In a region of the world devastated by decades of conflict, the congolese doctor Denis Mukwege has dedicated 40 years of his life to stop the use of rape as a weapon of war. MPP… [Read more]
Health, Labour & Social Policy
Presents a contemporary examination of social intervention, labour dynamics and health concerns, embracing both country-specific and broader insights into these areas.
Diagnosing the Problem: Why Millennials Behave the Way They Do
Millennials are often credited with dismantling a myriad of industries from housing to diamonds. Their latest victim: Primary Care Physicians. MIA student Sean Witry explores how millenial healthcare habits are rather a response to a… [Read more]
Life in Berlin as a foreigner, thoughts on assimilation and integration
Emma Krause reflects as an outsider looking in, navigating the political and cultural idiosyncrasies of the place she has made her new home – Berlin, Germany. It’s been two years since I moved to Germany… [Read more]
Decolonising the streets, will Hertie stand up against Germany’s amnesia?
Shaping the neighbourhood: MIA Student Lilian Seffer explains how re-naming Mohrenstrasse (the M-Street) breaks down to a very local policy question and how Hertie should deal with the reproduction of colonial epistemologies. A racist trigger, a reminder of… [Read more]
A Cold Welcome? Racial Profiling in Germany
A home is not limited just to one’s house – it’s the community, the environment, the local interactions, and the neighbors that make a place home. When one’s home is filled with “random” stops, questioning,… [Read more]
The Power of Pronouns
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]
Equal Health Care Access May Be the Key to Lasting Peace in Colombia
In a country twice the size of Texas and home to three mountain ranges rivaling the Alps, unraveling historical inequality, complex geography, political divides, and a lack of rule of law, universal health care access… [Read more]
A Judiciary Paves the Way to a More Inclusive Society: Germany’s recognition of a Third Gender
With a clear conservative, right-leaning majority in the German parliament, the Federal Constitutional Court’s decision on the right to choose a third gender comes as a surprising, ground-breaking step for the country. MIA Student Vanessa… [Read more]
What a Way to Make a Living: Katri Bertram and Stephan Höyng on Gender and Labour
In April 2017, the Hertie School’s Gender Equality and Sexuality Club held its first “Cracking the Ceiling” Gender and Labour Conference. Governance Post editors Isabela Vera, Lisa Gow and Sara Cooper talked to two speakers… [Read more]
Kitchen on the Run- Feeding Hope
Founded in 2015 by Hertie alumni Rabea Haß and her friend Jule Schröder, Kitchen on the Run organises cooking events for refugees and locals in a mobile shipping container. Rabea Haß on cooking, cultural exchange… [Read more]