To kick off DeFacto’s second season, Prof. Dr. Mark Kayser and Hertie students Julian Georg and Helene Kuchta were invited to discuss the result of last Sunday’s German Federal election which saw Chancellor Angela Merkel… [Read more]
Month: September 2017
On Hope, Political Madness and How to Oust a Corrupt Government from Office
“Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of imagination, for our crucial problem has been a lack of conventional means… [Read more]
A Reflection of our Society
Germany has decided. With 32.9 percent of the votes, the CDU/CSU and its leader Chancellor Angela Merkel remain the strongest political force in Germany. Far behind is the SPD, the second strongest party, with 20.5… [Read more]
The ‘Oil Curse’: Yemen’s Forgotten War, Economic Diversification, and OPEC strategies
As the war in Yemen drags on between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi armed group, leaving over 16,000 casualties in its wake, Executive Editor Nathan Appleman met with Dawud Ansari, researcher at DIW-Berlin and founder… [Read more]
Germany before the Elections – 6 Questions to Henrik Enderlein
As Germany prepares to head to the polls, MPP students Johanna Buchholz and Racien Nowak sat down with future Dean of the Hertie School Henrik Enderlein to weigh on the elections and discuss issues at… [Read more]
German Elections 2017, Hertie Instructors Predict The Outcome
Mark Kayser, Professor of Applied Methods and Comparative Politics of the Hertie School of Governance, and Simon Munzert, Lecturer in Political Data Science of the Hertie School of Governance, have constructed forecasting models to predict… [Read more]
Development Economics and Nudging – 5 Questions to Dr. Robert Lepenies
Though initially popularised by field experiments on improving health and well-being, nudging has undeniably become a prominent tool across a wide array of policy areas, including development. Hertie visiting professor Robert Lepenies discusses the practical… [Read more]