FELIX SIEKER f.sieker @phd.hertie -school.org E D U C A T I O N Hertie School of Governance (Germany) Sept 2017-present PhD in Governance (Supervisor: Anke Hassel) University of Oxford (United Kingdom) Oct 2016-Aug 2017 MSc. in Comparative Social Policy (Distinction) ° Electives chose: Comparative Labour Market Institutions, The Economics of Social Policy, Intermediate Statistics Zeppelin University (Germany) Jan 2012 -Jan 2016 BA. in Sociology, Politics and Economics (GPA 1.4, A) ° Focus on public policy analysis and economics ° Independent research on environmental accounts and household consumption in my BA-thesis CESA Bogota (Colombia) Aug 2014-Dec 2014 Exchange Program ° Focus on economics and public administration Sciences Po, Paris (France) Jan 2014-May 2014 Exchange Program ° Focus on concepts and methods of inequality studies and foreign policy research University of Mannheim (Germany) Aug 2011-Dez 2011 BSc. in Economics Altes Gymnasium Bremen (Germany) June 2003-Juni 2010 Abitur (Grade: 1.6) WORK EXPERIENCE Das Progressive Zentrum, Berlin July 2016-Sept 2016 Project Assistant, Innovation & Sustainability Division ° Conception of a research project on the German inequality discourse with a special emphasis on policy recommendations in cooperation with the Bertelsmann foundation ° Drafting of a publication, which is expected to be published by the Bertelsmann foundation Das Progressive Zentrum, Berlin April 2016-July 2016 Intern, Europe Division ° Planning and preparation of the Dialogue on Europe Opening Conference and Town Hall Meetings in Spain and France ° Background research on employment and sustainable growth in Europe and briefing on thinking lab facilitators of the Dialogue on Europe Opening Conference Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), Paris Feb 2015-July 2015 Research intern, New Prosperity Division ° Conducted an independent research project on how leading think tanks capture the interactions of social inequalities and the environment. I analysed think tank’s policy recommendations with regards to this topic and identified gaps in research ° Regular presentations to IDDRI’s board in order to monitor the development of the project and to discuss initial results ° Based on this research, I have co -authored a paper entitled “Inequalities and the environment: a review of applied policy research” Mehr Demokratie E.V., Berlin June 2014-Aug 2014 Intern, Campaigning Division ° Planning and Implementation of European Citizen Initiative “Stop TTIP” ° Revision and editing of the weekly newsletter ° Maintenance of database Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen Feb 2012-Dez 2014 Student assistant ° Student assistant for Zeppelin University’s “Faculty of Innovation and Entrepreneurship” on behavioural neuroscience ° Extensive literature review and support for planning and conducting experimental studies FDA Bistum Osnabrück July 2010-July 2011 Volunteer ° Voluntary social service as substitute teacher at a primary school in San José de la Mariquina, Chile EXTRACURRICULAR ACTI VITIES Kiron Open Higher Education Aug 2015-Sept 2016 ° Member of the curriculum team ° Development of curricula and modules ° Preparing of partnership agreements between Kiron and its Partner Universities Inti Tekoa Aug 2014-Dec 2014 ° Voluntary work as an English teacher in a deprived neighbourhood in Bogota, Colombia Rock Your Life Oct 2012- Present ° Member and former mentor of a local student to support educational opportunities Model United Nations Constance Oct 2012 ° Representation of the United States in the UN Economic and Social Council at 2012’s Campus Model United Nations SCHOLARSHIPS Friedrich Ebert Foundation ° Part Study Grant Udo J. Vetter Fund ° Travel scholarship LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ° German Native Speaker ° English Full proficiency ° Spanish Fluent ° French Basic Knowledge COMPUTER LITERACY ° MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel) ° STATA .