Pronouns are unavoidable. They lie in our everyday, every sentence usage. When professors call on imaginary people to prove a point, how do they frame these people and why? What effect does it have? Toby Bernstein comments… [Read more]
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Placing the Hertie School Historically: Studying in the Heart of Berlin
While exploring the past of the Hertie School’s building at Friedrichstraße 180, first-year MIA student Hannah Hückstädt explains why it is the ideal place for studying public policy and international affairs. When I went to… [Read more]
Inspirational Person of the Year: Federica Dávila
Once again, Hertie School students were asked by Handelsblatt—Germany’s leading business newspaper—to elect the “Person of the Year” in a school-wide online vote organised by The Governance Post. Their choice: Federica Dávila, a Venezuelan student who helped… [Read more]
Vox Europe: A response to the return of divisive politics?
As a response to the return of divisive and nationalist politics across Europe, dual degree student Damian Boeselager decided to co-found the young, pro-European party Vox Europe. In this interview, The Governance Post’s Editor Donata… [Read more]
DeFacto – Season 2 Episode 3: The Paradise Papers
Just over year after the release of Panama papers, a second call-to-action has arisen with the publication of the Paradise Papers, the second largest set of documents revealing offshore investments and tax planning activities of… [Read more]
DeFacto – Season 2 Episode 2: Separatism in Kurdistan and Catalonia
In DeFacto’s latest episode, Hertie Professor Dr. Basak Cali and MIA students Naz Ali and Roberto Japon Treffler were invited to discuss the meaning and democratic value of independence movements in Kurdistan and Catalonia. We would like to salute… [Read more]
DeFacto – The German Federal Election
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]
The Governance Post Event Series – Call for Student Applications
Hertie students often propose innovative ideas for public events with external speakers and audiences to the School’s administration. The Hertie School welcomes all kinds of extra-curricular initiatives, but given limited capacity, it is able to… [Read more]
Fighting for Feminist Foreign Policy
Sweden and the United States have adopted critically different foreign policy stances. MPP Student Jillian Beytin takes a closer look on the benefits of a feminist foreign policy. The safety, autonomy, and equality of women… [Read more]
DeFacto – Discussing this Sunday’s French Presidential Election
With the French presidential election coming to a close this Sunday, our editors Joseph and Nathan sat down with DeFacto hosts Julian Lang and Ricardo Salas to discuss the result of the first round, uncertainties… [Read more]