Recently, investment and trade agreements have been highlighted in popular discourse as controversial. The proposed Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States has cultivated tremendous public opposition, despite… [Read more]
Month: November 2015
Curbing Obesity Rates in Australia: Where is the Way Forward?
Jane Martin, Executive Manager of the Obesity Policy Coalition in Australia, examines the challenges faced in tackling the obesity epidemic in the context of a lax regulatory framework and a constant stream of junk food… [Read more]
The Value of a Master of Public Administration
I recently graduated from the Executive Master of Public Administration at the Hertie School of Governance. Almost immediately after graduation, I was offered a consulting contract to manage a project with the mandate to establish… [Read more]
Franchising Violence: How Boko Haram Became the Local ISIS Affiliate
On January 8th 2015, reports of the killing of some 2000 civilian Nigerians started to trickle in from the northern Nigerian state of Borno. The Sunni Islamic insurgency, Boko Haram, was blamed in what has… [Read more]
Should German Foundations be Operative and Innovative?
Recently, I have found myself reflecting on an interesting phenomenon that I observed interacting with various German foundations and listening to the various discourses in this sector. Foundations in Germany seem to nurture an ambition… [Read more]