Master of Public Policy Class of 2010 Profiles

MAKDA ABEBE VALENTIN ARITON CATHERINE COREY BARBER ALESSANDRO BARTOLINI DONALD BLONDIN DAMIAN BOROWSKI NANCY CIEZA CARLO MANUEL DRAUTH SÉBASTIEN EUGÈNE KATE FANALE LUKAS FISCHER MICHAEL FÖRSTER BENJAMIN FRAASS MARIAM GABEDAVA R. ANDREW GÓMEZ ERIK GUTIÉRREZ-ARANDA ANGÉLIQUE HARDY YAEL OLGA HARTMANN CONRAD HEIDER MAXIMILIAN HELD MARCEY HOELTING CHARIS IDICHERIA DAVID JACKSON STEFANIE KIRSCHWENG KRISTOF KLEEMANN KAROLINE KLOSE ANGELA KONERT CAMELIA LALANI SIMON LANGE JOHANNES LOH DANIELA MARINACHE MAC PHERSON MDALLA NORA MOKDAD RALPH P. MÜLLER-EISELT NEVA NAHTIGAL HENDRIK OLSZEWSKI THIAGO PEZZUTO PACHECO TILL PAPENFUSS LINDSAY PARKER ANDREAS PAWELKE SVENJA-ANN PETERSEN NICOLE ESTHER PFLUG BENJAMIN QUERNER JANNA RASSMANN JULIANE REHBERG RASMUS RELOTIUS SYLVIA ROBERGE DANIA RÖPKE EMILIA ROIG CHRISTIAN RUIZ PALMERO LEJLA SADIKU JULIANE SARNES JILL PHILINE SCHERNECK JANINE SCHILDT ANDREA SCHILLING ALEXANDER SCHUELKE DANIEL SCHWEPPENSTEDDE DAN SOBOVITZ NATALIJA SPASOVSKA LUIS SUAREZ-ISAZA SWANTJE TOBIASSEN MARCIA TOLEDO DAINIUS VELYKIS JOHANNES CHRISTOPHER WELSCH MAKAIO-MICHEL WITTE

Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf Chairman of the Board of Trustees

It is my great pleasure to present to you the Hertie School of Governance’s fourth graduating class of Master of Public Policy students. They will receive their degrees in May 2010. With this booklet, the School proudly introduces its graduates to an increasingly competitive labour market. As ambassadors of the Hertie School of Governance, the students have been educated to complete policy analysis, grounded in both academic excellence and a practical, problem-solving approach.

These features pave the way for career paths in the private, public, and civil society sectors. The increasing openness between these sectors is a challenge that the Class of 2010 is ready to master. Their expertise ranges from quantitative and qualitative methods to strong intercultural awareness.

The Hertie School of Governance defines itself through its deliberate pursuit of interdisciplinarity and openness. I have confidence in the School’s high standards and am sure it will continue to increase the internationality of its student body and faculty.

We strive to meet the claim of being a leading professional school for public policy. The graduates are the School’s assets in this endeavour. I invite you to have your personal assessment of the Hertie School of Governance shaped by the high quality of the individual profiles of the gradu­ ating students.

Sincerely,

Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 1 The Master of Public Policy Programme

The Master of Public Policy Pro- the core of the programme, interdis­ Internationality and a trisectoral gramme at the Hertie School of ciplinarity, a real-world orientation, ­approach ­Governance offers advanced teach- an emphasis on case teaching, and The curriculum of the programme ing on governance tasks in the pri- the simulation of decision-making takes various political levels and vate, public, and civil society sectors.­ situations convey the theoretical and ­actors from all parts of society Upon completion of the ­two-year analytical instruments required for into account. The MPP specifical- programme, students ­receive the innovative political governance. ly con­centrates on new forms and Master of Public ­Policy (MPP), which ­processes of governance, such as is an ­internationally-recognised de- Practical orientation ­public-private partnerships or mod- gree. The curriculum combines an ex- The programme’s practical orienta­ els of transnational self-governance. cellent interdisciplin­ary academic ed- tion includes training in analytical­ An international faculty teaches the ucation, focusing ­on real-world issues skills such as management and classes in English. with training in ­various practical and ­negotiation techniques. In addition to analytical skills. The core principles of the academic courses, MPP students Academic excellence the MPP Programme are carried out are offered the opportunity of ex- As a professional school, the Hertie through different­ concepts: change with leading decisionmakers. School prepares its students for An internship and a master’s thesis, in a ­specific field of work: steering, Interdisciplinarity and a problem- which the students work closely with ­organising, and managing complex solving approach a client organisation, are also part of decision ­processes in the three sectors Although the curriculum of the the curriculum. of state, business, and civil society. ­programme builds on the academic­ The Hertie School measures its suc- disciplines of political science, law, cess in terms of academic excellence economics, and other social ­sciences, and first-rate research and offers its it offers more than mere training in ­students professional training that multiple scientific perspectives. At is based on cutting-edge research and scholarship.

2 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Career Services

Career Services at the Hertie School Career Services takes great care in For further information concerning of Governance supports students and building personal and alumni net- the Class of 2010, please contact alumni in making a successful transi- works in the public, civil society, and Jan Fischoeder. tion from student to professional­ life private sectors. This enables the [email protected] and in changing career paths. Grad- Hertie School to open doors of oppor- Tel +49 (0)30-25 92 19-127 uates of the Master of Public Policy­ tunities all over the world for current Programme will be equipped with students and graduates. the skills and knowledge necessary­ to succeed as players in modern gov- The Hertie School of Governance­ ernance structures. They will have offers different tools in order to build the opportunity to pursue careers in a platform for exchange between­ a wide range of occupations within­ students, alumni, and future employ- or across the public, civil society, and ers. The Profiles of the Class of 2010 ­private sectors. are one of them.

The Career ­Services team provides the resources and strategies to help students develop their career plans, as well as find internships and job op- portunities. At the same time, they act as liaison between the Hertie School and institutions or companies who would like to know more about the students. This enables Career Ser- vices to help these institutions and companies to recruit excellent young professionals for internships and pro- fessional positions.

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 3 Master of Public Policy Class of 2010 Profiles

The Master of Public Policy Class of 2010 Profiles are a reflection of the diversity of the Hertie School of Governance’s student body: This year’s graduating class is comprised of students originating from 25 different countries.

Just as varied are their academic backgrounds prior to studying at the Hertie School, with degrees in subjects extending from political and social­ sciences via law and economics to journalism, regional studies, ecology, and education.

4 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Makda Abebe Ethiopia

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Aid Effectiveness ■■ 09/2005–06/2007 Peer Educator, Student ■■ NGO and Non-Profit Management Career Advisor Team, Jacobs University ■■ African International Relations (Bremen, Germany) ■■ 05/2004–07/2005 Youth Representative, Education Management Committee, ‘We Are the Future ■■ BA Integrated Social Sciences, Jacobs Orphanage and Youth Centre’ (Addis Ababa, University (Bremen, Germany) Ethiopia) ■■ 07/2006 Facilitator and Assistant Regional Languages Coordinator, Global Youth Parliament, 4th ■■ English, Amharic Globalization Conference (Ankara, Turkey) ■■ 05/2003–09/2005 Representative of Addis Internships Ababa to the Global Youth Parliament (Addis ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Regional Office Ababa, Ethiopia) for Africa, International Labour Organisation (ILO) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Master’s Thesis ■■ 06/2007–08/2007 Intern, UNESCO- ■■ Managing Change in the Third Sector: How UNEVOC International Centre for Technical Ethiopian NGOs are Adjusting to Policy and Vocational Training, UNESCO ( Bonn, Change. What are the Coping Mechanisms Germany) That Are Being Undertaken by Ethiopian NGOs in Adjusting to Changes in the Policy Context of Their Operating Environment as a Result of the New Charities and Societies (CSO) Law?

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 5 Contact [email protected]

Valentin Ariton Romania

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ European Integration ■■ 08/2006–08/2008 Project Manager, ■■ Transitions to Good Governance Romanian Academic Society (Bucharest, ■■ European Union Regional and Cohesion Romania) Policy ■■ 05/2006–08/2007 Associate Researcher, Centre for Institutional Development Education (Bucharest, Romania) ■■ MA European Integration, National School of ■■ 03/2003–11/2005 Negotiation Officer, Political Science and Public Administration Retention and Complaints Department, (Bucharest, Romania) Telemobil S.A. (Bucharest, Romania) ■■ BA Political Science and International Relations, National School of Political Science Master‘s Thesis and Public Administration (Bucharest, ■■ Romanian Challenges in Absorbing Post- Romania) Accession EU Funds

Languages ■■ English, Romanian, French, Italian, German

Internships ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Analyst, European Stability Initiative (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 12/2002–02/2003 Intern, Research Centre of National School of Political Science and Public Administration (Bucharest, Romania)

6 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Catherine Corey Barber United States of America

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ International Governance ■■ 10/2001–07/2003 Advocate and Shelter ■■ Human Rights Supervisor, Womenspace Domestic Violence ■■ Public Management Services (Eugene, USA)

Education Master’s Thesis ■■ BA International Relations and Modern ■■ The Role of NGOs in Challenging Human Languages, Beloit College (USA) Rights Abuses: Measuring the Success and Failure of Strategic Litigation Languages ■■ English, German, Spanish, Russian

Internships ■■ 05/2009–08/2009 Intern, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 08/2007–12/2007 Intern, Program Department, American Academy in Berlin (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 01/2007–05/2007 Intern, Policy Department, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (Madison, USA) ■■ 01/2006–05/2006 Intern, Center for Immigrant Services (Madrid, Spain)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 7 Contact [email protected]

Alessandro Bartolini Sweden / Italy

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 07/2007–04/2008 Freelance Translator ■■ European Integration (Saint Petersburg, Russia) ■■ Security Policy ■■ 01/2006–01/2007 Protection Delegate – Azerbaijan, International Committee of the Education Red Cross (Barda, Azerbaijan) ■■ BA (Italian Laurea) Interpreting (languages), ■■ 10/2004–03/2005 Head of Office, Advanced School of Modern Languages International Committee of the Red Cross for Interpreters and Translators (Scuola (South Ossetia, Georgia) superiore di lingue moderne per interpreti e ■■ 07/2003–08/2004 Detention Interpreter, traduttori), University of Trieste (Italy) International Committee of the Red Cross (Northern Caucasus, Russian Federation) Languages ■■ 09/2001–05/2003 In-House Translator, ■■ English, Italian, Swedish, Russian, German, Interlanguage Translation LTD (London, UK) French Master’s Thesis Internships ■■ Democratization in Russia: None of the ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Visiting Researcher, EU’s Business? Alternative Scenarios for Carnegie Moscow Center (Moscow, Russia) the Promotion of Democracy in Russia: Endogenous Vs. Exogenous Inputs

8 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Donald Blondin United States of America

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics ■■ 01/2005–04/2009 Publisher and Co-Founder, ■■ Finance & Economic Policy Ipanema Literatures, LLC (Albuquerque, USA) ■■ Human Rights ■■ 02/2001–12/2004 Self-Employed Writer and Website Designer (Berkeley, USA) Education ■■ BA Political Science and Political Economy of Master’s Thesis Industrial Societies (Dual Degree), University ■■ Coordination of Human and Labor Rights of California Berkeley (USA) Actors: a Case Study of Nongovernmental ■■ Exchange year at the University of Granada Responses to Anti-Union Violence in (Spain) Colombia

Languages ■■ English, Spanish, German

Internships ■■ 06/2009–09/2009 Intern, Business & Human Rights Department, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) (Berlin, Germany)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 9 Contact [email protected]

Damian Borowski Poland

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ European Integration ■■ 09/2009–present Public Diplomacy Unit, ■■ International Governance Embassy of the Republic of Poland (Berlin, ■■ Polish-German Relations Germany) ■■ 05/2004–04/2007 Journalist, German Youth Education Magazine Vitamin de (Opole, Poland) ■■ BA International Relations, Tischner ■■ 04/2006–10/2006 Journalist, student European University (Krakow, Poland) periodical Wloczka (Krakow, Poland)

Languages Master’s Thesis ■■ English, Polish, German ■■ The German Minority’s Impact on Policy Making in Poland, with Special Focus on the Internships Opole Silesia Region - Development, Activity, ■■ 05/2009–06/2009 Intern, Political Unit, Future Perspectives Embassy of the Republic of Poland (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 08/2007–10/2007 Intern, Department for International Affairs, City of Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

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Nancy Cieza Peru

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Economic Development ■■ 04/2004–02/2007 Consultant, Monitoring ■■ Public Health and Evaluation on Public Expenditure Office, ■■ Education Policy Ministry of Finance (Lima, Peru) ■■ 05/2003 – 02/2004 Senior Analyst, Public Education Investment Projects Office, Ministry of ■■ MA Public Management, University of Agriculture (Lima, Peru) Potsdam (Germany) ■■ 12/1998 – 10/2002 Project Coordinator, ■■ BA Economics, Pontifical Catholic University Instituto Apoyo (Lima, Peru) of Peru (Lima, Peru) ■■ 02/1998–11/1998 Analyst, Health and Social Security Institute (Lima, Peru) Languages ■■ English, Spanish Master’s Thesis ■■ Improving the Inequalities in Maternal and Internships Child Health in Kenya ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Health Sector Program, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Nairobi, Kenya)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 11 Contact [email protected]

Carlo Manuel Drauth Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ■■ 08/2008–08/2009 Advisor, Corporate Social ■■ European Integration Responsibility (CSR), Federal Ministry of ■■ Economic and Social Policy Labor and Social Affairs (Berlin, Germany)

Education Master’s Thesis ■■ BA European Studies, University of ■■ Closing the Global Governance Gap: Maastricht (Netherlands) Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ensuring Social and Languages Environmental Standards ■■ English, German, French, Dutch

Internships ■■ 06/2008–08/2008 Researcher, Evaluation and Performance Audit, RAND Europe (Cambridge, UK) ■■ 06/2007–09/2007 Personal Advisor to Deputy Head, Representation of the European Commission in Germany (Berlin , Germany) ■■ 09/2006–01/2007 Teaching Assistant, Lycée Jeanne d’Arc (Rennes, France) ■■ 01/2004–05/2004 Intern, Supplier Integration Centre Europe, Ford Motor Company (Dunton , UK)

12 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Sébastien Eugène France

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics ■■ 10/2008–05/2009 Research Assistant, Hertie ■■ Finance & Economic Policy School of Governance (Berlin, Germany) ■■ Urban Policy ■■ 8/2006–8/2006 Assistant, Market Finance Department, Société Générale (Paris, France) Education ■■ 9/2005–9/2005 Assistant, Firm Property ■■ MSc International Economics, Université Loan Department, Société Générale (Paris, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France) France) ■■ BSc Econometrics, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France) Master’s Thesis ■■ Capstone project at Columbia University Languages (New York, USA) ■■ English, French, German

Internships ■■ 06/2009–07/2009 Project Analyst, Innovation Policy Department, Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 07/2007–09/2007 Project Manager, Economic Service, French Embassy in Romania (Bucharest, Romania)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 13 Contact [email protected]

Kate Fanale United States of America

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ■■ 01/2008–07/2008 English Teacher, Fabretto ■■ Public Health Children’s Foundation (Somoto, Nicaragua) ■■ Food Policy ■■ 05/2007–10/2007 Project Coordinator, Emergency Communities (New Orleans, USA) Education ■■ BA History and International Studies, Loyola Master’s Thesis University Chicago (USA) ■■ Obesity’s Negative Externalities: Policy Options for the State of Mississippi Languages ■■ English, Italian, Spanish, German

Internships ■■ 05/2008–08/2009 Trainee, HUB Berlin (Germany) ■■ 06/2005–08/2005 Intern, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (Springfield, USA)

14 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Lukas Fischer Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Master’s Thesis ■■ Finance & Economic Policy ■■ From “Ich AG” to ■■ Labour Market Policy “Existenzgründungsförderung”: Assessing ■■ Development Policy the Effectiveness of Start-Up Subsidies in Germany Education ■■ BA Philosophy & Economics, Universität Bayreuth (Germany)

Languages ■■ English, German, French, Russian

Internships ■■ 05/2009–07/2009 Intern, GTZ Support Program to the African Union and UNECA, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) ■■ 11/2003–07/2004 Intern, Mehr Demokratie e.V. (Berlin-Brandenburg and Bremen, Lower Saxony, Germany)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 15 Contact [email protected]

Michael Förster Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience 3 ■■ Political Communication ■■ 10/2008–present Chief Editor, Schlossplatz ■■ Urban Studies (student magazine of the Hertie School of ■■ Comparative European Politics and Welfare Governance) (Berlin, Germany) Regimes ■■ 09/2006–08/2007 Vice President and Network Coordinator, AEGEE Maastricht Education (Netherlands) ■■ BA European Studies, University of Maastricht (Netherlands) Master’s Thesis ■■ Grey Spaces: On the Need for Under- Languages Regulated Spaces in Urban Environments at ■■ English, German, Dutch, French the Example of Berlin

Internships ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Senate Department for Urban Development (Berlin, Germany)

16 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Benjamin Fraaß Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Finance & Economic Policy ■■ 09/2008–08/2009 Clerk, New German ■■ Aspects of regional economics (R&D Länder and Demographic Change, Federal policies; human capital, SME policies, Chancellery (Berlin, Germany) entrepreneurship policies, demographic change) Master’s Thesis ■■ Policy Strategies to Regionally Bind and Education Attract Medium- and High-Level Human ■■ BA Philosophy and Economics, Universität Capital Bayreuth (Germany)

Languages ■■ English, German, Spanish, French

Internships ■■ 06/2008–08/2008 Junior Consultant, Life-Long Learning and Economy, Rambøll Management GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) ■■ 04/2007–08/2007 Research Assistant, R&D Panel and Policy, Centre for European Economic Research ZEW (Mannheim, Germany) ■■ 03/2006–04/2006 Research Assistant, Tribunal Catala de Defensa de Competencia (Barcelona, Spain)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 17 Contact [email protected]

Mariam Gabedava Georgia

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ International Governance ■■ 10/2009–03/2010 Researcher, Civil Society as ■■ Public Management an Anti-Corruption Actor Project, Romanian ■■ Development Academic Society (Syracuse, USA; Berlin, Germany) Education ■■ 04/2008–12/2008 Country Anchor for ■■ MA Political Science, Central European Georgia, Duke University Democracy and University (Budapest, Hungary) Accountability Project (Tbilisi, Georgia; Berlin, ■■ BA International Relations, Tbilisi State Germany) University (Tbilisi, Georgia) ■■ 07/2006–08/2008 Policy Analyst, Georgia’s ■■ Exchange year at the University of Nebraska International Commitments Assessment (Lincoln, USA) Programme, Transparency International Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia) Languages ■■ 07/2008 Consultant, Control Risks Group ■■ English, Georgian, Russian (Tbilisi, Georgia) ■■ 09/2007–11/2007 Consultant, Netherlands Internships Ministry of Foreign Affairs Framework ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Anti-Corruption for Strategic Governance and Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Analysis (SGACA), ECORYS Research and (ACN), Anti-Corruption Division, OECD (Paris, Consulting (Tbilisi, Georgia) France) ■■ 10/2005–07/2006 Invited Specialist/Lead ■■ 01/2003–05/2003 Intern, Office of Senator Specialist, Office of the State Minister of Byars, Nebraska State Legislature (Lincoln, Georgia for Reforms Coordination (Tbilisi, USA) Georgia)

Master’s Thesis ■■ Legal Entities of Public Law: Lessons for the Civil Service Reform in Georgia

18 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

R. Andrew Gómez United States of America

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ European Integration ■■ 06/2006–09/2009 Employee, Bayfoam ■■ International Governance Construction (Hayward, USA) ■■ Security Policy ■■ 11/2005–3/2007 Self-employed music instructor Education ■■ BA History of Revolution and War, University Master’s Thesis of California, San Diego (La Jolla, USA) ■■ Hybrid Regimes, Elections and Democracy ■■ BA Political Science: American Government, Promotion University of California San Diego (La Jolla, USA)

Languages ■■ English, Spanish, German

Internships ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Iran Civil Society Program, Aspen Institute Germany (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 01/2008–03/2008 Intern, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy (Washington, DC, USA)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 19 Contact [email protected]

Erik Gutiérrez-Aranda Sweden / Argentina

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Political Communication ■■ 04/2008–Present Analyst, Department ■■ Security Policy of Public Affairs, Prime Public Relations ■■ Public Management (Stockholm, Sweden) ■■ 04/2007–07/2008 Public Relations Education Officer, Secretariat for Communications, ■■ BA Political Science, Stockholm University Government Offices of Sweden / Ministry (Sweden) of Enterprise, Energy and Communications (Stockholm, Sweden) Languages ■■ 04/2005–12/2006 Ghostwriter, Division ■■ English, Swedish, Spanish, German for Student Financial Support and Adult Education and Training, Government Offices Internships of Sweden / Ministry of Education and ■■ 07/2009–01/2010 Intern, Office of Science Culture Affairs (Stockholm, Sweden) and Technology, Embassy of Sweden (Washington, DC, USA) Master’s Thesis ■■ 06/2009–07/2009 Intern, Defence and ■■ Leadership under Constraints? A study of Security Team, RAND Europe (Cambridge, UK) Political Change in Swedish Foreign Policy towards the Middle East Between 1996–2006

20 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Angélique Hardy France

Academic Areas of Interest Internships ■■ European Integration ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Political, ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate Development, Justice, Freedom and Security ■■ International Governance Section, European Union / Delegation of the European Commission to the United States Education (Washington, DC, USA) ■■ MA European Studies, Institut d’Etudes ■■ 11/2008–12/2008 Research Assistant Intern, Politiques (Grenoble, France) Office of MP K. Hagemann, Deutscher ■■ Maîtrise History, Université Rennes 2 (France) Bundestag (Berlin, Germany) ■■ BA History, Université Rennes 2 (France) ■■ 05/2008–08/2008 Intern, Regional Policy Department, French Permanent Languages Representation to the European Union ■■ English, French, German (Brussels, Belgium) ■■ 03/2007–08/2007 Intern, Cultural Department, French Embassy (Berlin, Germany)

Master’s Thesis ■■ Establishing Good Governance in Croatia in the Prospect of the EU Accession: Learning from the Weaknesses of Bulgaria & Romania

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 21 Contact [email protected]

Yael Olga Hartmann Canada

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics ■■ 08/2006–09/2008 Account Supervisor, Bliss ■■ International Governance Public Relations (New York, USA) ■■ Security Policy ■■ 08/2003–05/2004 Captain, Head of the North American Press Desk, Israel Defense Education Forces Media and Communications Division ■■ BSLA French Literature, Georgetown (Tel Aviv, Israel) University (Washington, DC, USA) ■■ 08/2003–05/2004 Sauve Scholar, Sauve Foundation, McGill University, (Montreal, Languages Canada) ■■ English, French, Hebrew, French, Spanish ■■ 05/2003–08/2003 Research Assistant for Ambassador to Israel, author and historian Internships Michael Oren, Freelance Journalist, Library of ■■ 07/2009–09/2009 Consultant, Council Congress (Washington, DC, USA) Member holding the East Jerusalem Portfolio (Jerusalem, Israel) Master’s Thesis ■■ 01/2009–07/2009 Student Intern, Foreign ■■ Integration and Segregation: a Comparison Consul General Liaison (New York, USA) of Two Berlin Districts

22 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Conrad Heider Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 07/2009–09/2009 Trainee Consultant, ■■ Finance & Economic Policy Corporate Consulting Unit, LOGOS Public ■■ Strategy Consulting , Public Management Affairs (Brussels, Belgium) ■■ 07/2008–08/2008 Project Education Assistant, Abteilung Industrie- und ■■ BA European Studies, University of Transformationsländer InWEnt (Capacity Maastricht (Netherlands) Building International GmbH) (Bonn, Germany) Languages ■■ 11/2005–07/2008 Assistant & Junior Expert, ■■ German, English, Dutch, French Forschung und Beratung, Prof. Gert Fieguht, Personnel, Communication and Information Internships (Kehl, Germany) ■■ 04/2005–06/2005 Intern, European Network of Training Organizations, Council of Europe Master’s Thesis (Strasbourg, France) ■■ Strategic Public Management in Modern State Governance in Germany: Is Efficiency and Effectiveness Simply a Function of the ‘Right’ Strategic Tools?

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 23 Contact [email protected]

Maximilian Held Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ European Integration ■■ 09/2008–07/2009 Fellow, Berlin Studies ■■ Finance & Economic Policy Centre, Studienstiftung des Deutschen ■■ Political Communication Volkes / Hertie Foundation (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 09/2007–05/2008 Teaching Assistant Education in Statistics, School of Social Sciences, ■■ BA Integrated Social Sciences, Jacobs University of California, Irvine (USA) University (Bremen, Germany) ■■ 03/2007–09/2007 Managing Partner, Product Design, Collaboran Systems GbR Languages (Berlin, Germany) ■■ English, German Master’s Thesis Internships ■■ Redistribution Through Progressive ■■ 06/2006–08/2006 Visiting Consultant, Consumption Taxation: a Cross-Country Dacapo Strategy Consulting / Corporate Comparison Value Associates (Berlin, Germany)

24 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Marcey Hoelting United States of America

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics ■■ 07/2009–present Freelance Researcher, ■■ Finance & Economic Policy International Education Research Team, ■■ Public-Private Partnerships Illuminate Consulting Group (San Carlos, USA) Education ■■ 09/2005–08/2008 Senior Financial ■■ MBA Corporate Finance, University of Dallas Analyst, Planning Department, Citigroup (Irving, USA) (CitiFinancial Auto) (Irving, USA) ■■ MA Economics/Finance, University of Dallas (Irving, USA) Master’s Thesis ■■ Effectiveness of Microfinance for Empower- Languages ment of Entrepreneurs: a Comparison of the ■■ English, Spanish Use and Structure of Microfinance Products Available to Fisheries Entrepreneurs in Gha- Internships na and Zambia ■■ 07/2009–10/2009 Research Assistant, Office of MP Johannes Jung, Deutscher Bundestag (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 06/2005–09/2005 Junior Financial Analyst, Finance Department, Carrington Laboratories (Irving, USA)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 25 Contact [email protected]

Charis Idicheria India

Academic Areas of Interest ■■ 10/2006–05/2007 Teaching Assistant, ■■ Economic and Political Development in German Department, Gordon College South Asia (Wenham, USA) ■■ Poverty Alleviation ■■ 06/2006–07/2006 Intern to the Director, ■■ International Governance South African Council of Churches, Parliamentary Office (Cape Town, South Education Africa) ■■ BA International Affairs and German, Gordon ■■ 09/2004–05/2005 Intern to Vice-President, College (Wenham, USA) Marketing and Enrollment, Gordon College (Wenham, USA) Languages ■■ 06/ 2007–present Editor and Research ■■ English, Malayalam, German, Hindi, Kannada Assistant, Indian National Overseas Congress (New York, USA) Internships ■■ 09/2005–05/2006 Director, Gordon College ■■ 09/2009–present Research Assistant, Hertie Academic Affairs Council (Wenham, USA) School of Governance and ISPRAT (Berlin, Germany; New York, USA) Master’s Thesis ■■ 06/2009–07/2009 Intern, HealthBridge ■■ Development workshop / capstone project Foundation of Canada (Bengaluru, India) ■■ 02/2008–08/2008 Intern, SAP AG (Walldorf, Germany) ■■ 10/2007–02/2008 Student Teacher and Intern, German American Institute (Heidelberg, Germany)

26 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

David Jackson United Kingdom

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ European Integration ■■ 02/2007–02/2008 External Consultant, Stop ■■ International Governance TB Partnership, World Health Organization ■■ Political Communication (WHO) (Geneva, Switzerland) ■■ 10/2005–02/2007 Team Support and Policy Education Advisor, Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit ■■ MA Modern History and Politics, Oxford (London, UK) University (UK) Master’s Thesis Languages ■■ Pulling the Rabbit out of the Hat: What ■■ English, Spanish, French Should the EU Do in Northern Kosovo?

Internships ■■ 05/2009–08/2009 Researcher, Kosovo Stability Initiative (Prishtina, Kosovo) ■■ 03/2008–07/2008 Communications Officer, Jordanian Fund for Development (Amman, Jordan)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 27 Contact [email protected]

Stefanie Kirschweng Germany

Academic Areas of Interest ■■ 02/2008–03/2008 Office Intern, MP Prof. ■■ European Integration Herta Däubler-Gmelin, Deutscher Bundestag ■■ International Governance (Berlin, Germany) ■■ Political Communication ■■ 09/2005–10/2005 Office Intern, Public Relations, OSRAM GmbH (Munich, Germany) Education ■■ 08/2005–09/2005 Office Intern, European ■■ Interim Examination (Law: State Mission of Messe Frankfurt and Economic Examination), Universität Konstanz Region Rhein-Main (Brussels, Belgium) (Germany) ■■ 09/2004–10/2004 Office Intern, ■■ Degree Community Engagement Program International Affairs, Steuerkanzlei Wendl (Political Science), University of Stellenbosch (Munich, Germany) (South Africa) ■■ BA Sociology, Universität Konstanz Work Experience (Germany) ■■ 09/2009–present PR Assistant, Scholz & Friends Agenda, Germany Campaign (Berlin, Languages Germany) ■■ English, German, French, Afrikaans ■■ 08/2007–12/2007 English Teacher, University of Stellenbosch, South African Township Internships (South Africa) ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Office Intern, Human ­Resource Management / PR Communica- Master’s Thesis tions, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische ■■ Impacts on Peace and Justice of Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Hanoi, Viet- Accountability Mechanism of Human Rights nam) Violations in Times of Transition: Is Justice ■■ 05/2008–06/2008 Assistant Attaché, the Price for Peace or Vice Versa? A Cross- Election Management, Permanent Mission Country and Cross-Mechanism Approach of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations (New York, USA)

28 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Kristof Kleemann Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ European Integration ■■ 09/2008–08/2009 Desk Officer, Referat 512 ■■ Finance & Economic Policy (Unit for EU External Relations, Enlargement ■■ International Governance and the Relations to other EU Member States), Federal Chancellery (Berlin, Germany) Education ■■ 08/2002–07/2004 Apprenticeship in Foreign ■■ BA European Studies, University of Trade, Helm AG (Hamburg, Germany) Maastricht (Netherlands) Master’s Thesis Languages ■■ The Effectiveness of the European ■■ English, German, French, Dutch Neighbourhood Policy in Promoting Good Governance Internships ■■ 09/2006–01/2007 European Office of the FDP, Deutscher Bundestag (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 05/2008–07/2008 Permanent Representation of Hamburg with the Federal Government (Berlin, Germany)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 29 Contact [email protected]

Karoline Klose Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Internships ■■ International Governance, United Nations ■■ 10/2009–12/2009 Advisor, Permanent ■■ International Security Policy Mission of the Republic of San Marino to the ■■ Post-Conflict State Building United Nations (New York, USA) ■■ 5/2009–8/2009 Project Assistant, Preventive Education Diplomacy Initiative, East West Institute ■■ BA Social and Political Sciences, University of (Brussels, Belgium) Cambridge (UK) ■■ 7/2009–8/2008 Intern, Office of MEP Angelika Beer, European Parliament Languages (Brussels, Belgium) ■■ English, German, French, Spanish ■■ Work Experience ■■ 09/2008–04/2009 Student Assistant, Berlin Office of MEP Angelika Beer, German Parliament (Berlin, Germany)

Master’s Thesis ■■ Capstone project at Columbia University (New York, USA)

30 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Angela Konert Germany

Academic Areas of Interest ■■ 10/2007–01/2008 Intern, International Sales ■■ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Marketing/ Market Support, Auto 5000 / ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) ■■ Lobbying, Industrial Relations ■■ 04/2007–08/2007 Intern, Mercedes- Benz Network Development Middle East, Education DaimlerChrysler Middle East (Dubai, United ■■ BBA Baltic Management Studies, Arab Emirates) Fachhochschule Stralsund (Germany) ■■ 07/2006 Intern, EU Affairs and Promotion ■■ Exchange semester at Pozna University of of Foreign Trade, Niedersächsisches Economics (Poznan, Poland) Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und ■■ Exchange semester at ISM University of Verkehr (Hanover, Germany) Management and Economics (Vilnius, ■■ 07/2006 Intern, EU Affairs and Support for Lithuania) Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Euro Info Centre Hannover / Bank for Investment Languages and Business Development (Hanover, ■■ English, German, French, Spanish, Polish Germany) ■■ 10/2003–12/2003 Intern, Sales and Internships Marketing, Yuturi Jungle Adventures (Quito, ■■ 05/2009–07/2009 Intern, Economic Affairs Ecuador) Department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (Ankara, Turkey ) Master’s Thesis ■■ 03/2008–08/2008 Intern, European Market ■■ Political Will and Capacity: Determination of Analysis and Product Planning, Volkswagen Environmental Policy Outcomes in Turkey AG (Wolfsburg, Germany)

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Camelia Lalani Canada

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ International Governance ■■ 10/2006–08/2007 Research Economist, ■■ Public-Private Partnerships Economic Cycle Research Institute (New York, ■■ Social Policy USA) ■■ 01/2006–10/2006 Consultant, Regional Education Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, ■■ MA International Relations, Columbia United Nations Development Programme University (New York, USA) (UNDP) (New York, USA) ■■ BA (Honours) International Development and Economics, Queen’s University (Kingston, Master’s Thesis Canada) ■■ Internal Organizational Change within UNDP to Improve the Effectiveness of Support to Languages Developing Countries and the Efficiency ■■ English, French, Spanish of Business Processes: Perspectives and Comparisons Internships ■■ 08/2005–01/ 2006 Research Assistant, Indigenous Peoples and Community Unit, Inter-American Development Bank (Washington, DC, USA) ■■ 05/2004–08/2004 Research Assistant, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Guatemala City, Guatemala)

32 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Simon Lange Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 07/2009–present Researcher, Illuminate ■■ Public-Private Partnerships Consulting Group (San Carlos, USA) ■■ Education Policy ■■ 01/2009–05/2009 Research Assistant, PR / Transatlantic Department, Ecologic Education Institute for International and European ■■ BA American Studies and Social Sciences Environmental Policy (Berlin, Germany) Universität Bielefeld (Germany) / Indiana ■■ 09/2007–09/2008 Brand Ambassador, State University (Terre Haute, USA) International Motor Shows (Frankfurt, Germany; Geneva, Switzerland), BMW Group Languages (Munich, Germany) ■■ English, German, French ■■ 10/2007–03/2008 Editor / Content Management, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG Internships (Munich, Germany) ■■ 05/2008 Field Reporter, North America Stu­ dios, ARD German TV (Washington, DC, USA) Master’s Thesis ■■ 02/2007–05/2007 Field Reporter, WTHI-TV, ■■ Shaping National Competitiveness: Inter- CBS Television (Terre Haute, USA) national Education in 2020. A Comparative Analysis of Trends and Development Trajec- tories in the Global Market of International Higher Education

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 33 Contact [email protected]

Johannes Loh Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ International Governance ■■ 01/2001–08/2009 Entrepreneur, Sub33 Event ■■ Aid Governance / Development Assistance Equipment GbR (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 09/2007–05/2008 Research Assistant, Education European Utility Management (EUM), Jacobs ■■ BA Integrated Social Sciences, Jacobs University (Bremen, Germany) University (Bremen, Germany) Master’s Thesis Languages ■■ Conditions for Successful Inter-Organizatio­ ■■ English, German, French, Spanish, Nepali nal Cooperations in the Field of Internal Security in Post-Conflict Countries: What Are Internships Important Framework Conditions for the ■■ 05/2009–08/2009 Intern for Public Promotion of National Police Structures with Relations, African Police Programme, the Help of International Donors? Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 06/2008–07/2008 Consultant, Transparency International Nepal (Kathmandu, Nepal) ■■ 06/2007–08/2007 Intern, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Geneva, Switzerland)

34 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Daniela Marinache Romania

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Educational Policy ■■ 02/2005–08/2008 External Collaborator ■■ Performance Management for Public on educational projects, Institute for Institutions Educational Sciences (Bucharest, Romania) ■■ Development Studies ■■ 08/2005–08/2008 Project Coordinator, Centre for Consulting and Professional Education Orientation, National School of Political ■■ BA Political Science and Educational Policy, Studies and Public Administration(SNSPA) Managing Quality in Higher Education (Bucharest, Romania) Institutions, National School of Political ■■ 05/2006–07/2006 Collaborator for the Studies and Public Administration cultural show: Romania and the European (Bucharest, Romania) Union, Radio Cultural Romania (Bucharest, ■■ Exchange year at the University of Bologna Romania) (Italy) ■■ 07/2005–09/2008 Project Coordinator, TEHNE – Centre for Development and Languages Innovation in Education (Bucharest, ■■ English, Romanian, Italian, French, Spanish Romania)

Internships Master’s Thesis ■■ 05/2009–08/2009 Intern, Education ■■ Improving Quality Management in Public Division, Internationale Weiterbildung und Universities of Romania Entwicklung (InWEnt) gGmbH – Capacity Building International (Bonn, Germany)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 35 Contact [email protected]

Mac Pherson Mdalla Malawi

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Political Communication ■■ 02/2006–05/2008) Public Relations ■■ Public-Private Partnerships and Advocacy Officer, Office of Public ■■ Public Procurement Procurement (Lilongwe, Malawi) ■■ 07/2003–01/2006 Public Relations and Education Training Officer, Society of Accountants in ■■ BA Education / Humanities, French and Malawi (Blantyre, Malawi) English, University of Malawi-Chancellor ■■ 06/2002–06/2003 Public Relations Officer, College (Zomba, Malawi) Lilongwe City Assembly (Lilongwe, Malawi) ■■ 08/1999–06/2002 Communications and Languages Advocacy Officer, PLAN International ■■ English, French, Chichewa (Lilongwe, Malawi)

Internships Master’s Thesis ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Programme Assistant, ■■ Public Procurement Reforms in Malawi: Programmes Department, Malawi Economic a Facilitating or Stifling Procurement Justice Network (Lilongwe, Malawi) Environment?

36 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Nora Mokdad Lebanon

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 08/2007–02/2008 Head of Euro-Med ■■ Political Communication Youth Unit, Delegation of the European ■■ Public-Private Partnerships Commission in Lebanon & Lebanese Ministry of Youth and Sports (Beirut, Lebanon) Education ■■ 06/2007–10/2007 Project Coordinator, ■■ BA International Affairs / Political Science, Goethe-Institut (Beirut, Lebanon) Lebanese American University (Beirut, ■■ 03/2006–04/2007 Project Coordinator, Lebanon) World Bank & UNDP (Lebanon)

Languages Master’s Thesis ■■ English, Arabic, French, German ■■ Civil Society Organizations of Hizbollah: What Link to the Political Organization? Internships ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Researcher and Project Mananger, Das Progressive Zentrum (Berlin, Germany)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 37 Contact [email protected]

Ralph P. Müller-Eiselt Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ International Governance ■■ 01/2009 – Ongoing Peer Evaluator, ■■ Political Communication Accreditation Procedures, FIBAA (Zurich, ■■ Higher Education Switzerland) ■■ 08/2006 – 09/2008 Associate to the Board, Education President’s Office & Professional School, ■■ BA International Relations, Technische Leuphana Universtät Lüneburg (Germany) Universität Dresden (Germany) ■■ Semester exchange at Universidad Master’s Thesis Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) ■■ Improving Higher Education Governance in Germany: Funktion und Aufgaben des Languages Hochschulrats ■■ English, German, Spanish

Internships ■■ 05/2009–07/2009 Programme Assistant, Hauptstadtbüro, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 02/2006–03/2006 Trainee, Department for Foreign Trade and Payments, Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (Dresden, Germany) ■■ 02/2005–03/2005 Trainee, Committee for Foreign Affairs, Deutscher Bundestag (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 03/2003–04/2003 Trainee, MP Gernot Erler, Deutscher Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)

38 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Neva Nahtigal Slovenia

Academic Areas of Interest ■■ 11/2007–09/2008 Consultant & Trainer, ■■ Civil Society Journalism Training Programme, Association ■■ Minorities / Multiculturalism for the Help and Self-Help of the Homeless ■■ Media Policy (Ljubljana, Slovenia) ■■ 09/2007–01/2008 Consultant & Author of Education regional overview, ‘Labour Relations and the ■■ BA Journalism, University of Ljubljana Media in the SEE Countries’, Independent (Slovenia) Journalism Center (Chisinau, Moldova) ■■ Exchange year at the University of Montana ■■ 01/2007–12/2007 Analyst & Adviser, ­Slovenian (Missoula, USA) Union of Journalists (Ljubljana, Slovenia) ■■ 11/2006–08/2007 Consultant & Trainer, Languages Training Programme for Romani Journalists, ■■ English, Slovenian, Serbian / Croatian / RTV Slovenia Educational Center (Ljubljana, Bosnian, German Slovenia) ■■ 05/2004–01/2007 Freelance Journalist Internships ■■ 10/2003–04/2005 Project & Organization ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Project and Research Manager, Media Policy Center, Peace Institute Assistant, Centre for Information Service, (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Co-operation and Development of NGOs ■■ 11/2004–02/2005 Consultant Researcher, (Ljubljana, Slovenia) ‘Media Self-Regulation in SEE’, Article 19 (London, UK) Work Experience ■■ 06/2001–04/2004 Journalist and Editor ■■ 04/2008–03/2009 Researcher, (news programmes), TV Slovenia (Ljubljana, ‘Responsibility and Responsiveness – Slovenia) Promoting Mechanisms to Respect Citizen Interest in the Media’, Peace Institute Master’s Thesis (Ljubljana, Slovenia) ■■ Institutionalizing Participatory Governance Through Civil Dialogue

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 39 Contact [email protected]

Hendrik Olszewski Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Internships ■■ European Integration ■■ 08/2009–09/2009 Assistant, MP Otto Fricke, ■■ Political Communication Deutscher Bundestag (Berlin, Germany) ■■ Budgetary Policy ■■ 06/2009–07/2009 Assistant, Political Department, Representation of the European Education Commission (Berlin, Germany) ■■ BA European Studies, University of ■■ 07/2007–08/2007 Assistant to the Executive Maastricht (Netherlands) Director, Humanistische Union (Berlin, Germany) Languages ■■ English, German, French Master’s Thesis ■■ Communicating Europe: Setting the Plan D into Action in Germany

40 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Thiago Pezzuto Pacheco Brazil / Italy

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 09/2007–03/2008 In-House Counsel, ■■ Network Industries Medium- and Long-Term Operations Division, ■■ Public-Private Partnerships Brazilian Export Credit Agency (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Education ■■ 07/2004–08/2007 Brazilian Counsel, Squire, ■■ MBE Business Economics, Federal University Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. (Rio de Janeiro, of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Brazil) ■■ LL.B. Law, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro ■■ 06/2001–06/2004 Law Clerk, Sixth Civil (Brazil) Chamber, Rio de Janeiro Court of Appeals (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Languages ■■ English, Portuguese, German Master’s Thesis ■■ REDD Mechanisms in Brazil: the Political Internships Economy of the Amazon Fund ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Trainee, Ecology and Sustainability Department, Heinrich-Böll- Stiftung (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 41 Contact [email protected]

Till Papenfuss Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Internships ■■ International Governance ■■ 07/2009–08/2009 Intern, Iran Civil Society ■■ Security Policy Program, Aspen Institute Germany (Berlin, Germany) Education ■■ 05/2008–08/2008 Business Development ■■ BA Politics and Management, Universität Intern, Economist Intelligence Unit (Vienna, Konstanz (Germany) Austria) ■■ 05/2008–09/2008 Visiting Fellow, Languages Liechtenstein Institute (Vienna, Austria) ■■ English, German, French ■■ 06/2006–06/2008 Student Associate, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Liechtenstein Institute on Self- Determination (Princeton, USA) ■■ 03/2006–10/2006 Advisor on Political Affairs, Permanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations (New York, USA) ■■ 08/2003–09/2004 Volunteer (Social Service Abroad), Alan Howard Waldorf School (Toronto, Canada)

Master’s Thesis ■■ Research Project on New Methods for Data Collection and Analysis and Use: Case Stud- ies: Iraq and Uganda (joint UNICEF-SIPA ­initiative)

42 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Lindsay Parker United States of America

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 12/2007–04/2008, 05/2006 – 08/2006, ■■ International Governance 01/2004–08/2004 Assistant, Land ■■ Public-Private Partnerships Management Department, Cholla Petroleum, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) Education ■■ 06/2007–11/2007 Server, Joe’s Bar and Grill ■■ BA Political Science and German, University (Austin, Texas) of Texas (Austin, USA) Master’s Thesis Languages ■■ IRENA and the IEA: Is Cooperation Possible? ■■ English, German

Internships ■■ 06/2009–09/2009 Intern, OECD and International Cooperation with Renewable Energies, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 07/2008–09/2009 Intern, EU Energy Policy, Institute for European Policy (IEP) (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 08/2007–12/2007 Intern, Representative Lon Burnam, Texas State Capital (Austin, Texas) ■■ 07/2007–08/2007 Intern, American Department, Fulbright Commission (Berlin, Germany)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 43 Contact [email protected]

Andreas Pawelke Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics ■■ 10/2009–03/2010 Consultant, Civil Society ■■ Finance & Economic Policy as Anti-Corruption Actor Project, Romanian ■■ Democratization & Good Governance Academic Society (Bucharest, Romania) ■■ 07/2009–12/2009 Research Assistant, Better Education Adjudication Research Project, Hertie School ■■ BA Political Science, Technische Universität of Governance (Berlin, Germany) Darmstadt (Germany) ■■ 04/2008–07/2008 Consultant, Anti- Corruption Clearing House in KPK Program, Languages Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische ■■ English, German, French, Indonesian Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Jakarta, Indonesia) Internships ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Partnership for Master’s Thesis Economic Growth, Deutsche Gesellschaft für ■■ Anti-Corruption in Slovakia: The Role of Civil Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Society Organisations (Windhoek, Namibia) ■■ 03/2008 Intern, Rain Forest Protection Program, EcoPapua / OroVerde, (Papua, Indonesia; Bonn, Germany) ■■ 10/2007–02/2008 Intern, Support for Good Governance Program, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Jakarta, Indonesia) ■■ 02/2005–03/2005 Intern, Office of MP, Deutscher Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)

44 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Svenja-Ann Petersen Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Master’s Thesis ■■ Development Economics ■■ VET Education Vs. Tertiary Education?: ■■ International Governance Systems of Vocational Education and Training ■■ Public Management in the Light of Increased Demand for Tertiary Education in OECD Countries Education ■■ MA Social Sciences, Westfälische Wilhelms- Universität (Münster, Germany)

Languages ■■ English, German, French, Spanish, Latin

Internships ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Analyst, Education Directorate, OECD (Paris, France) ■■ 09/2007–11/2007 Analyst, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations Headquarters (New York, USA) ■■ 06/2007–09/2007 Project Manager, PPP Afrika, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Eschborn, Germany) ■■ 02/2006–03/2006 Parliamentary Assistant, Member of Parliament, Assemblée nationale (Paris, France)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 45 Contact [email protected]

Nicole Esther Pflug Germany

Academic Areas of Interest ■■ 07/2003–09/2003 Editorial Trainee, Editorial ■■ Public Health Office ‘Zeitgeschichte’, Zweites Deutsches ■■ International Governance Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz, Germany) ■■ European Integration Work Experience Education ■■ 10/2009–present Student Assistant in ■■ BA European Studies, University of Project Management, Office for Public Sector Maastricht (Netherlands) Clients, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Berlin, Languages Germany) ■■ English, German, French, Dutch, Japanese, ■■ 08/2008–04/2009 Student Assistant, Hebrew Centre for Muscle and Bone Research, Charité Hospital (Berlin, Germany) Internships ■■ 04/2009–09/2009 Project Manager, Master’s Thesis Office for Public Sector Clients, Deutsche ■■ The Policies and Politics of Drug Addiction Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 04/2007–08/2007 Researcher, Program Area International Organization, Democratic Peace and the Rule of Law, Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK) /Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Frankfurt/Main, Germany) ■■ 09/2006–01/2007 Political and Trade Section, European Commission Delegation to the State of Israel (Tel Aviv, Israel)

46 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Benjamin Querner Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Finance & Economic Policy ■■ 07/2009–present Research Assistant, ■■ Public Health Department of Health Care Management, ■■ Public-Private Partnerships Technische Universität Berlin (Germany) ■■ 03/2008–10/2009 Assistant, Office of MP Education Hartmut Koschyk, Deutscher Bundestag ■■ BA Finance and International Business (Berlin, Germany) Administration, Berlin School of Economics (Germany), Otaru University of Commerce Master’s Thesis (Japan), ESC Rennes School of Business ■■ Explorative Analysis and Policy (France) Recommendations for Long-Term Health Care Policy in Germany and Japan Languages ■■ English, German, French, Japanese, Korean

Internships ■■ 05/2009–07/2009 Researcher, Korea Office, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (Seoul, South Korea) ■■ 09/2006–02/2007 Assistant, Controlling Diagnostic Imaging, Schering AG (Osaka, Japan)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 47 Contact [email protected]

Janna Rassmann Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics ■■ 10/2008–present Chairperson, NGO Somero ■■ International Governance Uganda – Education for Young People in ■■ Education and Social Policy Uganda (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 09/2008 Consultant, International Education Programme on the Elimination of Child ■■ BA Philosophy & Economics, Universität Labour, International Labour Organization Bayreuth (Germany) (ILO) (Kampala, Uganda) ■■ 08/2005–07/2007 Research and Teaching Languages Assistant, Institute of Philosophy, Universität ■■ English, German, French, Luganda Bayreuth (Germany)

Internships Master’s Thesis ■■ 11/2008–12/2008 Intern, National Executive ■■ Towards Collaboration and a Strengthened Committee, BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN Network Against Child Labour in Uganda (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 06/2008–08/2008 Intern, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, International Labour Organization (ILO) (Kampala, Uganda) ■■ 09/2006–12/2006 Intern, Land Management and Land Reform, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Windhoek, Namibia)

48 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Juliane Rehberg Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics, Welfare and ■■ 09/2008–08/2009 Assistant Desk Officer, Sustainability Division for International Employment and ■■ Comparative Social Security Social Policy, Federal Ministry of Labor and ■■ European Integration and International Social Affairs (Berlin, Germany) Governance ■■ 02/2008–05/2008 Research Assistant to Professor Claus Offe, Hertie School of Education Governance (Berlin, Germany) ■■ BA Political Science, Universität Bremen ■■ 11/2006–03/2007 Research Assistant to (Germany), Universidad Pública de Navarra Professor Patrizia Nanz and Dr. Jens Steffek, (Pamplona, Spain) DFG Research center ‘Transformation of the State’ (Bremen, Germany) Languages ■■ 10/2004–07/2005 Research and Teaching ■■ English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch Assistant , Haus der Bürgerschaft Bremen, Forum of European Regional Policies (BFER) Internships and Bremen Institute for Intercultural and ■■ 05/2008–08/2008 Intern, Brussels Liaison International Studies (InIIs) (Germany) Office, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (Brussels, Belgium) Master’s Thesis ■■ 04/2007–06/2007 Intern, German Embassy ■■ Towards Building Basic Social Protection in (Nairobi, Kenya) Development Contexts: the Politics of the ■■ 07/2006–09/2006 Intern, Association on Child Support Grant in South Africa Communal Development (ADC) (Lima, Peru) ■■ 02/2005–04/2005 Intern, Institute of Social Research Munich (Germany)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 49 Contact [email protected]

Rasmus Relotius Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 02/2009–07/2009 Scientific Consultant, ■■ European Integration Adelphi Research (Berlin, Germany) ■■ Development: Democracy, Economics, and ■■ 10/2006–04/2008 Assistant, Jean-Monnet Security Centre for European Studies, Universität Bremen (Germany) Education ■■ BA European Studies, Universität Bremen Master’s Thesis (Germany) ■■ Interministerial Coordination of Energy Policy in Germany Languages ■■ English, German, French

Internships ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Consultant, Referat KI I 4 Directorate-General Climate Protection, Environment and Energy, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 06/2007–09/2007 Scientific Consultant, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Prague, Czech Republic)

50 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Sylvia Roberge Canada

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Political Communication ■■ 07/2009–present Research Assistant, ■■ Integration Policy, Minority Rights International Education Marketing, Illuminate Consulting Group (Berlin, Education Germany) ■■ MA Jewish Studies, McGill University ■■ 01/2007–present Manager, Mosaic Non- (Montreal, Canada) Profit Tours e.V. (Berlin, Germany) ■■ BA (Honours) European History, McGill ■■ 04/2003–07/2003 Project Manager, Veterans University (Montreal, Canada) Affairs Canada (Vimy, France) ■■ 09/2001–05/2002 Project Manager, Veterans Languages Affairs Canada (Beaumont-Hamel, France) ■■ English, French, German, Yiddish, Hebrew Master’s Thesis Internships ■■ Religious Freedom Vs. Secular Public Space ■■ 05/2008–09/2008 Political simulation game scenario developer, planpolitik (Berlin, Germany)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 51 Contact [email protected]

Dania Röpke Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 10/2005–09/2009 Board Member and ■■ Development Project Coordinator ‘Project Management Workshops’, World Federation of United Education Nations Associations Youth, (Geneva, ■■ BA Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin Switzerland; New York, USA) (Germany) ■■ 02/2009–04/2009 Research Assistant, Energy and Climate Policy Section, Institute Languages for Applied Ecology (Ökoinstitut e.V.) (Berlin, ■■ English, German, Spanish, French Germany) ■■ 09/2008–12/2008 Lobbying Trainer, Internships Project ‘Enhancing Participation at the UN ■■ 05/2009–07/2009 Intern, Department Climate Change Summits in Poznan and for Emission Trading, Federal Ministry for Copenhagen’, Friends of the Earth Germany Environment, Nature Conservation and (BUND e.V.) (Malmö, Sweden; Berlin, Nuclear Safety (Berlin, Germany) Germany) ■■ 08/2006–10/2006 Intern, HIV/AIDS ■■ 04/2008–08/2009 Researcher, Dean’s Prevention Programme, Deutsche Office, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Germany) (GTZ) GmbH (Quito, Ecuador) ■■ 09/2007–03/2008 Consultant, Department ■■ 10/2004–11/2004 Intern, Small Business for Economic and Social Affairs, United Development, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (San Nations Headquarters (New York, USA) José, Costa Rica) ■■ 05/2004–06/2004 Intern, Office of MP, Master’s Thesis Deutscher Bundestag (Berlin, Germany) ■■ Technology Transfer in Wind Energy

52 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Emilia Roig France

Academic Areas of Interest ■■ 03/2006–07/2006 Editor, Atlantic Initiative ■■ International Migration (Berlin, Germany) ■■ Human Rights ■■ Gender Ethnicity Race Work Experience ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Transitory Project Education Manager, Programme Promotion of Women’s ■■ MBA Business Administration & Rights, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische International Law, Université Lyon 3 (France), Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Phnom Penh, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) Cambodia) ■■ BA Business Administration and Applied ■■ 06/2008–05/2009 Programme Support Foreign Languages, Université Lyon 3, (France), Officer, Programme Promotion of Women’s Kingston University (London, UK) Rights, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Phnom Penh, Languages Cambodia) ■■ English, French, German, Spanish, Swahili ■■ 04/2007–07/2009 Consultant on HIV/AIDS induced child labour, ILO/IPEC International Internships Labour Organisation, International ■■ 02/2007–04/2007 Assistant Advocacy Programme for the Elimination of Child Officer, FEMNET African Women’s Labour (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Kampala, Development and Communication Network, Uganda) Advocacy Programme (Nairobi, Kenya) ■■ 10/2006–12/2006 Sub-Project Co-ordinator Master’s Thesis for Informal Education, CENIT Centre of The ■■ Do Restrictive Immigration Policies and Working Girl, Street Outreach Programme Laws Contribute to the Reduction of Human (Quito, Ecuador) Trafficking in the European Union? ■■ 07/2006–09/2006 Research Associate, DGAP German Council on Foreign Relations, International Politics (IP) (Berlin, Germany)

MPP Class of 2010 Profiles 53 Contact [email protected]

Christian Ruiz Palmero Spain / Switzerland

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ European Integration ■■ 06/2009–07/2009 Exchange Student, ■■ International Governance Shifting Global Order Program, Center ■■ Security Policy for International Governance Innovation (Waterloo, Canada) Education ■■ 11/2007–04/2008 Organizer, Interregional ■■ BA Political Sciences, University of Geneva conference in Chernivtsi on ‘cross-border (Switzerland) cooperation’, Freie Universität Berlin ■■ Erasmus exchange year at Freie Universität (Germany), Chernivtsi University (Ukraine) Berlin (Germany) ■■ 07/2007–09/2007 Programmer, Setup of Servers and Networks, H Solution (Geneva, Languages Switzerland) ■■ English, German, Spanish, French Master’s Thesis Internships ■■ Speaking with One Voice at the G20? The ■■ 07/2008–08/2008 Intern, Political and Impact of New Informal Decision-Making Economic Department, Delegation of the Procedures within the EU European Commission to Albania (Tirana, Albania) ■■ 07/2007–09/2007 Intern, Research and Lobby on Cluster Bombs and Landmines, Swiss Campaign to Ban Landmines (Geneva, Switzerland) ■■ 07/2006–09/2006 Journalist, Evening News, Radio Cité (Geneva, Switzerland)

54 MPP Class of 2010 Profiles Contact [email protected]

Lejla Sadiku Kosovo

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics ■■ 09/2009–10/2009 (Report) Editor, Access ■■ Education to Official Documents, Youth Initiative for ■■ Poverty Alleviation Human Rights (Prishtina, Kosovo) ■■ 06/2008–07/2008 Consultant, Report on Education the Serbian Minority, World Bank (Prishtina, ■■ BA Business Administration and Political Kosovo) Science / International Relations, American ■■ 05/2008–06/2008 Consultant, Human University in Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria) Development Sector, World Bank (Skopje, Macedonia) Languages ■■ 02/2008–05/2008 Consultant, Human ■■ English, Albanian, Bosnian / Croatian / Development Sector, World Bank (Prishtina, Serbian Kosovo) ■■ 05/2007–12/2007 Co-Founder, Talk for Internships Tomorrow Initiative (Prishtina, Kosovo) ■■ 06/2009–09/2009 Intern, Global Public Policy Institute (Berlin, Germany) Master’s Thesis ■■ 09/2007–02/2008 Intern, World Bank ■■ Under What Circumstances Does Civil (Prishtina, Kosovo) Society Successfully Fight Corruption? The ■■ 05/2005–09/2005 Intern / Team Leader, Cases of Albania, Serbia and Kosovo Retail Banking, ProCredit Bank (Prishtina, Kosovo) ■■ 05/2004–09/2004 Intern, Retail Banking, ProCredit Bank (Prishtina, Kosovo)

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Juliane Sarnes Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Public Management (Strategy, Innovation, ■■ 07/2007–present Freelance translator for Delivery) Axel Springer Verlag, Suhrkamp Verlag & VS ■■ Environment, Energy & Climate Economics Verlag ■■ Finance & Economic Policy (Financial ■■ 04/2004–02/2007 Tutor, Department of Management / Budgeting) Sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München (Munich, Germany) Education ■■ 01/2006–12/2006 Student Trainee, Sterling ■■ MA Sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians- MacGregor Consulting (Munich, Germany) Universität München (Munich, Germany) Master’s Thesis Languages ■■ German Municipal Finance and the Influence ■■ English, German, French, Spanish, Polish of the Financial Crisis

Internships ■■ 07/2009–08/2009 Trainee, WirtschaftsWoche, Publishing Group Handelsblatt (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 03/2007–04/2007 Analyst, Press depart- ment / Strategy and Campaigns, Headquar- ters of the German Liberal Party (FDP) (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 07/2002–08/2002 Trainee, Press Depart- ment / Strategy Development, Berliner ­Abgeordnetenhaus (Berlin, Germany)

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Jill Philine Scherneck Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ International Development ■■ 09/2009–09/2010 Department Head, ■■ International Governance International Politics, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung ■■ Security and Peace Policy e.V. (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 02/2007–09/2009 Department Head, Education Feminism & Gender Democracy, Gunda- ■■ BA International Relations & Development Werner-Institut, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Studies, University of Sussex (Brighton, UK) (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 10/2006–07/2007 Junior Project Manager, Languages Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische ■■ English, German, Italian, Serbo- Croatian, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Berlin, French Germany) ■■ 11/2004–05/2006 Coordinator for Mentoring Initiatives, Aimhigher (UK)

Master’s Thesis ■■ Coherence in German Development Politics

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Janine Schildt Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics ■■ 09/2008–09/2009 Policy Officer, Division for ■■ Public Health Bilateral Cooperation in the Field of Health, ■■ Latin American Studies Federal Ministry of Health (Bonn, Germany) ■■ 07/2006–11/2006 German Teacher in Education Integration Courses, inlingua (Halle, ■■ BA Intercultural European and American Germany) Studies, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle- Wittenberg (Germany) Master’s Thesis ■■ Additional degree / teaching qualification ■■ Ageing in the Sun: Raising Awareness Among German as a Foreign Language, Martin- German Retirement Migrants in Spain for Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg the Problem of Care Dependency (Germany)

Languages ■■ English, German, Spanish, French, Russian

Internships ■■ 05/2008–08/2008 Intern, Program for Decentralization and Poverty Reduction, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (La Paz, Bolivia) ■■ 04/2007–07/2007 Intern, Cultural Department, Goethe-Institut (La Paz, Bolivia) ■■ 12/2006–02/2007 Intern, Division for non- European Education and Cultural Policy, Federal Foreign Office (Berlin, Germany)

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Andrea Schilling Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 09/2009–present Media project consultant, ■■ European Integration International Anaesthesia Teaching Centre, ■■ Public Health project in co-operation with German Federal Ministry of Health (Berlin, Germany; Biel, Education Switzerland; Chisinau, Moldova) ■■ BA European Studies, Technische Universität ■■ 09/2008–08/2009 Policy Advisor, General Chemnitz (Germany) European and International Health Policy Planning, Federal Ministry of Health (Berlin, Languages Germany) ■■ English, German, French, Hungarian, Russian ■■ 02/2008–08/2008 Project Coordination Assistant and Course Instructor, Centre Internships International de Formation Européenne ■■ 05/2008–07/2008 Intern, Unit European (Berlin, Germany; Istanbul, Turkey) Union, Bilateral Cooperation with EU ■■ 01/2007–01/2008 Research Assistant and Member States, Officer for European Project Co-ordination Assistant, Research Affairs, European Law, International Law, Department, Institute for European Politics Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature (Berlin, Germany) Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Berlin, ■■ 10/2004–07/2005 Advertising Consultant, Germany) Marketing Department, Community4you ■■ 08/2006–12/2006 Intern, Research (Chemnitz, Germany) Department, Institute for European Politics (Berlin, Germany) Master’s Thesis ■■ 09/2004–10/2004 Intern, Marketing ■■ The Politics of Foreign Health Care Department, Community4you (Chemnitz, Economics: an Implementation Factors Germany) Study for the Federal Ministry of Health in Germany

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Alexander Schuelke Germany

Academic Areas of Interest ■■ 09/2004–04/2005 Intern, Centre for Marine ■■ Development Economics Tropical Ecology (ZMT), University of Saigon, ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate National Academy of Science and Technology ■■ International Governance of Vietnam, International Mangrove Biosphere Reserve Project Can Gio (Hanoi, Education Vietnam) ■■ MSc International Studies of Aquatic ■■ 10/2000–05/2001 Intern, International Tropical Ecology (ISATEC), Universität Bremen Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (Germany) (ICIPE), Integrated Rainforest Conservation ■■ BSc International Forest Ecosystem Project (Kakamega, Kenya) Management (IFEM), Fachhochschule Eberswalde (Germany) Work Experience ■■ BSc Tropical Forestry, Study, Larenstein ■■ 04/2009–present Research Analyst, German Professional University (Netherlands) Advisory Council for Global Change (WBGU) (Berlin, Germany) Languages ■■ 06/2007–08/2008 Junior Expert, Divison 47: ■■ English, German, French, Spanish, Swahili Environment & Climate change, Program Implementing the Biodiversity Convention, Internships Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische ■■ 07/2009–08/2009 Intern, Department of Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Eschborn, Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Germany) Safety and Sustainable Development, Federal Chancellery (Berlin, Germany) Master’s Thesis ■■ 12/2006–02/2007 Intern, Department of ■■ Economics & Governance of Reduced Nature Conservation & Environmental Policy, Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Degradation (REDD) in the International (NABU) (Berlin, Germany) Climate Change Negotiations

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Daniel Schweppenstedde Germany

Academic Areas of Interest ■■ 02/2006–04/2006 Intern, Office of ■■ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) International Affairs, City of Cologne ■■ Development Economics (Germany) ■■ International Governance ■■ 08/2005–09/2005 Intern, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Education Poznan (Poland) ■■ BA / BSc Public Administration, Universität ■■ 03/2005 Intern, Foundation ‘Nowy Staw’ Münster (Germany) / University of Twente (Lublin, Poland) (Netherlands) ■■ 12/2003–02/2004 Research Assistant, Willy Brandt Centre Wrocław (Poland) Languages ■■ English, German, Polish Work Experience ■■ 03/2010–09/2010 Trainee, Deutsche Internships Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit ■■ 06/2009–07/2009 Intern, RAND Europe, (GTZ) GmbH, Administrative Reform and Evaluation and Audit Team (Cambridge, UK) Decentralization (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) ■■ 02/2009–06/2009 Research Assistant, Stiftung ‘Neue Verantwortung’ (Berlin, Master’s Thesis Germany) ■■ Is Changing Structures Enough? A Compari- ■■ 09/2008–01/2009 Research Assistant, son of Foreign Aid Programmes for Public Ad- Leipziger & Partner (Berlin, Germany) ministrative Reform in Southeast Asia ■■ 01/2008–03/2008 Trainee, Insurance and Legal Department, City of Cologne (Germany) ■■ 03/2007–06/2007 Research Assistant, Landesparlament Nordrhein-Westfalen NRW (Düsseldorf, Germany)

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Dan Sobovitz Israel / Switzerland

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Finance & Economic Policy ■■ 07/ 2007–07/2008 Consultant, Elite ■■ Development Economics Technological Intelligence Unit, Israel ■■ Public-Private Partnerships Defence Forces ( Israel) ■■ 11/2005–08/ 2006 Management Assistant, Education Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and ■■ BA Middle Eastern Studies and Political North African Studies, Tel Aviv University Science, Tel Aviv University (Israel) (Israel) ■■ Study abroad programme at Sciences Po ■■ 06/ 2005–10/ 2005 Client Relations (Paris, France) Management Coordinator, Bank of New York Inter-Maritime (Geneva, Switzerland) Languages ■■ 03/ 2002–05/ 2005 Soldier, Elite ■■ English, Hebrew, French, Arabic Technological Intelligence Unit, Israel Defence Forces (Israel) Internships ■■ 03/ 2001–12/ 2001 Back Office Securities ■■ 05/2009–07/2009 International Affairs Operator, Citibank Switzerland (Zurich, Research Fellow, Office of Government Switzerland) and International Affairs, American Jewish Committee (Washington, DC, USA) Master’s Thesis ■■ The Occupation Corrupts? Analysis of Corruption in the Palestinian Authority

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Natalija Spasovska Macedonia

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Public Health ■■ 09/2005–09/2008 Public Policy Analyst, ■■ Anti-Corruption Centre for Research and Policy Making ■■ Public Management (Skopje, Macedonia)

Education Master’s Thesis ■■ BA Political Sciences, Ss. Cyril and Methodius ■■ Ineffectiveness of the Macedonian Health University (Skopje, Macedonia) Care System to Provide Equal Access to Health Care Services? Languages ■■ English, Macedonian, Serbian / Croatian / Bosnian, Bulgarian

Internships ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Centre for Research and Policy making (Skopje, Macedonia) ■■ 04/2005–06/2005 Intern, IFC-World Bank Group (Skopje, Macedonia)

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Luis Suarez-Isaza Colombia / United States of America

Academic Areas of Interest Internships ■■ International Governance ■■ 05/2009–08/2009 Terrorism Prevention ■■ Security Policy Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and ■■ Rule of Law / Post-Conflict Reconstruction Crime (Vienna, Austria) ■■ 01/2009–04/2009 Rule of Law Intern, Global Education Public Policy Institute (Berlin, Germany) ■■ MA Political Science (Euromasters), Sciences ■■ 06/2007–09/2007 Research Intern, INSS, US Po (Paris, France), Freie Universität Berlin Department of Defense (Washington, DC, (Germany), University of Bath (UK) USA) ■■ BA Political Science and International ■■ 10/2001–present Consultant, Independent Relations, University of Florida (Gainesville, Clinical Laboratories (Tampa, USA) USA) Master’s Thesis Languages ■■ Security System Reform in Areas of Limited ■■ English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese Governance

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Swantje Tobiassen Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ■■ Since 2000 Freelancer, Public Relations, ■■ International Governance Zentralstelle für Recht und Schutz ■■ Political Communication der Kriegsdienstverweigerer aus Gewissensgründen e.V. (Bremen, Germany) Education ■■ 07/2003–07/2004 Social Worker, Ons Plek ■■ BA Sociology and Political Sciences, Projects, Shelter for Female Streetchildren Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany), (Cape Town, South Africa) Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary), Universität Bremen (Germany) Master’s Thesis ■■ Are Multisectoral HIV/AIDS Control Programs Languages to Combat HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries ■■ English, German, French Effective? Case Study Namibia

Internships ■■ 05/2009–09/2009 Intern, Multisectoral HIV/ AIDS Control Program, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Windhoek, Namibia) ■■ 10/2007–02/2008 Intern, weltwärts, ICJA Freiwilligenaustausch Weltweit (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 01/2006–04/2006 Intern, Humanistische Union e.V. (Berlin, Germany)

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Marcia Toledo Peru

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Environment, Energy, Climate ■■ 05/2008–06/2008 Consultant, Water Unit, ■■ International Governance WWF (Lima, Peru) ■■ 4/2008-5/2008 Consultant, British Embassy Education (Lima, Peru) ■■ MEM Environmental Management, Duke ■■ 9/2007–3/2008 Consultant, AVINA Founda- University (Durham, USA) tion (Lima, Peru) ■■ MF Forestry, Duke University (Durham, USA) ■■ 4/2006–7/2007 Mission Environmental Of- ■■ BSc, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia ficer, United States Agency for International (Lima, Peru) Development USAID/Peru (Lima, Peru) ■■ 6/2003–4/2006 Project Management Spe- Languages cialist, United States Agency for International ■■ English, Spanish, German Development USAID/Peru (Lima, Peru) ■■ 8/2002–6/2003 Environmental Technical Internships ­Advisor, Congress of the Republic of Peru, ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Climate Change Ecology and Environment Commission (Lima, Unit, Federal Ministry for Environment, Peru) Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Berlin, Germany) Master’s Thesis ■■ Strengthening Global Environmental Governance through Effective Climate Change Decision-Making Processes

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Dainius Velykis Lithuania

Academic Areas of Interest ■■ Anti-Corruption Work Experience ■■ Civil Society ■■ Since 03/2009 Student Assistant, Hill & ■■ Good Governance Knowlton, Inc. (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 01/2008–08/2008 Assistant, Office of MEP Education Justas Vincas Paleckis (Vilnius, Lithuania) ■■ BA International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University (Lithuania) Master’s Thesis ■■ Fighting Corruption in the Baltic States: Why Languages is Estonia the Success Story? ■■ English, Lithuanian, German

Internships ■■ 06/2009–08/2009 Intern, Hill & Knowlton, Inc. (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 09/2007–12/2007 Consultant, Department of European Union Affairs, Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Vilnius, Lithuania)

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Johannes Christopher Welsch Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Political Communication ■■ 10/2006–01/2007 Research Assistant, Erfurt ■■ Public Management; Reforms Processes; School of Public Policy, Universität Erfurt Highly Politicized Industries; Education & (Germany) Innovation Master’s Thesis Education ■■ Improving the Impact of Information and ■■ BA Social Sciences and Law, Universität Erfurt Computer Technology on the Lives of Citizens (Germany) and Enterprises in Spain ■■ BA Economics & Management and Com- munication Science, Universität Erfurt ­(Germany)

Languages ■■ English, German, French, Latin

Internships ■■ 06/2009–07/2009 Desk Officer, Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 02/2008–04/2008 Desk Officer, European Intermodal Association (EIA) (Brussels, Belgium)

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Makaio-Michel Witte Germany

Academic Areas of Interest Work Experience ■■ Development Economics ■■ 10/2009–05/2010 Research Assistant, Re- ■■ Finance & Economic Policy define: Re-thinking Development Finance & ■■ International Governance Environment (Berlin, Germany) ■■ 01/2009–12/2009 Research Assistant, Hertie Education School of Governance (Berlin, Germany) ■■ BA International Relations, School of ■■ 01/2009–05/2009 Student Assistant, International Studies, Technische Universität Tönissteiner Kreis e.V. (Berlin, Germany) Dresden (Germany) ■■ 09/2003–03/2005 Volunteer, Educational ■■ Exchange year at Jawaharlal Nehru Center Internado Campesino San Isidro University (New Delhi, India) (Monteagudo, Bolivia) ■■ 10/2005–10/2008 Chairman, Futuro Languages Campesino e.V. (Karlsruhe, Germany) ■■ English, German, Spanish, French Master’s Thesis Internships ■■ International Governance of Banking ■■ 05/2009–07/2009, 12/2009–04/2010 Supervision: Introducing Differential Intern and Consultant, Partnership for Treatment into the Basel Accords for Low Making Finance Work for Africa, Deutsche Income Countries? Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Eschborn, Germany) ■■ 09/2006–09/2006 Intern, Europabüro Diakonie Regional (Brussels, Belgium)

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