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Annual Report Table of Contents 2018/19 Annual Report Table of contents 44 The Hertie School at a glance 46 Report from management 10 Programmes, students and alumni 18 Research 24 Partners 26 Timeline 2018/19 32 Key numbers and fnancials 34 Committees 38 Contact The Hertie School at a glance Annual Report 2018/2019 The Hertie School at a glance Hertie School The Hertie School at a glance Our Centres of Competence We prepare exceptional students from all over the world for produce outstanding research in a wide range of policy- leadership positions in government, business, and civil society. relevant felds. We were founded in 2004 by the Hertie Foun- We ofer master’s programmes, executive education and dation, which remains our major funder. The Hertie School doctoral programmes, distinguished by interdisciplinary and is recognised by the State of Berlin and accredited by the practice-oriented teaching. Our faculty and researchers German Science Council. Programmes ofered Accredited by • Master of Public Policy • Master of International Afairs * • Doctoral programmes • Executive Master of Public Administration • Open enrolment and customised programmes Our alumni pursue careers in all sectors Students enrolled 700 69 485 Countries represented Executive Education % % % among the student body participants in 2018/19 42 31 27 600 687 Private sector Public sector Third sector 619 500 400 507 488 1.657 35 300 Alumni Dual degree and 390 Third-party funding exchange partners 200 Third-party revenues per year 100 3.5 Mio. 0 € 3 17 18 19 16 109 9 20 / / / / . / Public and 2 2.5 research events 2016 2017 2015 2018 2019 4 4 2 . 2 2 9 9 . 1 1.5 1 Faculty 6 . 1 4 . 117 2 1 1 101 65 40 . Academic Administrative Research associates and 1 9 publications in 2019 employees postdoctoral researchers 0.5 . 0 35 30 0 11 17 15 13 12 14 18 19 16 / / / / / 29 / / / Member of / 27 20 25 2011 2010 2012 2016 2017 2014 2015 2013 2018 • Association of Professional Schools of International 24 Afairs (APSIA) • CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences • Global Public Policy Network (GPPN) 10 22.250 Mio. € 9.485 Mio. € 0 Budget Contribution of the Status: 1 September 2019 17 18 19 16 Hertie Foundation 20 *From 2021 / / / / / 2016 2017 2015 2018 2019 4 5 Report from management Annual Report 2018/2019 Report from management Hertie School Centre for International Security, and the Data Science Lab we have been on the lookout for a new home, and are pleased started operations in 2018/19, while the Centre for Funda- to announce that we have found it: in 2023, the Hertie School mental Rights and the Centre for Digital Governance are will move into the historic Robert Koch Forum (see box). starting their work in the Academic Year 2019/20. The Cen- tre for Sustainability is currently in the conception phase. Study programmes The Hertie School's doctoral programme is strengthened by In the fall of 2018, we welcomed 263 new students and PhD substantially increasing the available PhD stipends. researchers from more than 50 countries to the Hertie School. In order to accommodate the expansion in the coming years, This included 110 frst-year Master of Public Policy (MPP) stu- Robert Koch Forum The historic Robert Koch Forum on Berlin’s Wilhelmstraße will become the new home of the Hertie School in 2023. The 19th century building lies in the heart of Berlin’s government district and has a rich history of research and learning, as the place where Nobel Laureate Robert Koch Report from conducted his pioneering research into bacteriology and microbiology. The Hertie School will be joined in the Robert Koch Forum by the Einstein Centre Digital Future (present in the building since 2017) and the Berlin University Alliance. The building will be extensively renovated over the management next three years by the City of Berlin, which has earmarked 42.5 million euros for this purpose. The Academic Year 2018/19 marked the start of a new chapter Baisch, the School leadership has been expanded to include for the Hertie School. It kicked of with a new President, a three Deans: Mark Hallerberg, Dean of Research and Faculty new school leadership, and a new Strategic Plan. The School and Professor of Public Management and Political Economy; dents and 71 frst-year Master of International Afairs Faculty and research achieved several important milestones, including the selection Andrea Römmele, Dean of Executive Education and Professor (MIA) students, as well as 51 new dual degree and exchange As our student numbers have grown, so has our faculty. We wel- of our new home at the Robert Koch Forum, the founding of Communication in Politics and Civil Society; and Christine students from our partner institutions worldwide. It also comed seven new faculty members last year. In the fall semester, of CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences, and the Reh, who joined us in September 2018 as Dean of Graduate included 22 new students in the Executive Master of Public we were not only joined by Christine Reh, but also by Thurid development of our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. We Programmes and Professor of European Politics. Administration (Executive MPA) programme, as well as nine Hustedt, Professor of Public Administration and by Management. also introduced a new corporate identity. Here are the main new PhD researchers who began their doctoral studies at the Five more faculty members joined us in the spring: Anita Gohdes, changes and highlights from the Academic Year 2018/19. Our Strategic Plan Hertie School. We celebrated the success of 132 students who Professor of International and Cyber Security; Slava Jankin, Pro- At the start of the Academic Year 2018/19, we launched a were awarded the degree of Master of Public Policy, 78 a Master fessor of Data Science and Public Policy and the Director of the New leadership new Strategic Plan that foresees significant investments of Arts for the Master of International Afairs programme and Hertie School’s new Data Science Lab; Arjun Appadurai, Professor On 1 September, Henrik Enderlein became the new President of and growth for the School over the next five years. At the 28 a Master of Public Administration. In addition, ten doctoral of Anthropology and Globalisation; Leonardo Iacovone, Professor the Hertie School, taking over from Helmut Anheier, who had heart of this plan is the creation of five new Centres of researchers received their doctoral degrees in 2018/19. All joined of Economics; and Mujaheed Shaikh, Assistant Professor of Health been President since 2009. The School has grown signifcantly Competence and a Data Science Lab. The Centres and the the global network and vibrant international community of Governance. since then, which is why we made the choice to introduce a Lab combine teaching, research and outreach to strengthen Hertie School alumni. Our alumni community grows larger new leadership structure to coincide with the new Presidency. and build the School’s expertise on significant governan- every year: including the Class of 2019, the Hertie School now Our faculty continued to publish their research in key academic In addition to Henrik Enderlein and Managing Director Axel ce challenges of our time. The Jacques Delors Centre, the counts 1.657 alumni based all over the world. journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, 6 7 Report from management Annual Report 2018/2019 Report from management Hertie School the Public Administration Review, and the European Law Journal. Commission to be funded under the European Universities Faculty at the Hertie School also succeeded in obtaining research Initiative along with its partners in CIVICA – The European grants from major funders in competitive calls. Examples of University of Social Sciences (see box). CIVICA is a notable step major collaborative research projects that gained funding in in the history of the Hertie School, and we are proud to be a 2018/19 include: partner in this European network of top universities. • SCRIPTS: In October 2018, the Hertie School was chosen as Diversity and inclusion part of an eight-member consortium of Berlin universities for Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the Hertie School’s funding through the German federal and state governments’ identity as an international university for public policy. That’s Excellence Strategy. The Cluster of Excellence ‘Contestations why at the start of Henrik Enderlein’s Presidency, he initiated a of the Liberal Script’ (SCRIPTS) researches challenges to the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (see box). liberal model of political and economic order. Student and alumni highlights in 2018/19 • DYNAMICS: The German Research Foundation (DFG) appro- Our student and alumni community continued to shine ved the graduate programme ‘The Dynamics of Demography, through 2018/19. In spring 2019, the Hertie School’s moot court Democratic Processes and Public Policies’ (DYNAMICS) in team won the German championship of the Jessup Interna- November 2018. The programme is a joint endeavour of the tional Law Moot Court Competition and went on to compete Humboldt Universität and the Hertie School, which investi- in the international rounds in Washington, DC. Hertie School gates the consequences of demographic change for democracy. students also took home two awards for projects they pre- The programme will start with 35 doctoral students in the sented at the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN) conference Academic Year 2019/20. in Singapore. In addition, our students organised the 11th European Public Policy Conference (EPPC), which took place A new Faculty Activity Fund established last year enables our in Madrid with the theme of ‘Syncing Societies’, sponsored by Diversity and Inclusion Strategy faculty to pursue various initiatives and to foster interdiscipli- the IPLI Foundation. At the start of 2018/19, we launched a School-wide Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
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