baccalaureate, Ardingly College

(Haywards Heath, UK)


Internships06–07/2013 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 Experience10/2012–present Founder & CEO, Karmawood UG (Karft,

Germany)

Master Thesis TitleThe transition from Corporate Responsibility to Shared

Value in the service sector

Carlo BöningerGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• Energy Policy

• Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental

Sustainability

• Public Affairs

Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Japanese

Internships09/2012–01/2013 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (Berlin,

Germany)

06–08/2012 Ketchum Pleon GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience01/2008–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 TitleHow 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)

Academic Areas of Interest• Health Policy



Education• Bachelor of Science, International Economics

and Business Economics, Maastricht University

(Maastricht, Netherlands)

LanguagesGerman, English, French, Italian, Dutch

Internships04–06/2011 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)

Work Experience09/2012–08/2013 Advisor, Bilateral Cooperation in

the Field of Health, German Federal Ministry of Health

(Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleGerman 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

Friederike Sophie BrandGermany

Inga-Lena BoosGermany




• Human Rights

Education• Bachelor of Journalism (Honours), University of King’s

College (Halifax, Canada)


Internships01–06/2013 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 Experience12/2008–06/2011 Reporter, 660News Radio, Rogers

Broadcasting (Calgary, Canada)

Master Thesis TitleEurope and the Responsibility to Protect: Can EU Conflict

Prevention Instruments do more to help prevent mass

atrocities?

Aaron BurnettCanada/Germany



• Non-profit Sector

Education• Bachelor of Science, European Studies, University of

Twente (Enschede, Netherlands)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Dutch, Spanish

Internships06–07/2012 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)

Work Experience09/2012–08/2013 Consultant, Socio-Economic

Department, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

(Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleSocial 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

Thekla Katinka BroseGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• Public Management

• New Knowledge Technologies


Education• Licenciatura International Relations, Universidad

Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico City, Mexico)

• Industriekaufmann, Industrie- und Handelskammer /

ISMAC (Mexico City, Mexico)

LanguagesSpanish, German, English, French

Internships06–08/2013 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 Experience09/2012–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 TitleFostering Creative Economy Clusters: Policies and

Evidence. A comparison between Berlin and London

Partner organisation: Bundesagentur für Arbeit


• Natural Resource Policy

Education• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Victoria

(Victoria, Canada)

• TORFL, Irkutsk State Linguistic University (Irkutsk,

Russia)

LanguagesEnglish, Russian

Work Experience05/2012–09/2013 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 TitleDeveloping a Future: The relationship between natural

resource development and indigenous self-governance in

northern Canada

Sebastian Campos GrothMexico / Germany

Jeremy Douglas CairnsCanada


Academic Areas of Interest• Environment, Energy, Climate

• Social and Educational Policy

Education• Bachelor of Laws, University of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil)

LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese, Spanish, German

Internships06–08/2013 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 Experience09/2010–06/2012 International Assistant, Chamber

of Justice for Public Law, High Court of Justice (Brasilia,

Brazil)

Master Thesis TitleE-Learning in higher Education: a path to a more equal

system?




Education• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Modern European History

and Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University,

(Antigonish, Canada)

• Diploma in Middle Eastern Studies, Philipps-

Universität Marburg, (Marburg, Germany)


Internships03–09/2013 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 Experience09/2013–05/2014 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 TitleHow 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

Sophia CoteCanada

Gustavo CarneiroBrazil





Education• Dual Degree Master of Science in Economic and Man-

agement 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, Univer-

sity of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)

LanguagesEnglish, Italian, French

Master Thesis TitlePolicy recommendation for a more effective and ac-

countable European Commission

Leonardo De VizioItaly

Academic Areas of Interest• Behavioural Economics


• Private-Public Management

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)

LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, German, Italian

Internships06–08/2013 Analyst & Consultant, E-commerce,

Ondango (Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience07/2013–present Executive Director, The Sunshine

Foundation (California, USA)

01–06/2012 General Manager, Seasons Bali, (Denpasar,

Indonesia)

Master Thesis TitleWhen do apps nudge? Nudging people towards a more

active lifestyle through smartphone applications

Freddy W. CottesUSA




• Foreign and Security Policy

Education• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), International Relations &

European Studies, University of the West of England

(Bristol, UK)

LanguagesGerman, English, French

Internships06–09/2013 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 Experience06–12/2013 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 TitleEfficiency of Consumption | The ‘Shareconomy’ and

‘Collaborative Consumption’ as consumer empowerment

and their regulatory challenges

Academic Areas of Interest• Finance and Economic Policy


• Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship

Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, Marathi, Hindi, French, Arabic

Internships06–09/2013 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 Experience09/2012–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 TitleThe 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

Sahil DeoIndia

Benedict A. DeaconUK


Academic Areas of Interest• Social Policy

• Public Management

• Human Rights

Education• Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, Hampshire College,

(Amherst, USA)

• Exchange Semester, Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin,

Germany)


Internships05–08/2013 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)

Work Experience10/2013–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)

Master Thesis TitleProfiling (In)justice: Disaggregating Data by Race and

Ethnicity to Curb Discriminatory Policing



• Corporate Sustainability

Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish, French, Russian

Internships05–08/ 2013 Intern, Business in Society, Bertelsmann

Stiftung (Gütersloh, Germany)

07–08/2012 Wirtschaftsrat Hessen, Intern


Work Experience10–12/2013 Research Assistant, Bertelsmann Stiftung


04–08/2011 Stach’s Gesellschaft für

Unternehmensentwicklung mbH (Frankfurt a.M.,

Germany)

Master Thesis TitleThe effectiveness of multi-stakeholder initiatives in order

to enhance environmental standards into the supply

chain of corporations

Sarah DrevermannGermany

Jeff DeutchUSA


Academic Areas of Interest• International Governance

• Security Policy

• Near Middle East

• Public Affairs

• International Organizations

Education• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), International Relations

with European Studies, University of Exeter (Exeter,

UK)

• Erasmus, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin,

Germany)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Polish, French

Internships05–08/2013 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 Experience02–04/2013 Student assistant, Hertie School of

Governance (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleThe role of innovation as a mechanism to integrate the

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community into the Israeli labour

market (WT)

Leah Yael FlamSweden




Education• Bachelor of Arts, Economics, University of Goa (Goa,

India)

LanguagesEnglish, Pashtu, Persian, Urdu/Hindi, German

Internship06–08/2013 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 TitleMacroeconomic determinants of Green Investments in

35 Advanced and Emerging Markets

Basir FedaAfghanistan



• European Integration


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)

LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Japanese

Internships05–08/2013 Public Affairs, FleishmanHillard Germany

GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

03–07/2011 Representation of Interests, DEKRA e.V.

– Representation to the European Union (Brussels,

Belgium)

Work Experience09/2011–08/2012 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 TitleEnergy Policy in Switzerland

Sarah FuchsSwitzerland



Education• Exchange, McCourt School of Public Policy,

Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA)

• Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Munich

School of Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-

Universität (Munich, Germany)

LanguagesEnglish, German, French

Internships02–07/2013 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)

Work Experience04/2012–06/2012 Summer Associate, Strategy

Consulting, L.E.K. Consulting (Munich, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleThe 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

Christian Bernhard FranzGermany





Education• Bachelor of Arts, European Studies, Maastricht

University (Maastricht, Netherlands)

• Erasmus, Institut d’Études Politiques (Grenoble,

France)


Internships06–07/2013 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 Experience11/2013–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 TitleGerman Federal Elections 2013 | The role of party

members in election campaigns

Partner organisation: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung




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)

LanguagesEnglish, French, German

Internships06–09/2013 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)

Master Thesis TitleWhich Fiscal Union for the Euro Area?

Partner organisation: Notre Europe - Jacques Delors

Institute

Leonie GrünhageGermany

Thaïs GaymardFrance



• European and Global Governance

• Public Management and Strategy Consulting

Education• Exchange, Graduate Institute of International and

Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland)

• Bachelor of Science, International Business,

Maastricht University (Maastricht, Netherlands)

• Exchange, HEC Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Chinese

Internships05–07/2013 Trainee, Transport Programme, European

Climate Foundation (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleThe 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

Matthias HelfGermany

Academic Areas of Interest

• Development Economics


• Economic Policy

Education• Exchange, Graduate Institute of International and

Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland)

• Bachelor of Arts, European Studies, International

Relations, University of Passau (Passau, Germany)

LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish

Internships04–06/2011 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 Experience09/2012–08/2013 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)

Master Thesis TitleDoes Inequality Decrease Wealth? Implications for Future

National Accounting based on Sustainable Development

Vera GüntherGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• Corporate Social Responsibility

• Communication and Consulting

• Education, Integration and Cultural Policy

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)

LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, French, Italian

Internships05–07/2013 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 Experience10/2013–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)

Academic Areas of Interest• Security Policy and Foreign Affairs

• Transatlantic Relations

• Processes of Democratization and Civil Rights

Education• 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)

LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese

Internships05–07/2013 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 Experience09/2012–08/2013 Research Assistant, Global Public

Policy Institute (Berlin, Germany)

07/2007–07/2008 Volunteer, Vamos Juntos e.V. (La Paz,

Bolivia)

Mirko HohmannGermany

Eva HerrmannGermany




• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Education• Bachelor of Science, International Business & Politics,

Copenhagen Business School (Copenhagen, Denmark)

LanguagesDanish, English, German

Internships05–08/2013 Intern, Principles of Responsible

Management Education Secretariat, UN Global Compact

(New York, USA)

Work Experience02/2010–09/2012 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)

Master Thesis TitleGlobal Governance of Higher Management Education:

The Case of Principles of Responsible Management

Education




Education• 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)


Internships05–07/2013 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)

Work Experience03–07/2010 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 TitlePolitical de-risking of investments in utility scale

renewable energy projects (WT)

Jannic HorneGermany

Simon Holm KlangeDenmark




• European Union

Education• Master of Science, Financial Management and Capital

Markets, Academy of Economic Studies (Bucharest,

Romania)

• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of

Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)

LanguagesRomanian, French, English

Internships06–08/2013 Intern, Strategic Planning and Economic

Development, Ministry of Economy (Bucharest, Romania)

Work Experience02/2008–08/2012 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 TitleMacroeconomic determinants of Green Investments in

35 Advanced and Emerging Markets


• Security Policy

• New Knowledge Economy and Policy

Education• Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, Pontifical

Catholic University of Goiás – PUC-Goiás (Goiânia,

Brazil)

LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese, Spanish, German

Internships07–08/2013 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 Experience10/2010–05/2012 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 TitleCommodifiable privacy? A comparative study between

Internet privacy regulation in the United States and the

European Union

Partner organisation: The Centre for International

Governance Innovation

Andrei IlasRomania

Daphnee IglesiasBrazil




• Democratization, Anti-corruption Policy

Education• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and International

Relations, Centro de Investigación y Docencia

Económicas-CIDE (Mexico City, Mexico)

LanguagesSpanish, English, German

Internships06–08/2013 Cátedra de Cooperación Internacional y con

Iberoamérica-COIBA (Santander, Spain)

Work Experience04/2010–02/2012 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).

Master Thesis TitleAnti-corruption Revolutions: When Civil Society steps in

Partner organisation: Transparency International

Academic Areas of Interest• Civil Society

• Social Entrepreneurship

• Education Policy

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)

LanguagesRomanian, English, German, French, Spanish

Internships05–06/2013 Intern, Ashoka Globalizer, Ashoka

Deutschland gGmbH (Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience02–08/2013 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)

Master Thesis TitleGovernance of social entrepreneurship networks.

Partner organisation: Impact Hub network

Lucía Ixtacuy FigueroaMexico

Alexandra IoanRomania



• International Law

• Migration and Human Rights

Education• Bachelor of Law, Pontifiícia Universidade Católica de

Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

LanguagesPortuguese, English, Spanish, German

Internships09–12/2013 Intern, Migration, Integration,

Transnationalisierung, WZB Berlin Social Science Research

Centre (Berlin, Germany)

05–06/2013 Intern, CVW Kanzlei (Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience01/2010–05/2012 Lawyer in Civil Law, Consumers

Rights, Healthcare Law and Family Law, Munari & Aun

Advogados Associados (São Paulo, Brazil)

Master Thesis TitleMigration Rights in Europe: the ECJ and the ECHR as

Political Actors



• Private Sector Consultancy

Education• Bachelor of Science, Economics, International

Business Economics, Major in Strategy, Maastricht


LanguagesGerman, English, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese

Internships05–06/2013 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 TitleAssessing the potential of the Banking Union (Single

Supervisory System) to overcome the vicious circle of

banks and their sovereigns

Raban Jay von SeldeneckGermany

Jorge Roberto Jarouche AunBrazil





• Security Policy

Education• Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations. ORT

University (Montevideo, Uruguay)

LanguagesSpanish, English, German, Portuguese, Italian

Internships08–09/2013 Intern, Institute of Latin American Studies,

GIGA (Hamburg, Germany)

Work Experience11/2011–06/2012 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 TitleEducation in Latin America. Comparing Chilean and

Uruguayan systems of Education to understand the

mechanisms to achieve educational equity



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)

LanguagesEnglish

Internships10/2012–05/2013 Graduate Intern, International Policy

Leadership Institute (Paris, France)

Work Experience01/2011–07/2012 Legislative Aide, New York State

Assembly (Albany, USA)

Master Thesis TitleWhen do semi-autonomous revenue agencies reduce

corruption in developing countries? Tax administration in

developing countries

Maia KaplanUruguay

Likumbi KapihyaZambia





Education• Exchange, University of Southern California (Los

Angeles, USA)

• Bachelor in International Economics and

Management, Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)

LanguagesEnglish, Polish, Italian, French

Internships05–08/2013 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)

Master Thesis TitleImmigration policies addressing highly qualified third-

country workers in the European Union. Analytical

assessment of the European Blue Card



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)

LanguagesPortuguese, English, German

Internships06–07/2013 Research intern, Group Modes of Economic

Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Research Centre

(Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience09/2008–09/2012 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 TitleBTG Pactual, Arpex Capital: Acquiring an Entry Strategy

with Innovation and Differentiation in Brazil

Karolina KartusPoland

Rodrigo Kappel-SaurinBrazil


Academic Areas of Interest• International Trade


• International Law

Education• Bachelor of Laws, University of Manchester

(Manchester, UK)

LanguagesEnglish, Kiswahili, Kikuyu, German

Internships07–07/2013 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 TitleThe 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 socio-

economic status of agricultural dependent populations in

Sub-saharan Africa?



• Security Policy

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)

LanguagesEnglish, French, German

Internships09–12/2010 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 Experience08/2011–07/2012 Assistant Social Service Program

Administrator, Community Resource Center (Encinitas,

USA)

Master Thesis TitleThe EU-US Open Skies Agreement: Liberalization Taking

Flight?

Nyambura KiarieKenya

Andrew KellerUSA



• Innovation and Entrepreneurship


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)

LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, French, Italian

Internships05–08/2013 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 Experience04–12/2010 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)


• Cyber Security

• Data Protection

Education• Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, French Literature,

European Cultural Studies, Near Eastern Studies,

Princeton University (Princeton, USA)

LanguagesGerman, English, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Hebrew

Internships07–08/2013 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 Experience08/2012–05/2014 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 TitleSubsidiarity as a Structural Principle of Transatlantic

Privacy Governance

Partner organisation: Alexander von Humboldt Institute

for Internet and Society

Paula KiftGermany, England

Thomas KiesgenGermany



• Labour Market and Social Policy

Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian

Internships06–07/2012 Intern, Referat IA3, Federal Ministry of

Economics and Technology (Berlin, Germany)

12/2010–01/2011 Intern, Commissioner for Migration in

Berlin-Neukölln (Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience09/2012–08/2013 Desk officer, Referat Ia6, German

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Berlin,

Germany)

Master Thesis TitleEconomic Inequality and policies promoting social

mobility (WT)

Jonas KohlGermany




EducationBachelor of Arts, European Studies, University of

Maastricht (Maastricht, the Netherlands)

LanguagesGerman, English, French, Kiswahili, Spanish

Internships04–05/2013 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)

Work Experience01/2013–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)

Master Thesis TitleTaking Stock of Partnerships with the Private Sector in

Development Cooperation – What works, what doesn’t?

Partner organisation: (GiZ) Tanzania

Viviana Sabrina KleinGermany




• Anti-corruption

Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Russian, Spanish

Internships06–07/2013 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 Experience08/2007–08/2008 Social Worker, L’arche la Rebellerie

(Nueil-sur-Layon, France)

Master Thesis TitleThe Role of Civil Society in Anti-corruption: Lessons from

Russia and Ukraine

Partner organisation: German Marshall Fund


• Labour Policy

• Migration

Education• Bachelor of Arts, Politics & Public Administration /

Spanish Philology, Universität Potsdam (Potsdam,

Germany)

• Exchange, Universidad de Costa Rica (San José, Costa

Rica)

LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French

Internships06–09/2013 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)

Work Experience02/2011–06/2014 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 TitleRestraining Corruption by Controlling the Informal

Economy?

Partner organisation: World Bank

Niklas KossowGermany

Anne-Marie KortasGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• Public Health

• Migration policy

• Labour policy

Education• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Economics, Hendrix

College (Conway, USA)

LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, German

Internships06–09/2012 Trainee, International Migration

Division, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and

Development (Paris, France)

Work Experience01–07/2013 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 TitleHow permanent is permanent migration? Identifying the

determinants of remigration for skilled migrants in New

Zealand



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)



LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Polish, Serbo-Croatian

Internships06–08/2013 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 Experience10/2013–04/2014 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)

Master Thesis TitleAssessing the Impact of Basel III on Developing Countries’

Financial Markets

Eric Krassoi PeachUSA

Julia KowalskiGermany/Poland





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)

LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Arabic, Turkish

Internships05–10/2012 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)

Work Experience06/2013–06/2014, 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 TitleFinancial Inclusion and Food Security

Partner organisation: CARE International UK




Education• Bachelor of Arts, International Politics and History,

Jacobs University (Bremen, Germany)


Work Experience09/2012–08/2013 Professional Year, Assistant Account

Executive, FleishmanHillard (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleGrowing city – gentrification in Berlin: A cross

comparison between three Berlin neighbourhoods at

different stages of gentrification

Jonas Maximilian KuhnGermany

Martin KrebsGermany




• Microfinance

Education• Exchange, Business Administration, Alma College

(Michigan, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts, Advertising and Public Relations,

Ewha Womans University (Seoul, South Korea)

LanguagesKorean, English, French, German

Internships07–08/2013 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 Experience06/2011–05/2012 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, Coca-

Cola Korea Company, Ltd (Seoul, Korea)

Master Thesis TitleOrganizational 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

Academic Areas of Interest• Social Policy

• Poverty Reduction / MDGs


Education• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Cultural

Anthropology, Universität Hamburg (UHH) (Hamburg,

Germany)

• Exchange, Universidad Complutense de Madrid,

(Madrid, Spain)

LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, French

Internships05–08/2013 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 Experience2007–2010 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 TitleSocial Protection for Poverty Reduction. A Comparative

Analysis of the Emerging Countries’ Experience

Partner organisations: BMZ / (GiZ)

Alina KönigGermany

Pearl Jinju KwonSouth Korea





Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, Mandarin, German, French, Latin

Internships06–08/2013 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)

Work Experience09/2010–09/2011 Political Consultant, Hong Kong

Economic and Trade Office (Toronto, Canada)

Master Thesis TitleFrankfurt as an International Financial Centre

Academic Areas of Interest• Security Policy



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)

LanguagesEnglish, Vietnamese, Romanian

Internships06–08/2013 Policy Mapping Intern, United Nations

System Standing Committee on Nutrition, United

Nations, (Geneva, Switzerland)

Work Experience06/2009–07/2011 Health Educator, Peace Corps,

(Cimislia, Moldova)

Master Thesis TitlePlay Together, Stay Together: NATO and the USA `pivot`

to Asia

Steven H. LiCanada

Sinh LeUSA



• Security Policy

• Migration

• Urban Policy and Design

Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, Chinese, German

Internships06–08/2013 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 Experience04–05/2013 Research Assistant to Professor Nico Krisch,

Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)

Academic Areas of Interest• Education

• Social Policy and Welfare Regimes

• Civil Society and Non-profit Organisations

Education• Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts (Honours),

Ancient and Modern History, Oxford University

(Oxford, UK)


Internships07–08/2013 Research Assistant, Research Evaluation and

Impact Department, Teach First (London, UK)

06–07/2013 Research Assistant, Ideas Incubator, RAND

Europe (Cambridge, UK)

Work Experience05/2009–07/2012 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 TitleComparing school systems in different welfare state

regimes (Finland, Germany and UK): The impact of

structure on Educational outcomes and social equity

Yuh Yiing LohSingapore

Mei LimUnited Kingdom





Education• Bachelor of Arts, European Social and Political Studies,

University College London, (London, UK) and École des

hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris, France).

LanguagesGerman, English, French, Hungarian

Internships06–08/2013 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 Baden-

Württemberg (Freiburg, Germany)

Master Thesis Title‘Debt Brake’ Fiscal Governance in Germany’s Länder

Partner organisation: COCOPS Projekt WP7



Education• Exchange, Master of Public Administration,

International Development, School of Public Policy

and Management at Tsinghua University (Beijing,

China)

• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of

Montréal (Montréal, Canada)

• Certificate, Challenges of Global Poverty,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge,

USA)

LanguagesFrench, English, German

Internships07–09/2013 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 Experience10–11/2012 Analyst Consultant, (GiZ) (Bangui,

Brazzaville, N’Djamena, Libreville, Yaoundé; Central

African Republic, Congo, Chad, Gabon, Cameroon)

Master Thesis TitleMake the Public Sector work in Africa: An assessment of

the African Peer Review Mechanism

Eglantine MarcelinFrance

Quirin MaderspacherGermany




• Nudges and other Soft Policy Tools

Education• Bachelor of Science, Information System

Management, Singapore Management University

(Singapore, Singapore)

LanguagesIndonesian, English

Internships06–08/2013 Researcher, European Research Centre for

Anti-Corruption and State-Building (Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience02/2007–08/2012 Assistant Director, Information

Technology Department, Monetary Authority of

Singapore (Singapore, Singapore)

Master Thesis TitleWhen do apps nudge? Nudging people towards a more

active lifestyle through smartphone applications


• Sustainable Development

• Latin America

Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian

Internships06–08/2013 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 TitleCSR – 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

Lea-Kristin MartinGermany

Devin MarcoIndonesia





Education• Exchange, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)



LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish, Japanese

Internships07–08/2013 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 TitleCauses and effects of the usage of consumer

technologies for work-related purposes in German public

administration

Academic Areas of Interest• Social Policy and Family Policy

• Labour and Education Policy


Education• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Public

Administration, Public Law, Potsdam University

(Potsdam, Germany)

• Exchange, Sciences Po (Bordeaux, France)


Internships05–07/2013 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)

Work Experience01/2013–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 TitleAdministrative Reform of the Youth Employment

Assistance Sector in Berlin: A Comparative Analysis with

similar reforms implemented in Hamburg in 2012 (WT)

Gunnar MokoschGermany

Julia MelzerGermany





Education• Bachelor of Arts, Government, Harvard University

(Cambridge, USA)

LanguagesEnglish, Swahili, German, French, Brazilian, Portuguese

Internships05–08/2013 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)

Work Experience09/2013–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 TitleRisk Management in Hybrid Organizations

Academic Areas of Interest• Public Health


• Security Policy

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)

LanguagesEnglish

Internships07/2013 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 Experience03/2011–06/2012 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)

Master Thesis TitleSexual Assaults in the US Military: Examining Trends and

Effectiveness of Policies

Dennis MwauraKenya

Meghan M. MullenUSA


Academic Areas of Interest• Business and Government Policy

• Political and Economic Development

Education• 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)


Internships07–09/2013 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 TitleCollaboration Is What Matters: The Critical Role of Cross-

Sector Innovation for Social Inclusive Development in

Rural Haiti

Partner organisations: Prime Minister Office of the

Republic of Haiti | Earth Institute-Columbia University


• State Building and Political Development


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)

LanguagesSpanish, English, French, German

Internships06–08/2013 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 Experience10/2013–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)


Economy?


Paulina Maddalena Olenga TeteGermany

Pedro ObandoMexico


Academic Areas of Interest• International Political Economy

• Macroeconomics


Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Japanese

Internships05–08/2013 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 Experience09/2013–05/2014 Research Assistant, German Institute

for Economic Research (Berlin, Germany)

02/2010–06/2011 Research Assistant, Lomonosov

Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)



Institute



• Human Rights and Refugees

Education• Dual Degree, Master of Science, Economics and Man-

agement 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)

LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish, German

Internships06–09/2011 Assistant to the Revenue Manager, Pricing

Strategy, NH Hotels (Milan, Italy)

Master Thesis TitleHealth policy and management: the cost of inappropriate

treatment given to patients with anxiety disorder

Marina PavlovaRussia

Agostina PascazioItaly


Academic Areas of Interest• Economic Policy

• Emerging Markets


Education• Exchange, Georgetown University (Washington DC,

USA)

• Master of Science, Economic History, London School

of Economics and Political Science (London, UK)

LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish

Internships06–08/2013 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)



Institute

Academic Areas of Interest• International Security

• Asia-Pacific Economic and Security Issues

• Regional Integration and International Political

Economy

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)

LanguagesEnglish, Chinese

InternshipsSummer 2013 Hudson Institute, Washington DC

Summer 2004 World Bank, Washington DC

Work Experience2011–2012 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 TitleTowards a Coalition of Small States: Counter-Balancing in

the South China Sea

Matthew PopkinUSA

Sebastian PeterGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• Energy and Climate Change

• Governmental Relations, Political Communication

• European Economic Governance



• Exchange, Sciences Po (Grenoble, France)

LanguagesGerman, English, French, Russian, Dutch

Internships05–06/2013 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 Experience09/2013–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 TitleGeneration adequacy: Electricity Market Design within

the German “Energiewende”

Partner organisation: RWE AG

Annkathrin RabeGermany


• Democracy promotion and Anti-corruption policies

• Human Rights and Conflict Resolution

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)

LanguagesSpanish, English, German, French

Internships06–08/2013 Intern, Planning and Monitoring, Fundación

Evolución Caribe (Cartagena, Colombia)

02–03/2012 Intern, Natural Resources and Conflict, Bonn

International Center for Convertion (Bonn, Germany)

Work Experience06/2009–05/2011 Project Coordinator’s Assistant,

Coordinator of the area of Indigenous communities

and representative for the northern region, ProFis-(GiZ)

(Bogotá, Colombia).



José Julián PrietoColombia


Academic Areas of Interest• Public Management in Developing Countries

• Governance and Politics in the Post-Soviet Space

• Environment and Sustainability



• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Russian, French

Internships06–07/2012 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)

Work Experience10/2013–03/2014 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 TitleThe Way Forward for Civil Service and Administrative

Reforms in Developing Countries: Determinants of

Reform Outcomes in the Georgian Administration since

2003



• Higher Education Policy

Education• Bachelor of Arts, History and Politics, University of

York (York, UK)

• Exchange, Georgetown University – McCourt School

of Public Policy (Washington DC, USA)

LanguagesGerman, English, French, Spanish, Hungarian

Internships05–06/2013 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)

Work Experience05–08/2013 Research Assistant, Prof. David Wootton,

Department of History, University of York (York, UK)

Master Thesis TitleThe influence of foundations on teaching in universities –

A comparative study of Germany and the United States

of America

David RinnertGermany

Julia ReisGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• 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)


Internships06–08/2013 Foreign Lawyer, Hengeler Mueller (Frankfurt

a.M., Germany)

Work Experience06/2009–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 TitleEfficiency of Consumption | The ‘Shareconomy’ and

‘Collaborative Consumption’ as consumer empowerment

and their regulatory challenges

Academic Areas of Interest• Political Communication and Public Affairs

• Urban Development and the Creative Economy

• Digitization, Intellectual Property and the Publishing

Industry

Education• Bachelor of Arts, History and English Literature

Dickinson College (Carlisle, United States)


Work Experience12/2007–08/2012 Government Relations, Policy

Trademark and Copyright Specialist, Scholastic Inc. (New

York, United States)




Marianela Romero AcevesMexico

Ian RoderickUSA




Education• Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Instituto Tecnológico

Autónomo de México (Mexico City, Mexico)


Internships06–08/2013 Consultant, Climate Change and

Sustainability Division, Inter-American Development

Bank (Washington DC, USA)

Work Experience07/2011–07/2012 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 TitlePower dynamics between urban social movements and

local authorities

Partner organisation: Metropolis Network and Berlin

Senate Urban Planning Unit

Rebeca Sahagún MartínezMexico





• Diploma (Master of Science equivalent), Physics,

University of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish, French

Internships09–11/2008 Consultant, Business Technology Office,

McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience05/2010–present Consultant (Fellow Senior Associate),

Business Technology Office, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

(Hamburg, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleAnalysis of monetary policy decision-making in the Euro

area and the US

Thomas RützelGermany




• Foreign Policy

Education• Exchange, School of Policy, Planning, and

Development at University of Southern California (Los

Angeles, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts, European Studies, Maastricht


LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian

Internships05–07/2013 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)







Education• Bachelor of Arts/Laws, Modern History, Law as

general degree, University of Melbourne (Melbourne,

Australia)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Thai, Japanese

Internships06–08/2013 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 Experience05–06/2006 and 12/2006–01/2007 Temporary Editor,

Metro Magazine and Thailand Tatler (Bangkok, Thailand)

Master Thesis TitleCan 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?

Marissa SantikarnAustralia

Rywa SalamanderGermany




• Nonprofit and Civil Society Organizations

EducationBachelor of Arts, Cultural Sciences, Media, Bauhaus

University Weimar (Weimar, Germany)

LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, French

Internships05–08/2013 Department: Good Governance and

Human Rights, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale


Work Experience03–09/2012 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 TitleAnalysis of the imbalanced structure of participants in

the Germany Voluntary Service (FSJ) Kulturweit



• Social Innovation

• Social Entrepreneurship


University (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

LanguagesGerman, English, Dutch, Russian, French

Internships0–11/2013 Programme Coordinator, Leadership Berlin-

Netzwerk 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 TitleSocial 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

Magdalena SchmidtGermany

Lydia ScheminskiGermany





Education• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of

Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish, Swedish

Internships04/2010–07/2010 Intern, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

(Leipzig, Germany)

Work Experience09/2013–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 TitleThe German shipping sector and the implementation of

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)





• Bachelor of Science, Economics and International

Development, University of Bath (Bath, UK)

LanguagesEnglish, Hindi, French

Internships06–08/2013 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 Experience06/2010–08/2013 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 TitleDeveloping the High-tech SME sector in Kazakhstan

Shaarad SharmaUK

Jan SchubertGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• International Political Economy

• Global Governance

• Foreign Policy

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)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Xhosa, Afrikaans

Internships06–07/2013 Consultant, Tal Pery Unternehmens-

beratung (Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience01/2010–07/2012 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)

Master Thesis TitleDemocracy: the effects of a globalised world on the

national economic policymaking ability of states – does

democracy have a future?



• Social Policies (Human Rights, Migration, Integration)

Education• Bachelor of Arts, Russian Studies, Gender Studies,

Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany)

• Exchange, Moscow State Linguistic University

(Moscow, Russia)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Russian, Ukrainian, French, Spanish,

Italian, Dutch

Internships07–8/2013 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 Experience09/2010–06/2013 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 TitleMaking Minority Rights Stick – The Roma and Sinti of

Europe

Partner organisation: German Institute for Human Rights

Katharina SippleUkraine

Mahendra Shunmoogam-GraboschRepublic of South Africa




• Energy Policy

Education• Bachelor In Economics, Universidad Católica Andres

Bello (Caracas, Venezuela)

• Master in Economics and FinanceCentro de Estudios

Monetarios y Financieros (Madrid, Spain)


Internships06–09/2013 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)

Master Thesis TitleStriking the Natural Resource Curse: The Case of

Hydrocarbons




Education• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), History, University of

Western Ontario, London Ontario (Ontario, Canada)

LanguagesEnglish

Internships05–08/2013 Intern, Government Relations, APCO

Worldwide (Washington DC, USA)

Work Experience01/2010–06/2012 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 TitleUsing private sector methods of measurement to quell

government inefficiency and mismanagement of budget

allocations (WT)

Sarah SoteroffCanada

Antonio Smith BravoVenezuela


Academic Areas of Interest• Energy, Climate Finance

• International Economic Governance

• Regulatory Policy

Education• Exchange, American University (Washington DC,

USA)

• Bachelor of Arts, Political science, Chinese studies

and Japanese studies, University of Zurich (Zurich,

Switzerland)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish, French

Internships08/2013–01/2014 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 Experience02–07/2013 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 TitleThe Influence of Financial Regulation on Private Finance

for Clean Energy and Green Infrastructure

Mario SpiezioItaly



• Social Protection and Policy



• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Università degli

Studi di Pavia (Pavia, Italy)

• Erasmus Exchange, Trinity College of Dublin (Dublin,

Ireland)

LanguagesItalian, English, Spanish, French

Internships06–08/2013 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 Experience06/2013–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 TitleHealth outcomes and social health insurance in Viet Nam

Partner organisation: UNESCAP

Erasmo SotoMexico





Education• Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Vienna

University of Economics and Business (Vienna,

Austria)

• Exchange, Institute Barcelona D’Estudis Internacionals

(Barcelona, Spain)


Internships06–07/2013 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 TitleThe Single Supervisory Mechanism, the first pillar of the

European Banking Union: An assessment (WT)

Partner organisation: Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance

Academic Areas of Interest• Education Policy

• Labour Market Policy

• Public Health

Education• Master of Science, Political Science, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

• Bachelor of Arts, European Studies, Otto-von-

Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (Magdeburg,

Germany)

• Exchange, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona

(Barcelona, Spain)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish, Catalan, French, Russian

Internships06–08/2012 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 Experience09/2013–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)

Master Thesis TitleTransition from the Educational to the Occupational

System: A Comparative Study across Welfare Regimes

Paul TrompischAustria

Thérèse Carolin TascheGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• Energy and Infrastructure

• Environment, Climate Change and Technology

• European Governance, EU Economic Policy

Education• 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-Maximilians-

University of Munich (Munich, Germany)

LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Slovak

Internships07–09/2013 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 Experience09/2012–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 TitleElectricity market design reforms in the EU: Comparative

regulatory analysis of capacity mechanisms in view of

the EU Electricity Internal Market

Academic Areas of Interest• Urban and Social Policy

• E-Government and Information Technology




• Bachelor of Arts, Human Biology, Health Policy,

Stanford University (Stanford, USA)

LanguagesEnglish, Vietnamese

Internships05–08/2013 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 Experience02/2011–08/2012 Associate, Federal Technology,

Deloitte Consulting (Arlington, USA)

04/2009–06/2010 Communications Associate, Stanford

Center on Poverty and Inequality, (Stanford, USA)

Master Thesis TitleUS-China Cybersecurity Cooperation

Partner organisation: United States Department of

Homeland Security

Björn VerseGermany

Kim TruongUSA



• Security Policy

• International Trade

Education• Bachelor of Arts, Politics, University of Nottingham,

(Nottingham, UK)

• Exchange, Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Russian, French, Japanese

Internships06–09/2013 Intern to Executive Board, Stiftung

Wissenschaft Politk (Berlin, Germany)

Work Experience10/2013–present Market Analyst, Market Logic (Berlin,

Germany)

02–08/2008 Zivildienstleistender (Community Service),

Goethe Institute Bonn (Bonn, Germany)

Master Thesis TitleHow competitive is the German Export Credit Insurance

Hermes in comparison to the Export Credit Insurances of

France, South Korea and China?


• Gender policy

Education• Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs, George

Washington University (Washington DC, USA)

LanguagesEnglish, Italian, German

Internships05–08/2013 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 TitleCase study analysis of urban green policy and the success

of environmental planning in the United States

Marian VogelGermany

Samantha VillellaUSA


Academic Areas of Interest• Demographic Change


• Social and Labour Market Policy

Education• Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Social Science,

University of Erfurt (Erfurt, Germany)

• Exchange, Economics, Universidad Torcuato di Tella

(Buenos Aires, Argentina)

LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, Tajik

Internships05–09/2012 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 Experience09/2012–09/2013 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 TitleThe effect of welfare regimes on job quality in the

context of demographic change

Academic Areas of Interest• Public Management and Policy Analysis

• Civil Society Institutions and Management

• Education Policy



LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, Turkish

Internships05–07/2013 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 TitleA Modern Approach of Educational Governance. A Case

Study on the Institutional Setting of the Education

System in Berlin

Freda von der DeckenGermany

David VogesGermany





Education• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Freie Universität


LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, French, Arabic

Internships09/2012–06/2013 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 TitleThe Informal Economy in the MENA Region (WT)




Education• Bachelor of Science, Physics, Ruprecht-Karls-University

(Heidelberg, Germany)

LanguagesEnglish, German, Polish, Chinese, French

Internships05–07/2013 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)


Economy?


Franziska WeilGermany

Johannes WahnerGermany



• Security Policy

• Social Policy and Gender

Education• 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)

LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, German, French

Internships06–09/2013 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)

Work Experience03–06/2013 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)



Academic Areas of Interest• European Public Policy





• Certificat d’Etudes Politiques/Programme d’échange,

Political Sciences and Economics, Sciences Po (Paris,

France)


Berlin (Germany)

LanguagesGerman, English, Italian, French, Spanish

Internships04–06/2013 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)

Work Experience2005–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)

Master Thesis TitleSustainable Performance Gaps in EU Agencies?

Discussing Empirical Patterns within a Rational Choice

Framework

Mónica Wills SilvaColombia

Julius WersigGermany


Academic Areas of Interest• Political Communication

• Public Health

• New Knowledge Economy



• Attestation d’Études Politiques, Institut d’Études

Politiques de Rennes (Rennes, France)

LanguagesGerman, English, French, Dutch

Internships06–07/2013 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 Experience09/2008–08/2009 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 TitleRegional ICT Policymaking in the European Union




• Master of Arts, International Relations and European

Union Studies, Central European University

(Budapest, Hungary)

• Bachelor of Arts, History, Reed College (Portland,

Oregon, USA)


Internships06–08/2013 Graduate Associate, Financial Institutions

Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

(New York, USA)

Work Experience03/2006–09/2011 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 TitleThe relationship between inflation and unionization

levels in OECD Economies

Sebastian ZavelbergGermany

Nicholas ZagariaUSA



• Public Health


Education• Exchange, University of California (Los Angeles, USA)

• Bachelor of Science, Economics, University of

Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)


Internships06–08/2012 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 Experience09/2012–09/2013 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 TitleQuality and Service in primary care –patients’ role in

increasing quality in primary health care (WT)

Sebastian ZilchGermany


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HERTIE SCHOOL

International: Students from over 40 CountriesCountry and region of origin (percentage)

Interdisciplinary: Students from all Subject FieldsFields of study that MPP students hold a bachelor’s degree in (percentage)*

The Selection Process— More than Excellent Grades

The StudentsMany students bring professional experience with them and start the programme at an average age of 25.

11,4

5,3

5,0

9,4

2,0

4,4

0,8

15,2

7,3

18,1

21,1

Economics

Business Administration

Law

Humanities

Media and Journalism

Sciences, Engineering

Other

Area Studies, Cultural Studies

Social Sciences, Sociology

International Relations

Political Science

Germany

Great Britain

USA

Mexico

Venezuela

Colombia

PeruBrazil

Sierra Leone

GhanaCameroon

Nigeria

Malawi

India

Pakistan

Kenya

Australia

RussiaNetherlands

FranceSpain

Slovenia

Poland

Italy

SwedenNorwayFinland

LithuaniaLatvia

Belarus

BulgariaMacedonia

Serbia

Kosovo

GeorgiaRomania

MoldovaCzech Republic

HungaryKyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan

Philippines

Canada

Andorra

IrelandBelgium

Luxembourg

Switzerland

Chile

Bolivia

Ukraine

Mongolia

Singapore

Morocco

Zambia

Congo

Ethiopia

Iran

TurkeyArmenia

Lebanon

IsraelVietnam

Thailand

Nepal

China

Intersectoral: Careers in all FieldsCareer paths of graduatesand alumni by sector (percentage) **

Some examples:

* based on the Classes of 2007–2012 (N=340)** based on the Classes of 2007–2011 (N=254)

BMW AG, UK Governmental Affairs Executive

Google Inc., Policy Analyst

German Federal Foreign Office, Advisor European Financial Framework

State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, Senior Position

Lebanese Ministry of Labour,Policy Advisor

EU Commission, International Relations Officer, DG Enlargement

The World Bank, Consultant

Transparency International, Programme Coordinator CIS and Mongolia

Teach First Germany,Founder and CEO

A.T. Kearney, Strategy Business Analyst

Worldwatch Institute, Research Coordinator, Energy and Climate

Bertelsmann Foundation,Young Professional

Public Administration

International Organisation

NGO/Foundation

Research/Think Tank

Doctoral programme

Business

13%

37 %

21%

12 %

6%

11%

20 %40 % 40 %Personal SuitabilityWork experience or internships, international experience, as well as social, political and / or entre-preneurial engagement

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.

Academic PerformanceTranscripts, certificates, and academic references

MotivationMotivation letter, by which argumentation and formulation skills will also be assessed

Australia0,6

Africa3,5

North America

13,3Eastern Europe

13,3GermanyWestern Europe

8,0Latin America

8,0Asia

8,0

female50,6 %

male49,4 %

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