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Master of Public PolicyProfiles—Class of 2016

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Master of Public Policy Profiles—Class of 2016 1

We at the Hertie School of Governance are committed to

providing excellent teaching with real-world application

for talented young people from around the globe who

are dedicated to responsible policymaking and building

good governance structures. One of our responsibilities

as a school of public policy is to provide a hub of de-

bate and interaction between students, academics and

thought leaders with different backgrounds and per-

spectives. The two-year MPP degree programme equips

tomorrow’s leaders with the understanding, knowledge

and tools to excel in their future vocations, by providing

a professional and research-intensive environment char-

acterised by close interaction with faculty, lively public

debate and engaging with current policy developments.

The MPP offers an analytically challenging and problem-

oriented education in governance, policy analysis, man-

agement and leadership, strengthened by real-world

experience in the public and private sectors. It brings

together perspectives from economics, political science,

law, and sociology, and trains students in quantitative

and qualitative methodologies.

Attracting and training students of such a consistent ly

high calibre is among the Hertie School’s greatest

achievements. The average MPP student speaks 4 lan-

guages, holds 2 degrees, has done 3 internships and

has studied, volunteered or worked in 3 countries. After

over a decade of equipping our MPPs with strategies

for forging new frontiers in governance, our graduates

are among those working at the cutting edge of policy-

making in government, private corporations and inter-

national organisations.

As part of a global network that includes the London

School of Economics and Political Science, Sciences Po

in Paris, Columbia University in New York, the National

University of Singapore, and other excellent public

policy schools, we are able to offer a wide range of study

abroad opportunities for our students. In addition to

this, our Alumni network is a strong platform for global

collaboration. As yet another crop of graduates joins

the pool of Hertie School Alumni and the ranks of those

working to meet our current and future challenges, we

are confident that these young leaders will prove assets

to whichever organisations they join.

We warmly invite you to meet our Class of 2016 and

should you or your organisation wish to learn more

about them or about becoming an internship or profes-

sional year partner, please do not hesitate to contact us.

At the forefront of policymakingThe Hertie School of Governance is proud to introduce its tenth MPP cohort—a diverse and multi-talented group of young leaders representing over 30 nations. The Class of 2016 is brimming with pioneers on a mission to shape society positively in the public, private or civil society sectors.

Prof. Helmut K. Anheier, PhD

President and Dean

2 Hertie School of Governance

An ever-changing world confronts us with a wide range

of policy challenges. What degree of state intervention

do we need to regulate the financial sector? Who is going

to pay for social security and retirement in countries with

ageing populations? How will we feed a growing world

population while still preserving the environment for

future generations? What does the transformation of the

Arab world mean for the communities in the region and

the world at large?

In order to tackle these issues and many others, policy-

makers must think and act across boundaries. Learning

and understanding why certain policies work while

others fail is what Master of Public Policy students at

the Hertie School of Governance do during the two-year

programme in Berlin.

The MPP provides the tools tomorrow’s decision makers

need to analyse existing policies, critically discuss policy

innovations and evaluate solutions. It is an academi-

cally demanding degree programme with a hands-on,

problem-oriented approach, giving students not only

knowledge but experience they can utilise across borders,

disciplines and sectors— be it public, private, or civil soci-

ety. Students acquire the analytical skills to go out in the

world, wherever their interests may take them, and work

to promote good policies that in turn promote the public

good.

“We equip future leaders to act responsibly and think

ahead. We want them to be aware of their responsibility

to the greater good,” says Hertie School Dean Helmut K.

Anheier. “The MPP enables students to understand how

governance works so that they can contribute to making

it better—whichever policy-related careers they choose

to pursue.”

At the Hertie School, students have the opportunity to

learn from each other as well. Half of the programme’s

students are drawn from more than 40 countries, joining

their German counterparts in one of the world’s most

exciting cities. The mix of different cultures enriches stu-

dent life and the learning environment. In addition to the

regular curriculum, the MPP offers a variety of opportu-

nities through its study abroad programme for students

to gain international experience within a one semester

academic exchange or a year-long dual degree at leading

partner universities in North America, Europe and Asia.

For more information about the Master of Public Policy

contact:

Dr. Barbara Finke

Head of Graduate Programmes

Tel. +49 (0)30 - 25 92 19-107

[email protected]

The Master of Public PolicyThe MPP is an academically demanding degree programme with a hands-on approach, which prepares students to tackle today’s most pressing problems.

The Programme


Tokyo. London. Singapore. Toronto. Dar es Salaam. Or

Cairo. The Hertie School of Governance offers its Master

of Public Policy candidates more than just a degree. The

university has developed two study abroad opportuni-

ties that allow students to gain experience—or even a

second degree—at partner institutions around the world:

a semester-long academic exchange or a year-long dual

degree programme. In addition students spend their in-

ternships or go on a professional year for 9-15 months in

a variety of countries worldwide.

Academic ExchangeThe exchange programme is available to about 30 stu-

dents per cohort at 15 different foreign universities,

including Duke University, Georgetown University in

Washington DC, the National University of Singapore, the

University of Toronto, the Graduate Institute in Geneva,

Tsinghua University in Beijing, and the American Univer-

sity in Cairo. Students can apply for one of the academic

exchange places after starting their degree programme—

generally after their first semester. They then attend a

partner university during their third semester to add the

experience of living and studying in a different environ-

ment and culture to their degree.

Dual DegreeFor students who want to dive even deeper into another

academic environment, the school has created a dual de-

gree programme that allows MPP candidates to not only

complete a degree from the Hertie School in Berlin

but also earn a degree at a partner university in the

United States, Asia or Europe. For example, the MPP

could be combined with a Master of Public Adminis-

tration or Master of International Affairs at Columbia

University in New York. Other options include the London

School of Economics and Political Science, Sciences Po in

Paris, Milan’s Bocconi University and Tokyo University.

Students who choose the dual degree spend their first

year at the Hertie School and then their second year

abroad at the partner school.

Hertie School alumna Snezhina Kovacheva earned de-

grees from both the Hertie School and Columbia through

the dual degree programme. She now works at the

European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. “Hertie and

Columbia changed the way I look at the world,” she says.

Internships and Professional YearThis year’s graduates enhanced their professional experi-

ence with worldwide internships and professional years

in places as diverse as Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, The U.S.A.,

The Philipines and Belgium—among many others. They

bring back to the school not only valuable real-world

work experience from all three sectors but also a focus

for their second year of studies and applied problem solv-

ing skills. Many continue their cooperation with the host

organization when writing their master thesis on a press-

ing topic on behalf of the institution.

For more information about our graduates contact:

Anna von Behr

Manager Career Services and Alumni Affairs

Phone: +49 (0)30- 259 219 133

Email: behr(at)hertie-school.org

International ExperienceAcademic exchanges, a dual degree programme and international opportunities for work experience allow students to expand their horizons and personal networks at institutions around the world.

Study Abroad


Golnaz Aghazadeh TabriziIran

Academic Areas of Interest• Labour and Education Policy

• Public Health

• The Middle East

Education • Dr. rer. nat. in Molecular Medicine, Max Planck

Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Gottingen,

Germany) and University of Gottingen (Gottingen,

Germany)

• Master of Science in Molecular Medicine, University

of Gottingen (Gottingen, Germany)

• Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, University of

Tehran (Tehran, Iran)

Languages English, Persian

Selected Work Experience 02–07/2015 Europe Steering Board, iBRIDGE Berlin,

iBRIDGES initiative (Berlin, Germany)

10/2008–08/2013 Researcher, Max Plank Institute for

Biophysical Chemistry (Gottingen, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Brain Drain and Brain Gain in Post-Islamic Revolution Iran

Benedikt AbendrothGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Cybersecurity Policy

• Digital Divide

• E-Governance

Education • ATLANTIS Dual Degree in International Relations,

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,

Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in International Economics and

Development, University of Bayreuth (Bayreuth,

Germany)

Languages English, German

Selected Internships 05–07/2015 Global Security Strategy and Diplomacy,

Microsoft (Redmond, USA)

04–07/2013 Division Peace and Security, German Federal

Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

(Berlin, Germany)

08–11/2011 Future Forum Berlin, Research Institute

of the German Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin,

Germany)

Selected Work Experience 10/2015–present Cybersecurity Strategist, Global

Security Strategy and Diplomacy, Microsoft (Berlin,

Germany)

04/2007–07/2009 Airborne Reconnaissance, German

Armed Forces (Zweibrücken, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Cybersecurity and the impact of the Internet in

Developing Countries (WT)

Partner organization: Microsoft


Academic Areas of Interest • Governance

• Behavioral Economics

• Poverty Alleviation

Education • Bachelor of Arts in International Relations,

Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia)

Languages Spanish, English, German, French

Selected Internships 06/2015 Youth Unemployment Project, Bertelsmann

Foundation (Barcelona, Spain)

Selected Work Experience 08/2013 Director, International Cooperation, Fundacion

Universitaria Panamericana (Bogotá, Colombia)

01/2011 Coordinator, International Cooperation,

Fundacion Universitaria Monserrate (Bogotá, Colombia)

Master Thesis Title Access to the natural treasure chest: The impact of public

accountability mechanisms on corruption in natural

resource dependent countries (WT)

Sindy Natalia Alvarado PachonColombia

Sarah Aguilar FlaschkaMexico

Academic Areas of Interest• Philanthropy

• Food Security

• Democracy

Education • Exchange, University of Texas (Austin, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Journalism,

Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City, Mexico)

Languages Spanish, English, German

Selected Internships 06–07/2015 Commission for Mexico City/Senate of the

Republic (Mexico City, Mexico)

06–07/2007 Fellowship program at the Salzburg Global

Seminar (Salzburg, Austria)

Selected Work Experience 01–08/2014 Coordinator, Special Commission for

Legislative Studies, Legislative Assembly for Mexico City

(Mexico City, Mexico)

09/2012–12/2014 Adviser, Office of Senator Mario

Delgado, Senate of the Republic (Mexico City, Mexico)

02/2011–08/2014 Founder, Acciones por la Ciudad


Master Thesis Title Sticking to one story: The philanthropic narrative of the

Green Revolution in Mexico (WT)

Partner organization(s): to be confirmed


Academic Areas of Interest• Education

• Child Welfare

• Social Policy

Education • Bachelor of Science in Economics, Sarla Anil Modi

School of Economics, Narsee Monjee Institute of

Management Studies (Mumbai, India)

Languages English, Hindi, Bengali

Selected Internships 06–07/2015 Researching Reality Internship, Centre for

Civil Society (New Delhi, India)

05–06/2012 Researcher, Antique Stock Broking Ltd

(Mumbai, India)

05–06/2011 Banglanatak dotcom (Kolkata, India)

Master Thesis Title School dropouts in India: Finding solutions from global

examples

Adrita BagchiIndia

Academic Areas of Interest • Education Policy

• Social Policy

• Transatlantic Relations

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics,

University of Maryland (College Park, USA)

• Exchange, University of Kent (Canterbury, UK)


Selected Internships 01/2009–06/2009 United States House of

Representatives (Washington DC, USA)

Selected Work Experience 02/2015–present Development Assistant, ESMT

European School of Management and Technology

(Berlin, Germany)

08/2013–07/2014 English Teaching Assistant, German

Fulbright Commission (Berlin, Germany)

06/2011–07/2013 Corps Member, Teach for America

(Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, USA)

Master Thesis Title Towards mutual understanding: The role of exchange

programmes in US-German relations (WT)

Partner organization: German-American Fulbright

Commission

Amy AustinUSA/UK


Marc BarnettUnited States of America

Academic Areas of Interest • Violent Non-State Actors

• Intersection of Governance, Legitimacy, Corruption,

and Security

• The Future of Security

Education • ATLANTIS Dual Degree in International Relations,


• Exchange, International Institute of Social Science

(The Hague, Netherlands)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy,

Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, USA)

Languages English, Italian, German

Selected Internships 09–11/2015 Europe and Central Asia Department,

Transparency International – Secretariat (Berlin,

Germany)

05–07/2015 Pompidou Group, Council of Europe

(Brussels, Belgium)

08–11/2014 Democracy Is For People Campaign, Public

Citizen (Syracuse, USA)

Selected Work Experience 07–08/2015 Field Researcher, Global Black Spots Project,

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs (Florence, Italy)

09/2014–05/2015 Research Assistant, Global Black Spots

Project, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs (Syracuse,

USA)

10/2013–05/2014 English Teaching Assistant, I.S.

Giovanni Falcone (Gallarate, Italy)

Master Thesis Title Mafia as a black box? A theoretical analysis of mafia

movement into Germany (WT)

Giacomo BagniItaly

Academic Areas of Interest • Migration Studies

• Social Entrepreneurship

• Quantitative Analysis

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Theoretical Philosophy, Università

degli Studi di Genova (Genova, Italy)

• Exchange, Université de Rennes II (Rennes, France)

Languages Italian, English, French

Selected Internships 06/2014–08/2014 Consultant, 180 Degrees Consulting

(Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2013–present: Economic Advisor & Artistic Director,

Teatro Altrove (Genova, Italy)

01/2007–12/2013: Insurance Agent, Zurich Insurance

Group, Bagni Assicurazioni (Genova, Italy)

Master Thesis Title This land is your land: Determinants of migrant

settlement Intentions (WT)

Partner organization: Interactive Advertising Bureau


Malte Berneaud-KötzGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • European Integration

• Evidence-Based Policymaking

• Data Science in Public Policy

Education • Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and

International Organization, University of Groningen

(Gronigen, Netherlands)

• Exchange, University of Salamanca

Languages German, English, Spanish, Dutch

Selected Internships 05–07/2015 European Employment and Social Policy,

Federal Ministry of Labour (Berlin, Germany)

04–06/2014 European Financial and Monetary Policy,

Federal Foreign Service (Berlin, Germany)

01–03/2014 Knut Fleckenstein, MEP, European

Parliament (Brussels, Belgium)

Master Thesis Title The Eurosceptic misfit – Explaining differences in popular

Euroscepticism and electoral support for Eurosceptic

parties (WT)

Nikolaus BauerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Political Economy

• Security Policy

• Ethics and Public Policy

Education • Second State Examination in Law, Free State of

Bavaria (Germany)

• First State Examination in Law, University of

Regensburg (Germany)

• Exchange, University of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Languages German, English, French

Selected Work Experience 12/2013–08/2014 Lawyer, Guber-Public Law (Munich,

Germany)

07–09/2012 Legal Trainee, European Single Market

Department, Ministry of Economics (Berlin, Germany)

02–09/2010 Legal Research Assistant, IT-Law

Department, Noer LLP (Munich, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Quantitative easing: Unconventional monetary policy

and European Union law


Björn BoeningGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Security and Foreign Policies

• Quantitative Methods

• European Law

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Law, Ludwig

Maximilian University (Munich, Germany)

• Exchange, Industrial Faculty (São Paulo, Brazil) and

University of Granada (Granada, Spain)

• Officer Certificate for the German Airforce, Officer

Academy (Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany)

Languages German, English, Portuguese, Spanish, French

Selected Internships 09/2015 Communication, Federal Academy for Security

Policy (Berlin, Germany)

07–08/2015 Representative Office, Allianz Germany

(Berlin, Germany)

12/2014–02/2015 Research and Communication,

Munich Security Conference (Munich, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 04–12/2015 Research Assistant, Representative Office,

Allianz Germany (Berlin, Germany)

02–04/2015 Conference Management, Berlin

Demography Forum, Allianz SE (Berlin, Germany)

05/2013–07/2014 Working Student, Munich Security

Conference (Munich, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Determinants of Maritime Piracy (WT)

Christian BilfingerGermany/Brazil

Academic Areas of Interest • Diplomacy

• Trade


Education • Master of Arts in International Relations, Maxwell

School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse

University (Syracuse, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics,

University of York (York, UK)

Languages German, English, Portuguese, Spanish, French

Selected Internships 09–10/2015 Department 200, Office for the United

States, Canada and the G7 Foreign Ministers‘ Track,

German Foreign Office (Berlin, Germany)

06–09/2015 Trade and Investment Section, Delegation

of the European Union to Brazil (Brasilia, Brazil)

03–07/2015 Trade Policy and Trade Promotion Fund,

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammen-

arbeit (Eschborn, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 11–12/2015 Student Employee, Trade Programme,


arbeit (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Does the multi-level approach explain the stalling of the

EU-Mercosur negotiations over a free trade agreement?

(WT)


Darren Delin BrownUSA

Academic Areas of Interest • Global Energy Management and Policy

• Resource Efficiency and Design

• “Smart City” Digital and Telecommunications

Technologies

Education • Dual Degree, Master of International Affairs,

School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia

University (New York, USA)

• Bachelor of Science in International Business,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel

Hill, USA)

• Exchange, Copenhagen Business School (Copenhagen,

Denmark)

• Exchange, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

• Exchange, Peking University (Beijing, China)

Languages English, Mandarin, Spanish

Selected Internships 05–08/2015 International Trade Specialist, International

Trade Administration (Washington DC, USA)

Selected Work Experience 12/2013–present Current Senior Consultant, Opera-

tional Efficiency and Effectiveness, Booz Allen Hamilton

(Washington DC, USA)

07/2011–12/2013 Consultant, IBM International

Business Machines (Washington DC, USA)

05–07/2009 Entrepreneurial Leadership Teaching

Assistant, Duke University (Ahmedabad, India)

Master Thesis Title EU Resource Efficiency Programs and Risks to American

Economies

Fabian BohnenbergerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • International Trade and Development

• Cybersecurity Policy

• Intersection of Technology and Policymaking

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology,

University of Bonn (Bonn, Germany)

Languages German, English, Spanish, Arabic

Selected Internships 03–06/2014 Innovation in Development Program, Global

Public Policy Institute (Berlin, Germany)

10/2013–02/2014 World Economy and Development

Financing Department, German Development Institute

(Bonn, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 12/2015 Runner-Up TDS Young Thinkers Award 2015,

Participation in the Trade and Development Symposium

of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable

Development (ICTSD), 10th WTO Ministerial Conference

(Nairobi, Kenya)

09/2015–present Research Assistant, Hertie School of

Governance (Berlin, Germany)

07/2014–11/2015 Research Assistant, Innovation in

Development Program, Global Public Policy Institute

(Berlin, Germany)

03/2013–10/2014 Research Assistant, German

Development Institute (Bonn, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Proliferating cyber surveillance: The uncontrolled

global trade between authoritarian governments and

corporations selling monitoring and intrusion software

(WT)


Alexander BusoldGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Political Economy and Economic Policy

• Philosophy of Economics

• Democratic Oversight of Intelligence Services

Education • Research on the Limits of Economic Theory, College of

Social Sciences, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

(Ulm, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Berlin, Germany)

• Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Management and

Economics, Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen,

Germany)

• Minor in Public Management and Governance,

Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen, Germany)

• Exchange, Catholic University (Buenos Aires,

Argentina)

Languages German, English, Spanish

Selected Internships 06–07/2015 Strategy Consulting, McKinsey & Company

(Berlin, Germany)

05–07/2014 Cleantech Advisory, Apricum (Berlin,

Germany)

02–06/2013 Business Development, Bosch Siemens

Home Appliances (Mumbai, India)

Selected Work Experience 09–12/2015 Teaching and Research Assistant, Chair for

Political Economy, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin,

Germany)

01/2012–12/2013 Teaching Assistant for Economics

and Mathematics, Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen,

Germany)

Master Thesis Title German parliamentary oversight of intelligence services

in the digitization era (WT)

Tobias BünderGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Political Economy

• Trade and Industrial Policy

• Politics & Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Education • Bachelor of Arts in International Relations

& Economics, University College Maastricht

(Maastricht, Netherlands)

• Exchange, Université de Montréal (Montréal, Canada)

Languages German, English, French, Dutch

Selected Work Experience 08/2015–present Student Assistant, Deutsche

Gesellschaft fur Internationale

Zusammenarbeit, Global Programme “Access to

Medicines” (Berlin, Germany)

09/2014–07/2015 Young Professional, Deutsche

Gesellschaft fur Internationale

Zusammenarbeit, “Support for the East African

Integration Process” (Arusha, Tanzania)

10/2013–07/2014 Assistant to editor in chief,

Handelsblatt Business Briefing Sustainable Investments

(Berlin, Germany)

09/2011–08/2012 Member of University Council,

Maastricht University (Maastricht, Netherlands)

Master Thesis Title National interests and regional dynamics: How the

East African Community’s Customs Union reshuffled

restrictive trade policy in the region.

Partner organization: Deutsche Gesellschaft für

Internationale Zusammenarbeit


Stefano ConciItaly

Academic Areas of Interest • Lobbying

• Public Affairs and Political Communication

• Public-Private Partnership

Education • Dual Degree, Master of Science in Economics

and Management of Public Administrations and

International Institutions, Università Bocconi

(Milan, Italy)

• Master of Arts in International Political Economy,

King’s College London (London, UK)

• Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, University of Bologna

(Bologna, Italy)

Languages Italian, English, German

Selected Internships 07–09/2015 Research Assistant, International Center

for Climate Governance, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

(Venice, Italy)

Selected Work Experience 04–06/2015 Research Assistant, Global Climate Forum

(Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title To be confirmed

Jasmin CantzlerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Climate and Energy Governance

• Corporate Social Responsibility

• Quantitative Data Analysis

Education • Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Honours) in

Global Challenges, Leiden University College The

Hague (The Hague, Netherlands)

• Minor in Global Poverty, Local Solutions, International

Institute of Social Studies (The Hague, Netherlands)

Languages German, English, Dutch, Spanish, French

Selected Internships 09–11/2014 Public Finance and Administrative Reform,



07–08/2014 Advisory Finance & Regulation,

PricewaterhouseCoopers (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 04–12/2015 Assistant, Climate Policy Team, Climate

Analytics (Berlin, Germany)

12/2014–04/2015 Assistant, Advisory Finance &

Regulation, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Berlin, Germany)

01–06/2014 Assistant, stiftung neue verantwortung

(Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Tax morale and the firm – a secret love affair? Evidence

and implications from Mexico

Partner organization: Inter-American Center for Tax

Administrations


Christopher CoslerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Statistics and Economics

• Digital Economy

• Emerging Security Challenges

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (with distinction),

University of Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany)

• Minor in Public Law, University of Mannheim

(Mannheim, Germany)

• Exchange, Swansea University (Swansea, Wales)


Selected Internships 05–08/2015 InterVal GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

01–02/2015 Department of cooperation in education,

Goethe-Institut (Paris, France)

05–06/2015 CDU Faction, Economics department, NRW

State Parliament (Düsseldorf, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 11/2014–05/2016 Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin (Berlin,

Germany)

08/2012–06/2015 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V.

(Mannheim, Germany)

Master Thesis Title State regulation or private mechanisms in the sharing

economy: Can ICT create trust in online consumer to

consumer markets?

Manolo Constain VillaColombia

Academic Areas of Interest • International Relations and Foreign Policy

• Foreign Investment Policy

• Media and Political Communication

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International

Relations, Icesi University (Cali, Colombia)

• Exchange, Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá,

Colombia)


Selected Internships 01–07/2010 Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia)

Selected Work Experience 02/2015–present Research Analyst, Business

Development Team, Plane-Site (Berlin, Germany)

04/2013–03/2015 Project Leader and Media Analyst,

Global News Intelligence (Bogotá, Colombia)

08/2011–03/2013 Researcher and Instructor,

Department of Social Sciences, Icesi University (Cali,

Colombia)

Master Thesis Title Foreign direct investment in Colombia: an economic

dimension of the post-conflict state (WT)


Niccolò Da Settimo PassettiItaly

Academic Areas of Interest • Economic and Social Development Policies

• International Organizations and Public management

• Transportation Policies



International Institutions, Università Bocconi (Milan,

Italy)

• Exchange, Hanze University of Applied Science

(Groningen, Netherlands)

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and

Management, University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy)

Languages Italian, English, German

Selected Internships 03–08/2013 Non-productive material department,

Continental Automotive S.p.A. (Pisa, Italy)

Master Thesis Title Transportation policies’ impact on the economic and

social development of a developing region: A focus on

the competitiveness of local business. (WT)

Gonzalo CrociUruguay

Academic Areas of Interest • International Affairs

• Political Communication and Strategies

• Security Policy

Education • Master of Business in International Management,

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Master of Commerce in Strategic Management,

Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes (Valladolid,

Spain)

• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations,

Universidad ORT Uruguay (Montevideo, Uruguay)

Languages Spanish, English, French

Selected Internships 05–08/2011 Department of Conferences and Meetings

Management, Organization of American States


Selected Work Experience 10/2011–02/2012 Consultant, International Organiza-

tion for Migration, Regional Office for South America

(Buenos Aires, Argentina)

06–12/2010 Public Relations Manager, Shanghai World

Expo, Uruguay Pavilion (Shanghai, China)

01–06/2010 Assistant, Institute for Export Promotion

and Investment of Goods and Services of Uruguay

(Montevideo, Uruguay)

Master Thesis Title What are the causes of right-wing violent crimes

in Germany? Recommendations for possible policy

solutions (WT)


Diyala D’AveniItaly

Academic Areas of Interest • Governmental Relations and Public Affairs

• Urban Policies and Governance

• Public Economics



Inter national Institutions, Università Bocconi (Milan,

Italy)

• Bachelor of Sciences in Economics and Social Sciences,

Università Bocconi (Milan, Italy)

Languages Italian, English, French

Selected Internships 08/2011–02/2014 Eataly Lagrange (Turin, Italy)

Selected Work Experience 04–08/2015 Coordinator, Public Affairs, Eataly Expo 2015

(Milan, Italy)

03/2014–03/2015 Food and Beverages Manager, Eataly

Smeraldo (Milan, Italy)

Master Thesis Title How can tradable immigration quotas achieve the social

optimum in refugees’ relocation?

Lana DammGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Political Economies in Europe

• European Institutions

• European Foreign Affairs

Education • Bachelor of Arts in European Studies (Cum laude),


• Exchange, Sciences Po (Paris, France)


Selected Internships 01–02/2015 Office of Achim Post, MdB, German

Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)

10/2013–02/2014 Robert Schuman Trainee, Cabinet of

the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz,

European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium)

06–07/2011 Representation of Rhineland-Palatinate to

the European Union (Brussels, Belgium)

Selected Work Experience 02/2015–present Student Assistant, Office of Achim

Post, MdB, German Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)

09–12/2014 Student Assistant, Department of

International Affairs, Willy-Brandt-Haus (Berlin, Germany)

03–05/2014 European Election Campaign, Willy-Brandt-

Haus (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title One size fits none: Varieties of capitalism in Europe

Why the crisis affected Member States of the European

Union differently


Amrita DhillonIndia

Academic Areas of Interest • Conflict Management

• Extremism and Counterterrorism

• Ethics and Public Policy

Education • Bachelor of Arts in History, Bard College (New York,

USA)

• Academy Year in Value Studies, Bard College Berlin

(Berlin, Germany)

Languages English, Hindi, German

Selected Internships 06–08/2011 Hindustan Times Education, Hindustan

Times Newspaper (New Delhi, India)

09/2011–05/2013 Hannah Arendt Center, Bard College

(New York, USA)

Selected Work Experience 08/2012–06/2013 Student Assistant, Bard Foreign

Languages and Cultures Centre, Bard College (New York,

USA)

09/2012–06/2013 Student Assistant, Fisher Centre for

the Performing Arts, Bard College (New York, USA)

Master Thesis Title Prevention- and intervention-based policies against

right-wing violence in Germany and Sweden

Michael Davies-VennCanada

Academic Areas of Interest • Renewable Energy Policy

• Energy Security and Governance

• Climate Policy Analysis

Education • Master of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, University of

Sheffield (Sheffield, UK)

• Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications (Summa

Cum Laude), St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, USA)

• Law Certificate, National Council for the Training of

Journalists (UK and Freetown, Sierra Leone)

Languages English

Selected Internships 03–04/2016 Climate Policy Analysis, Climate Analytics

(Berlin, Germany)

11/2005 BBC World Service (London, UK)

Selected Work Experience 09/2013–06/2014 Director of Communications,

Legislative Assembly, Government of Alberta (Edmonton,

Canada)

08/2006–03/2007 Consultant, United Nations

Integrated Office in Sierra Leone, United Nation

Development Programme (Freetown, Sierra Leone)

10/2008-06/2013 Communications Associate, Marketing

and Communications, University of Alberta (Edmonton,

Canada)

Master Thesis Title National energy policy coordination in the EU: Explaining

divergent growth in the renewable energy share of

Member States towards 2020 (WT)


Paulyn May DumanPhilippines

Academic Areas of Interest • Sustainable Development

• Politics of Reform in the Public Sector

• Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Education • Juris Doctor (Masters equivalent), University of the

Philippines Diliman (Quezon City, Philippines)

• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of the

Philippines Diliman (Quezon City, Philippines)

Languages Filipino, English, German

Selected Work Experience 01/2016–present Junior Knowledge Management

Associate, Knowledge Center for Sustainable Devel-

opment, United Nations System Staff College (Bonn,

Germany)

05/2014–04/2015 Junior Research Fellow, United

Nations System Staff College (Turin, Italy)

09/2009–02/2013 Legal Researcher and Lawyer, House

of Representatives (Quezon City, Philippines)

Master Thesis Title Factors affecting motivation of highly skilled workers in

developing countries to migrate internationally (WT)

Moritz DiederichsenGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Financial and Economic Policy

• Political Economy in Europe

• Cyber and Technology Policy

Education • Exchange, Georgetown University, McCourt School of

Public Policy (Washington DC, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a Minor in

Economics, University of Mannheim (Mannheim,

Germany)

• Exchange, Maastricht University (Maastricht,

Netherlands)

Languages English, German, Spanish

Selected Internships 01–03/2013 Public Affairs, Bohnen Kallmorgen & Partner

(Berlin, Germany)

01–02/2011 Parliament of the State of Hesse

(Wiesbaden, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–06/2015 Professional Year, Accenture

Strategy – Health and Public Service (Berlin, Germany)

09/2013–08/2014 Assistant, Communication & Public

Policy, ubitricity Gesellschaft für verteilte Energiesysteme

mbH (Berlin, Germany)

05/2011–06/2012 Student Research Assistant, Chair of

Comparative Political Behavior, University of Mannheim

(Mannheim, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Cyber defense approaches in the European Union—

A comparative analysis of Germany’s and the United

Kingdom’s cybersecurity strategies (WT)


Christopher EllisCanada

Academic Areas of Interest • Drug Policy Economics & Reform

• Urban Policy and Design

• Health and Social Policy

Education • Exchange, International Management, Business

A dministration School of São Paulo at the Getulio

Vargas Foundation (São Paulo, Brazil)

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Film & Media Studies,

Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada)

• Master of Arts in Film Studies, Concordia University

(Montréal, Canada)

• Exchange, University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United

Kingdom)

Languages English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Selected Internships 06–09/2014 Programme to Foster Innovation, Learning

and Evidence in HIV and Health Programmes of the



Selected Work Experience 05/2014–07/2015 Research Assistant, The Governance

Report, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)

02/2011–05/2013 Producer/Director, Interactive Media,

GroupeMédia TFO (Toronto, Canada)

09/2009–02/2011 Researcher, Youth Programming,

GroupeMédia TFO (Toronto, Canada)

Master Thesis Title Marijuana legalization in Canada: Design criteria and

policy tradeoffs (WT)

Jannes ElfgenGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Health Policy

• European Union Integration

• Quantitative Track Policy Analysis

Education • Bachelor of Science (Honours) in European Studies,

University of Twente (Enschede, Netherlands)

• Minor in Business Economics, University of Münster

(Münster, Germany)

Languages German, English, Spanish, French, Dutch

Selected Internships 02–06/2013 Daimler AG, Representative Office (Brussels,

Belgium)

10–12/2012 European liaison office, Federal Employment

Agency of Germany, (Brussels, Belgium)

Selected Work Experience 01/2016 Working Student, Public Sector and Health

Services Team, Accenture (Berlin, Germany)

09/2014–08/2015 Policy Officer, Unit Z21 Bilateral

Cooperation and OECD,

German Federal Ministry of Health (Berlin, Germany)

09/2013–08/2014 Working Student, Representative

Office Berlin, Allianz SE (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Hospital liberalization in China – An assessment of the

role of foreign operators in the Chinese public hospital

care system.

Partner organization: German Federal Ministry of Health


Diego Fernández FernándezSpain

Academic Areas of Interest • Political Economy

• European Governance

• International Development

Education • Master of Arts in International Relations, Barcelona

Institute of International Studies (Barcelona, Spain)

• Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Universidad de

Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela,

Spain)

• Exchange, Universidad de La Habana (La Habana,

Cuba)

• Exchange, University of Tampere (Tampere, Finland)

Languages Spanish, Galician, English, German, French

Selected Internships 05–08/2015 Open Regional Fund for the Economy

and Youth Employment in Central America, Deutsche

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (San

José, Costa Rica)

Selected Work Experience 09/2015–present Research Associate, The Governance

Report, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)

11/2014–02/2015 Student Consultant, Business plan for

the Berlin branch of the Stanford Peace Innovation Lab,

180 Degrees International (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Corruption and types of public expenditures: Does the

public budget composition determine corruption? (WT)

Rowan EmslieUK

Academic Areas of Interest • Political Communication

• Media

• Transparency

Education • Bachelor of Science (Honours), University of Bath

(Bath, UK)

Languages English

Selected Internships 08–09/2012 Communications, ARTICLE 19 (London, UK)

11/2008–09/2009 Projects, African Prisons’ Project

(Kampala, Uganda)

Selected Work Experience 08/2014–09/2015 Marketing & Outreach, TaroWorks,

Grameen Foundation (Nairobi, Kenya)

06–10/2013 Research Assistant, Open Government

Foundation (Berlin, Germany)

06–09/2010 Reporter, The Independent (Kampala,

Uganda)

Master Thesis Title Action distraction: Branding the Labour Party in

modern Britain


Tebogo Thato Gareitsanye Botswana

Academic Areas of Interest• Anti-Corruption

• Civil Society and NGO-Government Partnerships

• Development

Education • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations,

University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg,

South Africa)

• Exchange, Washington Centre for Internships and

Academic Seminars (Washington DC, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Law and International Relations,

University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg,

South Africa)

Languages English, Setswana, German

Selected Internships 05–06/2015 European Research Centre on Anti-

Corruption and State Building (Berlin, Germany)

09/2012–01/2013 Human Resource Department, Central

Transport Organisation (Gaborone, Botswana)

07–11/2009 Legal Department, South African Human

Rights Commission (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Selected Work Experience 02/2013–03/2014 Project Officer, Human Rights

Monitoring and Awareness Raising Department,

Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS

(Gaborone, Botswana)

Master Thesis Title Access to the natural treasure chest: The impact of public

accountability mechanisms on corruption in natural

resource dependent countries

Partner organization: The World Bank

Laura FrankenGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Development Cooperation

• European Integration

• Digitization

Education • Exchange, Sciences Po (Paris, France)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Freie Universität

Berlin (Berlin, Germany)


Selected Internships 06–07/2015 Visiting Associate, The Boston Consulting

Group (Berlin, Germany and France)

10/2013–03/2014 Department for Special Programs,

Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft,

(Cologne, Germany)

01–04/2013 Division of Development Politics, German

Federal Foreign Office (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2015–03/2016 Student Assistant, Project Open

Data & Privacy, stiftung neue verantwortung (Berlin,

Germany)

04/2014–06/2014 Junior Consultancy, Department

for Special Programs, Deutsche Investitions- und

Entwicklungsgesellschaft (Cologne, Germany and Côte

d’Ivoire)

04–05/2012 Student Assistant, Project of civic

participation on the reform of the Central Card-Index for

Traffic Offences, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building

and Urban Development (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title German parliamentary control of intelligence services in

the digitization era (WT)


Jekaterina GrigorjevaLatvia/Germany

Academic Areas of Interest • Energy and Environment

• European Energy Union

• International Political Economy

Education • Exchange, National Research University Higher School

of Economics (Moscow, Russia)

• Bachelor of Science in International Business and

Modern Languages, Aston University (Birmingham,

United Kingdom)

Languages German, English, Russian, Latvian, Spanish

Selected Internships 09–12/2015 Energy Efficiency and Environment, United

Nations Development Programme (Moscow, Russia)

03–07/2014 Office of the CDU/CSU Party Vice-Chairman

Dr Georg Nüsslein, German Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)

11/2013–02/2014 Market Design and Policy Analysis,

E.ON SE Representative Office (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 02/2016 Junior Ambassador, Munich Security Conference

(Munich, Germany)

09/2014–05/2015 Research Assistant, European Energy

Policy, Jacques Delors Institut-Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

06–10/2013 Project Assistant, Mergers & Acquisitions,

E.ON Connecting Energies (Essen, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Overcoming the energy isolation of the Baltic states (WT)

Partner organization: Jacques Delors Institut-Berlin

Ferdinand GensGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Innovation and Technology

• Digital Economy

• Behavioural Insights and Policy Analysis

Education • Exchange, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

(Los Angeles, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Social Sciences,

Technische Universität Braunschweig (Braunschweig,

Germany)

• Exchange, Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)


Selected Internships 06–07/2014 Office of Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, German

Federal Parliament (Berlin, Germany)

02–07/2013 Brussels Office, Verband der Kali- und

Salzindustrie e.V. (Brussels, Belgium)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–08/2015 Consultant, Socio-Economic

Department, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

(Berlin, Germany)

01/2011–07/2012 Research Assistant, Department

of Management Control and Business Accounting,

Technische Universität Braunschweig (Braunschweig,

Germany)

10/2010–09/2012 Teaching Assistant, Department

of Economics, Technische Universität Braunschweig

(Braunschweig, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Behavioural governance: Evaluation and empirical

intelligence in policymaking processes


Angie GrossoUSA / Colombia

Academic Areas of Interest • Foreign Policy and Economic Development

• Public Affairs

• Immigration and Refugee Policies

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French with

Certificate in International Relations, University of

Florida (Gainesville, Florida)

• Exchange, International Affairs and Public Sphere,

University of Florida Paris Research Center (Paris,

France)

• Exchange, University of Mannheim (Mannheim,

Germany)

• Exchange, La Sorbonne (Paris, France)

Languages English, Spanish, French, German, Italian

Selected Internships 06–12/2014 Project Management in French-speaking

countries, Pohl Consulting & Associates (Berlin, Germany)

05–12/2010 Press Services, Consulate General of France

(Miami, USA)

Selected Work Experience 02/2015–present Project Assistant, Pohl Consulting &

Associates (Berlin, Germany)

03/2011–08/2013 Department of Marketing and

Communications, Colombian Government Trade Bureau

(Miami, USA)

Master Thesis Title Do immigration reforms help undocumented immigrants

integrate? A case study of Latin American undocumented

immigrants in South Florida.

Philip GrinstedGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Policy Analysis

• China’s Economy and Society

• E-Governance and Information Technology

Education • Dual Degree, London School of Economics and

Political Science (London, UK)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology,

Technische Universität Darmstadt (Darmstadt,

Germany)

Languages German, English, Chinese

Selected Internships 06–07/2014 Research Unit “Innovation and

Environment”, Mercator Institute for China Studies

(Berlin, Germany)

04–07/2013 German Consulate General (Shanghai,

China)

08–10/2011 German Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–07/2015 Young Professional, Strategy and

Corporate Development and Project “Public Policy

Dialogue Fund”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale

Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Beijing, China)

01–05/2014 Student Assistant, Business Technologies,

Capgemini Germany (Berlin, Germany)

06/2011–02/2013 Tutor and Research Assistant,

Department of Sociology, Technische Universität

Darmstadt (Darmstadt, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Policy Paper: Price Volatility of Pork in China: Reasons

and Implications for Global Trade.


Bernd HandkeGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Public Management & Public Sector Reforms

• Infrastructure Development

• Health Care Management

Education • Exchange, Università Bocconi (Milan, Italy)

• Exchange, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (Herzliya,

Israel)

• Bachelor of Arts in Culture & Business Studies,

Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen, Germany)


Selected Internships 02–08/2014 Climate and Infrastructure Financing

Program, KfW Development Bank (Pretoria, South Africa)

09/2012–01/2013 Infrastructure Development Transport

Sector, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Inter nationale

Zusammenarbeit (Monrovia, Liberia)

06–09/2012 Consulting Project, Automotive Sector,

Accenture Consulting (Wolfsburg, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 11/2014-present Working Student Consultant, Public

Sector & Health Care, Accenture Strategy (Berlin,

Germany)

09/2011–09/2012 Student Assistant, Otto Group Chair

for Distance Trade and Service Marketing, Zeppelin

University (Friedrichshafen, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Public perception of financial market regulation in

Germany: The case of BaFin.

Noémie HailuUSA

Academic Areas of Interest • Conflict Resolution

• Gender Equality

• Extractive Industries Governance

Education • Dual Degree in International Affairs and International

Security Policy, School of International and Public

Affairs, Columbia University (New York, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies with

Minors in Latin American and African Studies, Boston

College (Boston, USA)

• Latin American Immersion and travel program, School

for International Training (Brattleboro, USA)

Languages English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German

Selected Work Experience 03–08/2015 Financing for Development Coordinator, Aid

Effectiveness Department, Oxfam America (New York,

USA)

05/2012–2014 Extractive Industries Coordinator,

Campaigns Department, Oxfam America (Washington

D.C., USA)

07/2010–05/2012 Research and Policy Administrative

Assistant, Policy and Research Department, Oxfam

America (Washington D.C., USA)

Master Thesis Title Immigrants at the ballot box: Fostering greater political

participation of immigrant communities in Germany

through inclusive integration policies (WT)


Christian-Martin HeckmannUSA/Germany

Academic Areas of Interest • International Security Policy

• Geopolitics of Energy

• Risk Management

Education • Dual Degree, School of International and Public

Affairs, Columbia University (New York, USA)

• Master of Arts in Ethics, University of Strasbourg

(Strasbourg, France)

• Exchange, Graduate School of International Studies,

Hanyang University (Seoul, South Korea)

• Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy & Economics, Bayreuth

University (Bayreuth, Germany)


Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Risk Management, Federal State Bank

Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Germany)

06–07/2013 Training for International Diplomats,

German Federal Foreign Office (Berlin, Germany)

01–05/2011 Office of Assistant Majority Leader, Senator

R. Durbin, United States Senate (Washington DC, USA)

Selected Work Experience 09/2013–04/2015 University Relations Assistant,

American Junior Year at Heidelberg, Heidelberg

University (Heidelberg, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Causes of instability and spread of violence in West

Africa and recommendations for US/NATO support

options

Partner organization: RAND Corporation

Isabella Hayward Sweden/UK

Academic Areas of Interest • Development and Security Policy

• Good Governance and Public Sector Reform

• Political Economy

Education • ATLANTIS Dual Degree in International Security and

Development Policy, Maxwell School of Citizenship

and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA)

• Certificate of Advanced Study in Civil Society

Organisations, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

(Syracuse, USA)

• Bachelor of Science (Honours) in International

Relations, London School of Economics and Political

Science (London, UK)

Languages English, Swedish, French, Spanish

Selected Internships 01–04/2015 Associate Programme Officer, Building Resil-

ience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters

Programme, The Near East Foundation (Syracuse, USA)

08–12/2011 Junior Advisor, EU Delegation to the United

Nations, European External Action Service (New York, USA)

08–10/2010 Political and Economic Affairs Assistant,

British Embassy (Riga, Latvia)

Selected Work Experience 04–06/2015 Short Term Consultant, Criminal Division,

U.S. Department of Justice (Washington DC, USA)

08–12/2014 Short Term Consultant, The Chicago Council

on Global Affairs (Chicago, USA)

09/2012–05/2014 Strategy and Governance Admin-

istrator, Chief Executive’s Office, The British Red Cross

(London, UK)

Master Thesis Title Donor approaches to tackling corruption in law

enforcement


Laurence HendryUK/Germany/Australia

Academic Areas of Interest • Fiscal Governance

• Statistics

• European Studies

Education • Exchange, Universität Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)

• Encounter Europe Scholarship Programme, DAAD

European Academy (Otzenhausen, Germany)

• Bachelor of Arts in European Studies, University of

Sydney (Australia)

Languages English, German, French

Selected Internships 01/2013 Australian Embassy, Department of Foreign

Affairs and Trade (Berlin, Germany)

07/2013 Administration, European Australian Business

Council (Sydney, Australia)

04/2012 Foreign Trade & Customs Practice Group, Graf

von Westphalen LLP (Hamburg, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 08/2015 Founding Team, The Data Animals (Berlin,

Germany)

10/2015 Berlin Office, Berlin2Paris Communications

GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

08/2013 Litigation Team, eLaw International LLP (Sydney,

Australia)

Master Thesis Title The contemporary effects of EU Member State

macro-prudential regulatory responses on financial

sector systemic risk: Evidence from the NYU Volatility

Institute (WT)

Katrin HegerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Peace and Conflict

• Security and Development

• Democratization

Education • Atlantis Dual Degree, Maxwell School of Citizenship

and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA)

• Certificate of Advanced Study in Security Studies,

Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism,


• Certificate of Advanced Post-conflict Reconstruction,



• Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Economics,

Bayreuth University (Bayreuth, Germany)

• Exchange, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Rotterdam,

Netherlands)

Languages German, English, Spanish, French

Selected Internships 05–08/2015 Democracy Building, Friedrich-Ebert

Foundation (Prishtina, Kosovo)

06–08/2014 Press, Culture, and Economic Affairs,

German Embassy (Accra, Ghana)

08–10/2010 Development Trainee, AIESEC Port Harcourt

(Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

Selected Work Experience 08/2014–05/2015 Graduate Assistant, Moynihan Center

for Global Affairs (Syracuse, USA)

01–06/2014 Department of Peace and Conflict,

Protestant Academy Bad Boll (Bad Boll, Germany)

09–12/2013 George C. Marshall Center for Security

Studies (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Ethnic voting and democratic development (WT)


Timothy HobdenSouth Africa

Academic Areas of Interest • Market-Based solutions to Development

• Philanthropy and Corporate Social Responsibility

• Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

Education • Master of Commerce in Economics, University of

KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa)

• Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Economics,

University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa)

• Bachelor of Science in Economics & Geography,

University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa)

Languages English, Afrikaans, German

Selected Work Experience 02/2007–06/2014 Senior Consultant, Business in

Development team, Genesis Analytics (Johannesburg,

South Africa)

06/2011–06/2014 Senior Technical Advisor for

Governance & Strategy, South African Jobs Fund, South

African National Treasury (Pretoria, South Africa)

02/2009–04/2011 Team Leader, Shared Growth

Challenge Fund, Business Trust (Johannesburg, South

Africa)

Master Thesis Title The impact of risk attitudes on strategy and funding

decisions in the German philanthropic sector (WT)

Kaja HengstenbergGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • EU Politics and Integration

• Energy and Sustainability Policy

• German-Polish Political, Economic and Cultural

Relations

Education • Dual Degree, Sciences Po (Paris, France)

• Bachelor of Arts in European Studies, Maastricht

University (Maastricht, Netherlands)

• Exchange, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

(Barcelona, Spain)

Languages German, Polish, English, French, Spanish

Selected Internships 03–06/2014 Public Policy Department, Instinctif Partners

(London, UK)

09/2013–01/2014 Political Department, EU Delegation

to the UN (New York, USA)

06–08/2012 Office of MEP, Committee on the Environ-

ment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parlia-

ment (Brussels, Belgium)

Master Thesis Title How can barriers be removed that small and medium

enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries face in order

to access finance and deploy climate technologies?

Partner organizations: United Nations Environment

Program and Climate Technology Center & Network


Md. Mujahedul IslamBangladesh

Academic Areas of Interest• Political Economy of Elections and Electoral Systems

• Voting Behaviors, Issue Voting and Economic Voting

• Party Finance, Partnership and Resource Mobilization

Education • Master of Social Sciences in Political Science (with

distinction), University of Dhaka (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

• Bachelor of Social Sciences in Political Science (with

distinction), University of Dhaka (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Languages English, Bangla, German

Selected Internships

06–08/2015 External Relations and Partnership

Section, United Nations Office for the Coordination of

Humanitarian Affairs (New York, USA)

01–07/2012 Democratic Participation and Reform

section, Democracy International (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

08–12/2012 Bangladesh Youth Empowerment Society,

Project of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Embassy

(Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Selected Work Experience 12/2014–present Research Associate, Professor Dr. Mark

Andreas Kayser, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin,

Germany)

05–08/2014 Research Assistant, BRAC Institute of

Governance and Development, BRAC University (Dhaka,

Bangladesh)

01/2013–04/2014 Democratic Development and Good

Governance section, Centre for Governance Studies,

(Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Master Thesis Title To what extent does political instability induce election

violence?

Charlotte Vivian HornungGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Energy & Sustainability

• Global Health

• European Integration

Education • Dual Degree, Sciences Po (Paris, France)

• Exchange, Seoul National University (Seoul, South

Korea)



Languages German, English, French, Spanish

Selected Internships 01–04/2015 German Malawi Health Programme,


arbeit (Lilongwe, Malawi)

09–12/2014 Research Assistant, European Affairs,

DEKRA e.V. (Brussels, Belgium)

06–08/2014 Public Affairs, Burson Marsteller (Berlin,

Germany)

Selected Work Experience 07–08/2011 Volunteer, Open Mind (Rose Hill, Mauritius)

Master Thesis Title Implications of urban spatial transformations and

transportation challenges in emerging megacities for

female economic empowerment in Nigeria and Pakistan.

(WT)

Partner organization: Urban Institute


Dominik KaufmannGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Interaction between Public and Private Sector

• Innovation Policy

• Generation Y and Millennials

Education • Exchange, Graduate School of Public Policy, University

of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)

• Bachelor of Arts in International Business, Baden-

Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University

(Stuttgart, Germany)

• Exchange, Grande École Program, NEOMA Business

School (Rouen, France)


Selected Internships 09–11/2011 Staff to the Board of Management, Coop-

erative Trainee Program, Daimler AG (Stuttgart, Germany)

06–09/2011 Controlling and Administration, Cooperative

Trainee Program, Daimler Middle East and Levant (Dubai,

United Arab Emirates)

08–09/2007 Sales and Marketing Eastern Europe, BMW

Group (Munich, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 07/2015–present Co-Founder, Müßiggang Magazin

(Berlin, Germany)

11/2014–03/2015 Research Assistant, Hertie School of


10/2012–09/2014 Market Manager, Mercedes-Benz Re-

tail Professionalization, Daimler AG (Stuttgart, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Tackle the threat of a lost generation: Which policy

solutions support the integration of marginalized groups

of the Generation Y in Europe? (WT)

Partner organization: Kienbaum Consultants International

GmbH

Johan Juul JensenDenmark

Academic Areas of Interest • Public-Private Partnerships

• Social Entrepreneurship

• Public Management

Education • Exchange, McCourt School of Public Policy,

Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA)

• Bachelor of Science in EU and International

Development Studies, Roskilde University (Roskilde,

Denmark)

Languages Danish, English

Selected Internships 09/2014–01/2015 Business Development, Collaborative

Policy Consultants (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 05/2014–present Founder and Director, Play It On –

International (Copenhagen, Berlin and Washington DC)

06/2012–08/2014 Student Assistant, Department of

Natural Resources and Development, Danish Institute for

International Studies (Copenhagen, Denmark)

01/2012–02/2013 Research Assistant, ESPON

Programme, European Commission (Roskilde, Denmark)

Master Thesis Title Reinventing public-private partnerships for development

(WT)


Alina Susanne Klein Germany

Academic Areas of Interest • European Governance

• Energy and Environmental Policies

• Governmental Relations and Public Affairs

Education • Exchange, Institut Barcelona D’Estudis Internacionals,

Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain)



• Exchange, Carlos III University of Madrid (Madrid,

Spain)

Languages German, English, Spanish, French, Dutch

Selected Internships 05–08/2014 EU Delegation to the United Nations,

European External Action Service (New York, USA)

09–12/2013 Volkswagen Group Representative Office

to the European Union, Volkswagen Group (Brussels,

Belgium)

06–08/2013 Office of Hermann Grohe, MdB, German


Selected Work Experience 09/2014–06/2015 Working Student, Politics and

Organizations Department, Allianz Deutschland (Berlin,

Germany)

Master Thesis Title Smart roads = smart ideas: Governing economically

efficient and ecologically friendly European cities through

the integration of intelligent transportation systems

using the example of the first European “smart road” in

Hamburg

Milou KillaarsNetherlands

Academic Areas of Interest • International Trade

• International Law

• Foreign Policy

Education • Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University

College Maastricht (Maastricht, Netherlands)

• Exchange, Development Studies, Political Theories,

International Relations, University of Leeds (Leeds,

United Kingdom)

Languages Dutch, English, German

Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Trade Policy Department, Dutch Ministry of

Foreign Affairs (The Hague, Netherlands)

Selected Work Experience 09/2013–06/2014 Student Assistant, Bachelor Open

Days, Marketing & Communication Department,


10/2012–11/2013 Treasurer, Work Group INKOM,

Student Service Centre, Maastricht University


02–06/2011 Coordinator and Treasurer, Maastricht Team,

Nacht van de Fooi (Night of the Tips) (Maastricht, Neth-

erlands)

Master Thesis Title TTIP: winners and losers—Why does the meat industry

perceive TTIP as a threat while the dairy industry sees it

as an opportunity? (WT)


Adam KongUnited States

Academic Areas of Interest • Monetary Policy

• Diplomacy

• Outdoor Education and Recreation

Education • Master of Public Administration, Columbia University

(New York, USA)

• Fulbright Grantee, English Teaching Assistantship

(Taiwan)

• Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Chinese

Language, Ohio State University (Columbus, USA)

Languages English, Mandarin

Selected Internships 05–08/2015 Political Section, U.S. Mission to the EU

(Brussels, Belgium)

05–08/2014 U.S. House of Representatives (Washington

DC, USA)

01–03/2012 International Institute for Strategic Studies


Selected Work Experience 07/2013–07/2014 English Language Coordinator, Yilan

County Government, Fulbright Program (Yilan, Taiwan)

05/2011–06/2013 Outdoor Recreation Center, Ohio State

University (Columbus, USA)

Master Thesis Title An analysis of U.S. ambassadorial appointments: Career

vs political (WT)

Cody KoebnickUSA

Academic Areas of Interest • International Affairs

• Security and Development

• Economic Policy

Education • Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies

Fellowship, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

(Cambridge, Massachusetts)

• Exchange, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

(Oldenburg, Germany)

• Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Northern

Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)

• Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, University of

Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)

Languages English, German, Russian, Ukrainian

Selected Internships 06–09/2015 Eastern European Research Division,

Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (Berlin, Germany)

01–06/2011 Economic Policy Development, US State

Department (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2015–04/2016 International Affairs, Robert Bosch

GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

09/2012–04/2014 Volunteer, Peace Corps (Donetsk,

Ukraine)

09/2011–08/2012 Community Specialist, AmeriCorps

(Alaska, USA)

Master Thesis Title The rise of free trade and its consequences for the size of

government


Katrina LampertUSA

Academic Areas of Interest • Security Policy

• State Building and Failed States

• Sub-Saharan Africa

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, German and

International Relations, Ursinus College (Collegeville,

USA)

• Exchange, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

(Munich, Germany)


Selected Internships 06–08/2014 Management & Reform Section, U.S.

Mission to the United Nations (New York, USA)

01–03/2012 Strategic Communications Directorate, U.S.

European Command (Stuttgart, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–07/2015 Professional Year, Fiscal

Decentralization and Good Governance Project, Deutsche

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Kigali,

Rwanda)

06–08/2011 English & Computer Skills Teacher,

WorldTeach (Berseba, Namibia)

Master Thesis Title Regarding the concept of sovereignty, what is the effect

of external legitimacy on internal legitimacy? (WT)

Christoph KühnGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Business, Human Rights and Corporate Social

Responsibility

• EU Integration

• Administrative Capacity Building

Education • Exchange, American University in Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

• Bachelor of Science in Philosophy, Politics and

Economics, University of Warwick (Coventry, UK)

• Exchange, University of Richmond (Richmond, USA)

Languages German, English, French, Arabic

Selected Internships 06–07/2013 Division VIb1: International Labor and Social

Policy, German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social

Affairs (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 01/2016–01/2017 Professional Year, Division VIb1:

International Labor and Social Policy, German Federal

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (Berlin, Germany)

09/2014–04/2015 Research Assistant to Prof. Christian

Traxler, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)

11/2013–10/2014 Research Assistant to Prof. Fabian

Waldinger, University of Warwick (Coventry, UK)

Master Thesis Title Corporate impact assessment in global value chains (WT)


Katie LevesqueCanada

Academic Areas of Interest • Energy Development and Sustainability

• Social Innovation

• Intergovernmental Relations

Education • Master of Science in Economics and Management,

Università Bocconi (Milan, Italy)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies with a Minor in

Spanish, Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada)

Languages English, French

Selected Work Experience 10/2012–08/2014 Analyst, Health, Safety and

Environment, Sanjel Corporation (Calgary, Canada)

04–08/2012 MIS and Costing, Canadian Institute for

Health Information (Ottawa, Canada)

04–08/2011 Corporate Administration, Canadian

Institute for Health Information (Ottawa, Canada)

Master Thesis Title Creating a unified carbon pricing policy in Canada:

An analysis of carbon pricing mechanisms and policy

recommendations for Canada (WT)

Partner organization: Canada West Foundation

Dominique Le Cerf AravenaChile

Academic Areas of Interest • Administrative Law

• Mediation, Conflict Management and Peace-Building

• Human Rights

Education • Degree in Law, Universidad de Valparaíso (Valparaíso,

Chile)

Languages Spanish, English, French, German

Selected Internships 03–12/2007 Legal and Social Practice, Universidad de

Valparaíso (Valparaíso, Chile)

01–06/2009 Family and Civil Rights Section, Legal Aid

Corporation (Valparaíso, Chile)

07–09/2015 Scientific Attaché Office, Embassy of Chile

to Germany (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 05/2009–09/2012 Procurator, State Defense Council

(Valparaíso, Chile)

10/2012–04/2014 Attorney, State Defense Council

(Valparaíso, Chile)

Master Thesis Title Victim-offender mediation for minors under the Chilean

legal frame: Can and should it be improved?


Howard LiCanada

Academic Areas of Interest • Energy and Environment

• Socially Responsible Investing


Education • Master of Public Administration, School of

International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

(New York, USA)

• Bachelor of Science in Economics and Government,

London School of Economics (London, UK)


Selected Internships 05–08/2015 Innovative Finance and Impact Investment,

Rockefeller Foundation (New York, USA)

08–12/2009 Communications and Brand Management,

Ketchum Pleon (London, UK)

06–09/2007 Fixed Income Sales Division, HSBC (Hong

Kong)

Selected Work Experience 08/2015–present Assistant Policy Analyst, Climate

Partnerships and Intended Nationally Determined

Contributions, Climate Analytics (Berlin, Germany)

11/2013–06/2014 Copy Editor, Asia Bureau, The New

York Times (Hong Kong)

05/2012–10/2013 Business Development, Deutsche

Borse AG (London, UK)

Master Thesis Title Social impact and financial returns—Does the promise of

impact investing deliver? (WT)

Eitan LevittCanada

Academic Areas of Interest • Macroeconomics and Finance

• Development Economics

• Political Participation and Elections

Education • Bachelor of Arts, McGill University (Montréal, Canada)

• Exchange, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

(Jerusalem, Israel)

Languages English, Hebrew

Selected Work Experience 12/2015 Macroeconomics and Financial Markets,

German Institute for Economics Research (Berlin,

Germany)

08/2014–08/2015 Economic Analysis, Ontario Securities

Commission (Toronto, Canada)

05–07/2014 Country Profile Team, SEEK Development

(Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Political business cycle effects on foreign direct

investment in developing countries: New empirical

evidence (WT)


Rafael Alejandro López ValverdeBolivia

Academic Areas of Interest • Decentralization

• Urban Planning

• Politics

Education • Exchange, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,

National University of Singapore (Singapore)

• Master of Arts in Decentralization and Constituent

Assemblies, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (Sucre,

Bolivia)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Universidad

Mayor de San Andres (La Paz, Bolivia)

• Specialization courses: Applied Research Methods,

Sussex University (Brighton, UK), Local Economic

Development, Japan International Cooperation

Agency (Tokyo Japan), Local Governance, Institute

of Federalism, University of Fribourg (Fribourg,

Switzerland)

Languages Spanish, English

Selected Work Experience 06/2013–08/2014 Main Researcher, Human

Development Thematic Report, United Nations Develop-

ment Programme (La Paz / Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

08/2011–04/2013 National Director of Departmental

Autonomies Department, Ministry of Autonomies

(La Paz, Bolivia)

03/2007–05/2011 Governance Advisor, Netherlands

Development Organisation (La Paz, Bolivia)

Master Thesis Title Assessment of tasks allocation between tiers of

government in the Bolivian Constitution

Daniel LimbergGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Quantitative Analysis of Policy Issues

• Security Policy with a focus on Low-Intensity Conflicts

• Micro- and Macro-Economics

Education • Bachelor of Arts in European Studies, Maastricht


• Exchange, Ajou University (Suwon, South Korea)


Selected Internships 06–07/2015 Insights, diffferent Strategieagentur (Berlin,

Germany)

09/2013–02/2014 European Office, Stuttgart Region

Economic Development Corporation (Brussels, Belgium)

05–06/2010 Global Information Network (New York,

USA)

Master Thesis Title Determinants of maritime piracy (WT)


Franziska MaierGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • European Integration and Citizenship

• Employment and Social Policy

• Youth Education, Participation and Empowerment

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Public Management and

Governance, Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen,

Germany)

• Summer School, International Association for Political

Science Students (Venice, Italy)

Languages German, English, French, Italian

Selected Internships 09–12/2013 Europe Division, German Institute for

Foreign and Security Policy (Berlin, Germany)

03–06/2012 European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium)

Selected Work Experience 05–09/2015 Student Assistant, Digital Whistleblower

Project, European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption

and State Building (Berlin, Germany)

08/2014–05/2016 Seminar Trainer, Understanding

Europe, Schwarzkopf Foundation (Berlin, Germany)

06/2012–06/2014 President, European Youth Parliament

in Germany (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title A Europeanization of employment policy? A comparative

case study of youth unemployment policies in EU

Member States during the crisis

Nada MahdyEgypt

Academic Areas of Interest • Collaborative Governance

• Immigration Policy

• International Relations and Middle East Politics

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with specializa-

tion in International Relations (with distinction),

American University in Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

• Minor in Journalism and Mass Communication,

American University in Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

• Exchange, Kennedy School of Governance, Harvard

University (Cambridge, USA)

Languages Arabic, English, German

Selected Internships 04–08/2014 Research Assistant, Supporting Egypt’s

Transition Programs, Elbarlament GMbh (Berlin,

Germany)

05/2015 Interpreter, Empowerment and Networking for

Egyptian Female Politicians, Inmedio-Berlin and Boeker

Consultancy for Human Rights (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 07/2012–03/2014 Program Officer, El Sadat Association

for Social Development and Welfare (Cairo, Egypt)

03–06/2012 Project Coordinator, Gerhart Center for

Philanthropy, American University in Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

10/2010–02/2012 Program Assistant, National

Democratic Institute (Cairo, Egypt)

Master Thesis Title Collaborative approaches to manage the refugee crisis:

Improving the public services for refugees in the city of

Berlin (WT)


Sebastián MartínezColombia

Academic Areas of Interest • Regional Development


• Impact Evaluations

Education • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Universidad de

los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Universidad de los

Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Master of Economics, Universidad de los Andes

(Bogotá, Colombia)

Languages Spanish, English, Portuguese

Selected Work Experience 11/2011–10/2014 Research Assistant, Fedesarrollo

(Bogotá, Colombia)

09/2013–03/2014 Consultant for the Labour Ministry,

International Labour Organisation (Bogotá, Colombia)

04/2015–06/2015 Research Assistant, Energy

Department, German Institute for Economic Research

(Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title The effect of land use changes on reported property

crimes

Partner organization: Berlin Police Department

Ivan MarkovicSerbia

Academic Areas of Interest • Finance

• Fiscal Policy

• Labor Market

Education • Exchange, School of Public Affairs, American

University (Washington DC, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, International

Relations and Business Administration, American

University in Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria)

Languages English, Russian, Bulgarian, German

Selected Internships 10–12/2015 German Marshall Fund of the United States


05–08/2015 Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic

of Serbia and Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia

(Belgrade, Serbia)

01–02/2015 Embassy of the Republic of Serbia (Berlin,

Germany)

Selected Work Experience 06/2013–05/2014 Teaching Assistant for Corporate

Finance, Valuation, and Investment and Portfolio

Management, American University in Bulgaria

(Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria)

01–06/2013 Research Assistant for Business Ethics,

American University in Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria)

01–05/2011 Research Assistant for International Law,

American University in Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria)

Master Thesis Title Impact of the immigrant networks on the labor market

integration in Germany (WT)


Moises MendozaUSA

Academic Areas of Interest• Human Rights

• Politics of Microstates

• Diplomacy

Education • Dual Degree, Master of International Affairs,

Columbia University (New York, USA)

• Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, Georgetown


Languages English, German, Spanish

Selected Internships 05–08/2015 U.S. Embassy Uganda, U.S. Department of

State (Kampala, Uganda)

03–08/2013 Communication Directorate General,

European Commission (Brussels, Belgium)

03–08/2012 Office of Philipp Mißfelder, MdB, German


Selected Work Experience 09/2010–06/2011 Fulbright Scholar (Berlin,

Germany)

08/2007–08/2010 Journalist, Hearst Corporation

(Houston, USA)

Master Thesis Title An analysis of U.S. ambassadorial appointments:

Career vs. political (WT)

Lars MehwaldGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Foreign Policy and International Relations

• International Trade Policy

• Global Governance

Education • Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Technische

Universität Dresden (Dresden, Germany)

• Exchange, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid,

Spain)


Selected Internships 11–12/2015 Foreign and Security Policy, Dr. Franz Josef

Jung, Member of Parliament (Berlin, Germany)

07–08/2015 Unit for Policy Analysis and Planning,

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Berlin,

Germany)

03–05/2014 Department for Disarmament and Arms

Control, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United

Nations (New York, USA)

Selected Work Experience 07/2010–07/2011 Teaching Assistant and Voluntary

Worker, AFS Intercultural Programs (Cerro Punta,

Panama)

Master Thesis Title The economic vote in context: How does electoral

accountability change in a globalised world? (WT)


Siddharth P. MerchantIndia/Canada

Academic Areas of Interest • Governance

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Public-Private Partnerships

Education • Dual Degree, Master of Public Administration, London

School of Economics & Political Science (London, UK)

• Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours), Trent

University (Peterborough, Canada)

• Exchange, Jonkoping International Business School,

Jonkoping University (Jonkoping, Sweden)

Languages English, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish

Selected Internships 09/2015–06/2016 Capstone Consultant, European Bank

of Reconstruction & Development (London, UK)

09/2014–08/2015 Consultant, World Bank Group

(Maputo, Mozambique)

05–09/2014 Trainee, Energy & Trading Department,

Heidelberg Cement Group (Valletta, Malta)

Selected Work Experience 01/2012–07/2013 Communications Officer, Canada-

India Business Council (Toronto, Canada)

08/2010–12/2011 Management Trainee, Strategy &

Corporate Affairs, Vale (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

07/2009–07/2010 Legislative & Communications

Assistant, Canadian Member of Parliament (Toronto,

Canada)


Celina MenzelGermany

Academic Areas of Interest

• Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Long-Term Develop-

ment

• Health and Development

• The Role of Social Services in Peace-Building

Education • Master of International Relations in Peace, Security

and Conflict, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public

Affairs, Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Technische

Universität Dresden (Dresden, Germany)

• Exchange, University of La Reunion (St. Denis, France)

Languages German, English, French, Portuguese

Selected Internships 05–07/2015 Division of Economic and Financial Affairs,

Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany

to the United Nations (New York, USA)

01–03/2013 Division VN01, UN Security Council,

Peacekeeping and Peace-Building, Sanctions, German

Federal Foreign Office (Berlin, Germany)

03–04/2012 Parliamentary Office of Dr. Marlies Volkmer,

MdB, German Bundestag (Berlin, Germany)



Viola A. MeyerweissflogGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• International Security, Foreign Policy and Transatlan-

tic Relations

• Counterterrorism, Defense and Intelligence Studies

• Public Communications

Education • ATLANTIS Dual Degree, Master of International

Relations, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public


• Executive Certificate in Counter-Terrorism Studies,

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism,

Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (Herzliya, Israel)

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics with

International Relations, University of York (York, UK)

Languages German, English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi

Selected Internships 07–08/2015 Europe Program, Carnegie Endowment for

International Peace (Washington DC, USA)

04–07/2014 Carnegie Europe (Brussels, Belgium)

09–12/2013 Researcher, German Federal Parliament,

Office of Dorothee Bär, MdB (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 08–12/2014 Graduate Assistant, Moynihan Institute for

Global Affairs (Syracuse, USA)

09/2013–03/2014 Research Assistant, German Federal

Parliament, Office of Parliamentary State Secretary

Dorothee Bär, MdB (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title The differing threat perception of Iran in Europe and the

United States: A comparative analysis before and after

the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) (WT)

Charlotte MertenGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Development Cooperation

• Private Sector Development and Trade

• Economic Policymaking

Education • Bachelor of Arts, University College Maastricht


• Exchange, University of Washington (Seattle, USA)

Languages German, English, Spanish, French, Swedish

Selected Internships 09–12/2014 Development Economics Vice Presidency,

World Bank Group (Washington DC, USA)

05–07/2014 Economics Department, Permanent Mission

of Germany to the United Nations (New York, USA)

03–08/2013 Economic Policy and Private Sector

Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale

Zusammenarbeit (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2015–present Consultant, Development Economics,



12/2014–06/2015 Consultant, Agriculture Global

Practice, World Bank Group (Washington D.C., USA)

09–11/2013 Consultant, Trade Policy, Deutsche

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Berlin,

Germany)

Master Thesis Title Policy coherence for development in the EU – Managing

trade policy coherence for development in the Economic

Partnership Agreements between the EU and the ACP

States


Mariza Montes de Oca León Mexico

Academic Areas of Interest • Climate, Energy and Transport Policy

• Health Policy

• Environmental Economics

Education • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics, Instituto

Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Mexico City,

Mexico)

• Exchange, Université de Rennes I (Rennes, France)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Instituto


Mexico)

Languages Spanish, English, French, German

Selected Internships 07–08/2015 Climate Finance and Adaptation, adelphi

research GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 07/2013–07/2014 Environmental Economist,

Environmental Economics Research Unit, Centro Mario

Molina (Mexico City, Mexico)

03–06/2013 Advisor to the Chief Economist, Planning

Division, Ministry of Finance (Mexico City, Mexico)

07/2011–02/2013 Chief of Department of Regional

Modeling, Econometrics Department, National Institute

Ecology and Climate Change (Mexico City, Mexico)

Master Thesis Title Smuggling smoke: A study of cigarette tax evasion and

avoidance in Germany (WT)

Isabelle MillerUSA/Thailand

Academic Areas of Interest • Migration & Integration Policy

• International Relations

• Social Innovation


Linguistics, Tulane University (New Orleans, USA)

• Exchange, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires,

Argentina)

Languages English, Spanish, Thai, German, Portuguese

Selected Internships 06–07/2015 European Research Center for Anti-

Corruption and State-Building (Berlin, Germany)

01–03/2013 Contract Law, Santos Neto & Montgomery

Advogados (São Paulo, Brazil)

08–11/2011 Communications, Fundación Leer (Buenos

Aires, Argentina)



Julia MühlenbeinGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • European Integration

• Public Affairs

• Energy and Climate Policy



• Exchange, Chinese University of Hong Kong

(Hong Kong)

Languages German, English

Selected Internships 06–07/2015 Political Affairs and Government Relations,

Robert Bosch GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

01–03/2014 Political Consulting, Miller & Meier

Consulting, (Berlin, Germany)

09–11/2013 Britta Reimers, MEP, European Parliament

(Brussels, Belgium)

Selected Work Experience 09/2015–present Practice Student, Political Affairs and

Government Relations, Robert Bosch GmbH (Berlin,

Germany)

Master Thesis Title Home appliances and the EU Energy Label: Explaining an

industry’s self-interest in regulation (WT)

Partner organization: Robert Bosch GmbH

Ana Cecilia Montes ViñasColombia

Academic Areas of Interest• Public Economics

• Labor and Social Policy

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Education • Master of Science in Economics, Universidad de los


• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Universidad de los



Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Economic Development Unit, United

Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and

the Caribbean, Sub-Regional Headquarters (Mexico City,

Mexico)

Selected Work Experience 10/2012–08/2014 Research Project Assistant, Research

Committee, Universidad de los Andes, (Bogotá, Colombia)

08/2011–07/2012 Research Assistant, Fedesarrollo

Center for Economic and Social Research, (Bogotá,

Colombia)

Master Thesis Title Labor markets outcomes and social networks among

migrants: Evidence from Germany (WT)


Kristina MüllerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Social and Family Policy

• Gender Equality

• Public Affairs

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, Heinrich Heine

University Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, Germany)

• Minor in Economics, Utrecht University School of

Economics (Utrecht, Netherlands)


Selected Internships 01–03/2015 Department for Gender Equality, Federal

Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

(Berlin, Germany)

08–12/2014 Project “Fit for School”, Deutsche

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Manila,

Philippines)

02–03/2013 Communications Department, German

Development Institute (Bonn, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 04–12/2015 Student Assistant, Rohde Public Policy

(Berlin, Germany)

10/2011–10/2013 Student Assistant, Department of

Communication and Media Studies, Heinrich Heine

University Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Maternal employment of migrants in Germany—An

empirical analysis with the microcensus

Lukas MüllerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Banking and Finance


• Health Policy

Education • Exchange, Carroll University (Waukesha, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Philipps-

Universität Marburg (Marburg, Germany)


Selected Internships 07–08/2015 Internal Communications, Deutsche Bank

AG (Frankfurt, Germany)

02–03/2012 Sports Committee and Office of Brigitte

Zypries, ret. Federal Minister of Justice, German Federal

Parliament (Berlin, Germany)

08–09/2011 Administration, Parliament of Hesse

(Wiesbaden, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 01/2015–present Student Assistant, Atlantik-Brücke e.V.

(Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title The contemporary effects of EU Member-State

macro-prudential regulatory responses on financial

sector systemic risk: Evidence from the NYU Volatility

Institute (WT)


Moritz MummeGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Digital Government and Politics

• Public Management and Social Policy

• Innovation and Technology Policy

Education • Minor in European Studies, Maastricht University


• Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies, European

University Viadrina (Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)


Selected Internships 03–05/2015 Public Policy Evaluation, Kienbaum

Management Consultants (Hamburg, Germany)

09/2014–02/2015 Public Affairs, Burson-Marsteller

(Berlin, Germany)

04–06/2013 Public Affairs, Johanssen + Kretschmer

(Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 01–06/2016 Student Assistant, Public Sector, Capgemini

Consulting (Berlin, Germany)

08/2013–08/2014 Student Assistant, Public Affairs,

APCO Worldwide (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Intersectoral collaboration for innovation: Dynamics and

effects of the collaboration network for digitalization of

small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES) in Germany

(WT)

Partner organization: Kienbaum Management Consultants

Kevin MüllerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Foreign Policy Analysis


• Economic Policy

Education • Exchange, Bachelor of Arts in Politics and

International Relations, University of Toronto

(Toronto, Canada)

• Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International

Relations, Royal Holloway and London School of

Economics, University of London (London, UK)


Selected Internships 09/2014–02/2015 Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, MdB,

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Berlin, Germany)

10/2013–04/2014 Deutsche Gesellschaft für

Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Lusaka, Zambia)

08–10/2012 High Representation of the Kurdistan

Regional Government to the United Kingdom

(London, UK)

Master Thesis Title European financial targeted sanctions and their effect on

the Russian banking sector since 2014.

Partner organization: Federal Foreign Office (Berlin,

Germany)


Philipp OffenbergGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Energy Economics

• EU Energy Policy

• Resource Markets

Education • Multimedia journalism traineeship, JONA Journalist

Academy of Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Sankt

Augustin/Bonn, Germany)

• Magister in Communications, Johannes Gutenberg

University Mainz (Mainz, Germany)

• Exchange, Russian State University for the Humanities

(Moscow, Russia)

• Exchange, University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain)

Languages German, English, Spanish, French, Russian, Latin

Selected Internships 02–11/2015 Utilities - Resources Division, Accenture

Management Consulting, (Berlin, Germany)

09/2014–01/2015 Governmental Affairs, BASF

Wintershall Holding GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

02–04/2011 Correspondent’s Office, Frankfurter

Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Madrid, Spain)

Selected Work Experience 05/2014–present Affiliate Fellow, EU energy policy,

Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

09/2014–present Research Associate, European Centre

for Energy and Resource Security, King’s College London

(London, UK)

09/2012–08/2013 Student Trainee, Deutsche Borse AG

(Frankfurt, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Are liquefied natural gas imports from the United States

of America able to reduce the market share of Russian

pipeline gas on European markets?

Partner organization: Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin

Leon Daiske OberbäumerGermany/Japan

Academic Areas of Interest • International Conflict Management

• Migration and Refugee Policy

• Japanese Policy and Economy

Education • Dual Degree, Graduate School of Public Policy,

University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)

• Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Economics of East

Asia, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Bochum, Germany)

• Exchange, International Christian University (ICU)

(Tokyo, Japan)

Languages German, Japanese, English, French

Selected Internships 02–04/2015 Asia Research Division, Stiftung Wissen-

schaft und Politik (SWP) (Berlin, Germany)

12/2014–01/2105 Department of Economy, German

Embassy (Tokyo, Japan)

09–12/2014 Public Affairs and Communication, OECD

Tokyo Centre (Tokyo, Japan)

Selected Work Experience 06–09/2015 Human Resources Japan, Henkel Japan Ltd.

(Tokyo, Japan)

Master Thesis Title Germany’s refugee politics in the current situation: Is the

refugee crisis a challenge for the EU? (WT)


Rafael PalominoMexico

Academic Areas of Interest• Open Government and Open Data


• Knowledge Economy

Education • Dual Degree, Master of Public Affairs, Sciences Po

(Paris, France)

• Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Latin American

Studies, Princeton University (Princeton, USA)

• Exchange, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos

Aires, Argentina)

Languages Spanish, English, French, Portuguese

Selected Internships 06–08/2015 National Digital Strategy, Office of the

President (Mexico City, Mexico)

06–08/2008 Mexican Embassy in India (New Delhi, India)

06–08/2007 Institute of Studies of Religion (Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil)

Selected Work Experience 12/2010–05/2014 Paralegal, International Arbitration,

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (New York, USA / Paris,

France)

Master Thesis Title The economic impact of open data policies at the

municipal level: A case study of Mexican cities (WT)

Kyle OttUSA

Academic Areas of Interest• Behavioral Economics

• Urban and Housing Policies

• Economics of Crime and Corruption

Education • Graduate Certificate in Geographical Information

Systems, Pennsylvania State University (University

Park, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts / Science in History and Economics,

Duke University (Durham, USA)


Selected Internships 06–08/2014 Affordable Housing, Dunn Development

Corp. (Brooklyn, USA)

05–07/2009 Grant Recipient, Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation (Crownpoint, USA)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–present Research Assistant, Prof. Christian

Traxler, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)

08/2011–07/2013 Project Coordinator, Supportive

Housing Department, Common Ground (New York, USA)

05/2010–06/2011 Research Associate, Sanford School of

Public Policy, Duke University (Durham, USA)

Master Thesis Title Incentive crowding: Experimental evidence of when

small incentives backfire (WT)


Andrea Pang Hui XinSingapore

Academic Areas of Interest • Cultural Policy

• Social Policy

• State-Society Relations

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Combined Honours in Arts

(History, Politics and International Affairs, Sociology),

Durham University (Durham, UK)

Languages English, Mandarin

Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Arts and Heritage Division, Ministry of

Culture, Community and Youth (Singapore)

06–09/2013 Rehabilitation and Protection Group,

Ministry of Social and Family Development (Singapore)

02–06/2011 Marketing, MediaCorp Publishing

(Singapore)

Master Thesis Title State-civil society dynamics and the process of shaping

collective memory in Singapore (1990s-Present)

Sienna-Yiling PanChina

Academic Areas of Interest • International Monetary Policy

• Finance and Financial Regulation

• Media and Communications

Education • Dual Degree, Master of Public Administration,

School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia

University (New York, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Communications,

University of Nottingham Ningbo China (Ningbo,

China)

• Exchange, University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia)

Languages Mandarin, English, Japanese

Selected Internships 06/2014–07/2015 Financial markets reporter, Reuters

News Agency (Shanghai, China)

03–06/2013 Marketing Department, Jolo Fashion

(Shanghai, China)

09–11/2012 Global Banking and Markets Department,

HSBC (Ningbo, China)

Master Thesis Title Understanding the social and political impact of

quantitative easing in the United States

Partner organization: United States Treasury Markets

Room


Rachel PennerUSA

Academic Areas of Interest • Development

• Water and Sanitation

• Crisis Management

Education • ATLANTIS Dual Degree, Master of International

Relations, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public


• Master of Development Studies, Institute of Social

Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Hague,

Netherlands)

Languages English, Spanish, German

Selected Internships 06–07/2015 Disaster Relief Coordinator, Aythos

(Kathmandu, Nepal)


Olimpia Elena PârjeRomania

Academic Areas of Interest • Education and Social Policy

• European and Urban Governance

• Migration and International Development

Education • Master of Arts in European Studies and International

Affairs, University of Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)

• Bachelor of Science in Applied Informatics in

Economics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

(Bucharest, Romania)

• Exchange semester (Greece)

Languages Romanian, English, French, Spanish, German

Selected Internships 03–07/2014 Directorate General for Education and

Culture, European Commission (Brussels, Belgium)

02–04/2012 Romanian Centre for European Policies


Selected Work Experience 03–07/2015 Research Assistant, Infrastructure

Governance Report, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin,

Germany)

03–12/2013 Project Manager and Editor, Europe&Me

Magazine (Berlin, Germany)

09–12/2012 Junior Editor, Communications Department,

Representation of the European Commission in Romania


Master Thesis Title Collaborative approaches to refugee crisis management:

Improving service delivery for refugees and asylum

seekers in the city of Berlin (WT)


Camila Quevedo VegaColombia

Academic Areas of Interest • Development Economics

• Microfinances and Financial Inclusion

• Financial Regulation

Education • Master of Science in Economics, Universidad de los


• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Universidad Nacional

de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia)


Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Division of Production, Productivity, and

Management, United Nations Economic Commission for

Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, Chile)

Selected Work Experience 01/2012–08/2014 Advisor to the Superintendent

Delegate for Credit Risk, Financial Superintendence of

Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia)

01/2009–11/2011 Senior Economist, Economic Research,

Bancolombia (Bogotá, Colombia)

07/2006–01/2009 Senior Economist, Macroeconomic

Studies, Colombian Banking Association Asobancaria

(Bogotá, Colombia)

Master Thesis Title Conditional cash transfers and entrepreneurship in

Colombia: The case of “Familias en Acción”

Daniel Pires CassúsBrazil

Academic Areas of Interest • Civil Law

• Urban Governance

• Creative Industries

Education • Postgraduate degree in Private and Public Law,

Estácio de Sá University (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

• Bachelor of Arts in Law, Universidade Federal do Rio

de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Languages Portuguese, English, Spanish, German

Selected Internships 12/2001–04/2004 District Attorney of Rio de Janeiro

(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

03/2002–01/2004 Public Defenders of Rio de Janeiro


07–09/2005 Presidency of the Court of the State of Rio

de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Selected Work Experience 10/2005–09/2007 Assistant Judge, Court of the State of

Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

10/2007–05/2008 Conciliator at Small Claims Court


09/2009–01/2013 Legal assistant, District Attorneys of

the State of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Master Thesis Title Entrepreneurial urban governance and mega sports

events in Rio de Janeiro


Sandra RauDeutschland

Academic Areas of Interest • Social Entrepreneurship and Non-Profit Innovation

• Strategic Management and Organizational Design


Education • Bachelor of Arts in European Studies focusing on

Social and Cultural Sciences, Technische Universität

Chemnitz (Chemnitz, Germany)

Languages German, English, French, Russian, Italian, Chinese

Selected Internships 07–12/2014 Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland (Berlin,

Germany)

09/2011–01/2012 Schwarzkopf-Stiftung “Junges Europa”

(Berlin, Germany)

05–07/2009 German Parliament (Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 05–12/2015 Analyst, SEFORIS Research Project on So-

cial Enterprises, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin,

Germany)

10/2012–08/2013 Project Assistant, ‘Uni goes Uno’

Project, National Model United Nations New York

Delegation, Technische Universität Chemnitz (Chemnitz,

Germany)

07–03/2012 Research Assistant, Qualitätspakt Lehre,

Faculty of Philosophy, Technische Universität Chemnitz

(Chemnitz, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Innovation in third sector organizations: The case of Ger-

man corporate foundations

Adrian RajabiUSA

Academic Areas of Interest• Corporate Strategy

• International Management

• Sustainable Development

Education • Master of International Affairs in International

Finance, Columbia University (New York, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Global Studies,

University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara,

USA)

• Exchange, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona,

Spain)

Languages English, Spanish, Persian

Selected Internships 06–08/2015 International Business Ventures, Hudson’s

Bay Company (New York, USA)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–01/2015 Development Consultant, Atikus

Insurance (New York, USA)

12/2012–02/2014 Research Assistant, Center for

Strategic and International Studies (Washington DC, USA)

Master Thesis Title The pursuit and efficacy of Impact investing initiatives in

New York City (WT)


Alexander ReitzensteinGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development

• International Economics, Finance and Governance

• Public and Strategic Management


School of Economics and Political Science (London,

UK)

• Exchange, Washington Semester Program in

Sustainable Development, American University

(Washington DC, USA / Costa Rica)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Economics and

Business, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

(Munich, Germany)

Languages German, English, Italian, Spanish, Latin

Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Public Management Consulting,

PricewaterhouseCoopers (Munich, Germany)

01–04/2014 Visiting Research Associate, bms Marketing

Research & Strategy (Munich, Germany)

08–12/2013 Microfinance, FINCA International


Selected Work Experience 01/2015–present Research Assistant, Centre for

Economic Performance, London School of Economics and


09/2014–05/2015 Development Consultant, Cognoscere

Consulting (London, UK)

12/2011–07/2013 Student Research Assistant, Center for

Applied Policy Research (Munich, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Blessing or curse – How does earmarked funding distort

the mandate of multilateral organizations? (WT)

Carolin ReinerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Behavioral Economics and Statistics

• Energy and Climate Change Policy

• Infrastructure and Urban Planning

Education • Exchange, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

(Los Angeles, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Transatlantic Relations and

Economics, Sciences Po (Reims, France)

• Exchange, McGill University (Montreal, Canada)

Languages German, English, Hungarian, French

Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Climate Policy, German Institute for

Economic Research (Berlin, Germany)

12/2013–02/2014 Business and Market Analysis, KPMG

(Berlin, Germany)

06–08/2013 Oversight Division, Directorate General

Market Infrastructure and Payments, European Central

Bank (Frankfurt, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 02–06/2015 Research Assistant to Prof. Genia Kostka,

Chair for Energy and Infrastructure, Hertie School of


06/2014–01/2015 Freelance Media Consultant, The

European Magazine Publishing GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Bounded rationality and energy conservation: The

heterogeneous behavioral effects of smart meters on

electricity consumption—a quantitative analysis

Partner organization: German Institute for Economic Re-

search


Meerim RuslanovaKyrgyzstan

Academic Areas of Interest • Quantitative Methods of Analysis

• Policy Options for Private Sector Development

• Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Education • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and

Political Science, American University in Bulgaria

(Blagoewgrad, Bulgaria)

Languages Russian, English, Turkish, German

Selected Internships 06–09/2014 Small Business Support, European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)

03–07/2013 Event management and logistics, Refugee

Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta

(Atlanta, USA)

Master Thesis Title The impact of subsidized consultancy projects on

economic growth of small and medium enterprises in

Kyrgyzstan (WT)

Partner organization: European Bank for Reconstruction

and Development

Ayra Reyla Canada/Philippines

Academic Areas of Interest • Human Rights and Poverty Alleviation

• Migration Policy

• Foreign Policy and International Development

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies, Queen’s Univer-

sity (Kingston, Canada)

Languages English, Tagalog, Ilocano, French, Spanish

Selected Internships 08/2015 Editorial Team, Europe&Me Magazine (Berlin,

Germany)

07/2015 Office of Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, Senate

of the Philippines (Manila, Philippines)

05/2012 Alive Foundation, Alliance in Motion Global Inc.

(Manila, Philippines)

Selected Work Experience 05/2014 Special Projects Assistant, Office of the

Vice-Principle, Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada)

05/2013 Summer Constituency Assistant, Government of

Canada (Ottawa, Canada)

Master Thesis Title What factors explain people’s attitudes towards

immigrants? A cross-country analysis of Germany and

the United States


Kerstin May SandowGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Inclusive Business

• Organizational Strategy & Development

• Transitional Justice & Democracy




• Exchange, University of the Free State (Bloemfontein,

South Africa)


Selected Internships 09/2013–02/2014 Strategic Alliances and Parnterships,



01–05/2010 Online Marketing & Sales, EF Education First

(Zurich, Switzerland / Moscow, Russia)

10–12/2009 Projects in Georgia and Russia, German

Foun dation for International Legal Cooperation (Bonn,

Germany)

Selected Work Experience 05–12/2015 Student Assistant, McKinsey & Company

(Berlin, Germany)

04/2014–01/2015 External Consultant, Deutsche

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

(Eschborn, Germany)

04–09/2014 Student Assistant, Health Targets,

Gesellschaft für Versicherungswissenschaft- und

gestaltung (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Co-creating female empowerment: Re-conceptualiz-

ing female economic empowerment as a social value

co-creation process (WT)

Daniel Salgado MorenoMexico

Academic Areas of Interest • Quantitative Research Methods

• Political Economy of Crime

• Education Policy

Education • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations,

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Mexico

City, Mexico)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Instituto


Mexico)

Languages Spanish, German, English

Selected Internships 06–07/2015 Democracy and Democratization, Berlin

Social Science Center (Berlin, Germany)

01–04/2014 Senior Manager Office, Ethos Public Policy

Lab (Mexico City, Mexico)

Selected Work Experience 04/2015–08/2016 Research Assistant, Global

Governance, Berlin Social Science Center (Berlin,

Germany)

Master Thesis Title The determinants of right-wing violent crime in Germany

(WT)


Mariam SanjushAfghanistan


• Social and Development Policies

• Governance, Elections, Civil Society and Human

Rights

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Pune University (Pune,

India)

• Diploma in United Nations and International

Understanding, Institute of United Nations Studies

(Delhi, India)

• Diploma in International Relations, Human Rights

and Role of International Law, Savitribai Phule Pune

University (Pune, India)

Languages Persian, English, German, Urdu, Hindi

Selected Internships 09–12/2015 Research Fellow, International Projects,

Berlin Center for Torture Victims (Berlin, Germany)

07–08/2015 Embassy of Afghanistan in Berlin (Berlin,

Germany)

Selected Work Experience 04/2013–04/2014 Manager and Assistant to Deputy

Country Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internatio-

nale Zusammenarbeit Main Office, (Kabul, Afghanistan)

04/2013–07/2012 Administrative and Finance Assistant,


arbeit (Taloqan, Afghanistan)

2008–2009 Admin Finance Assistant, ChildFund

Afghanistan (Taloqan, Afghanistan)

Master Thesis Title Ethnic voting in plural societies and corruption

Theo SandsUK

Academic Areas of Interest • Development

• Financial Regulation

• Behavioural Economics

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and

Economics, University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)


Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Policy and Development, United Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

(Bangkok, Thailand)

09–12/2014 Financial Technology, Algebris (London, UK)

06–08/2012 Industry, Simon Kucher (London, UK)

Master Thesis Title How has the Chinese approach to establishing public

Asset Management Corporations (AMCs) changed over

time? (WT)


Lisa Katharina SchmidGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Public Administration and Public Sector Reform

• Climate and Environmental Policy

• International Organizations and Global Governance

Education • Exchange, SciencesPo (Paris, France)

• Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Public Administration

(with distinction), University of Konstanz (Konstanz,

Germany)

Languages German, English, French, Spanish

Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Public Management Consulting,

PricewaterhouseCoopers (Munich, Germany)

06–08/2014 Environment Program and Transatlantic

Energy and Climate Network, Heinrich Boll Foundation


03–08/2012 Resource Mobilization and Policy Dialogue

with the European Union, United Nations Environment

Programme (Brussels, Belgium)

Selected Work Experience 10/2015–present Research Assistant to Dr. Nina Hall

with focus on Global Governance and International

Organizations, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin,

Germany)

5/2015–present Founding Member and Board Member,

CorrelAid e.V. (Berlin, Germany)

10/2011–2/2014 Teaching Assistant, University of

Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Blessing or curse – How does earmarked funding distort

the mandate of multilateral organizations?

Ellen ScherwinskiGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • International Security

• Counterterrorism

• Civil-Military Relations

Education • ATLANTIS Dual Degree in International Security and

Development, Maxwell School of Citizenship and

Public Affairs, Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA)

• Executive Certificate in Counter-Terrorism Studies,

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism,


• Certificate of Advanced Study in Security Studies,





• Exchange, York University (York, UK)

Languages German, English, French, Dutch

Selected Internships 07–08/2015 Federal Ministry of Defense (Berlin,

Germany)

05–07/2014 Defense Council at the Bundestag (Berlin,

Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–05/2015 Research Assistant, Global Black Spots

Research Program (Syracuse, USA)

Master Thesis Title To be confirmed (WT)


Michael SchulzeGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Public & Energy Economics

• Quantitative Methods

• Social Policy

Education • Exchange, Master of Public Policy, Duke University

(Durham, USA)

• Master of Arts in International Relations (no degree),

Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu

Berlin and University of Potsdam (Berlin, Germany)

• Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University

College Maastricht (Maastricht, Netherlands)


Selected Internships 06–07/2014 Joschka Fischer & Company (Berlin,

Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–08/2015 Desk Officer, Division Ia1: Basic

Aspects of Social Policy, Future of Social Security, Federal

Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs (Berlin, Germany)

02/2013–06/2014 Research Assistant, Working Group

on Scientific Policy Advice & Assessments, Mercator

Research Institute on Global Commons & Climate

Change (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title An ex-post assessment of the Kyoto Protocol: Carbon

leakage and the energy market (WT)

David SchnabelGermany

Academic Areas of Interest:• International Relations

• International Security

• Housing Policy

Education • Bachelor of Commerce in Business Administration,


• Exchange Semester, Bachelor of Business Manage-

ment Program, Singapore Management University

(Singapore)

Languages German, English, Hebrew

Selected Internships 06–08/2015 APCO Worldwide (Berlin, Germany)

06–08/2014 Nahost Friedensforum e.V. (Berlin, Germany)

09–11/2010 Wertgrund immobilien AG (München,

Germany)

Selected Work Experience 06/2011–06/2014 Investment Manager, caleus

residential asset management (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Policy analysis of rent control (Mietpreisbremse)


Adina Amy SchwartzCanada

Academic Areas of Interest• Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• Nonprofit Management and Sustainable

Development

• Public-Private Sector Collaboration

Education • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology, York

University (Toronto, Canada)

Languages English, Hebrew, German, French

Selected Work Experience 08/2015–present Consultant, Vodafone Institute for

Society and Communications (Berlin, Germany)

01/2011–06/2014 Founder and Director, JCC 20s & 30s

Volunteer Corps (New York, USA)

10/2011–06/2014 Director, Young Professional

Programs, Jewish Community Center in Manhattan

(New York, USA)

05/200–09/2011 Chief Operating Officer, Rosie Pope

Maternity and MomPrep (New York, USA)

Master Thesis Title Millennials and NGOs: Evaluating the effect of millennial

giving habits on the financial sustainability of nonprofit

organizations (WT)

Partner organization: JCC Manhattan

Johannes Schulz-KnappeGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Sustainable Economic Development


• Urban and Environmental Governance

Education • Bachelor of Science in Geography, Heidelberg

University (Heidelberg, Germany)


Selected Internships 01–06/2015 Business Department, Protagen Diagnostics

(Dortmund, Germany)

02–04/2012 Office of the Sustainability Days Baden-

Württemberg, IFOK GmbH (Bensheim, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 03–07/2015 Data Quality Analyst, Graduate Research

Department, The Careers Group, University of London

(London, UK)

01–05/2014 Research Assistant, Department of Pub-

lic Management, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin,

Germany)

12/2012–02/2013 Research Assistant, Research Group

on Economic and Social Geography, Heidelberg University

(Heidelberg, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Social impacts and financial return—Does the promise of

impact investing deliver? (WT)


Maurice ShawndefarUSA

Academic Areas of Interest• Foreign Policy


• Urban Policy

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of

California (San Diego, USA)

Languages English, Persian, Indonesian, German, Korean

Selected Internships 12/2015–02/2016 Lifelong Learning Policies and

Strategies, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

(Hamburg, Germany)

10–12/2015 Resource Development, Transparency

International (Berlin, Germany)

05–09/2015 Network Portal, UNESCO-UNEVOC (Bonn,

Germany)

Selected Work Experience 02/2013–08/2014 English Teacher, Sogang Language

Program (Seosan, South Korea)

06/2012–02/2013 Marketing Manager, Isfahan (San Jose,

California)

04–06/2012 TEFL Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps (East Java,

Indonesia)

Master Thesis Title Transforming traffic congestion problems in mega cities:

A comparative analysis of transportation policies in

Jakarta and Seoul

Andreas Christian SensGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Public Management

• Foreign & Security Policy

• Behavioural Economics



• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics,

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich,

Germany)

• Exchange, University of Bradford (Bradford, UK)


Selected Internships 05–07/2015 Public Sector Consulting, KPMG (Berlin,

Germany)

07–10/2013 Department for Disarmament, Federal

Foreign Office (Berlin, Germany)

09/2010 Sector Industry, Siemens (Madrid, Spain)

Selected Work Experience 04/2011–02/2014 Project Manager & Chairman, Student

Association, Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political

Science (Munich, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Defining the success of nudge units: A comparative study

(WT)

Partner organization: KPMG Institut für den öffentlichen

Sektor


Tobias SieblitzGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Cultural Policy

• International Food Policy


Education • Bachelor of Arts in North American Studies and

Communication Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-

University (Munich, Germany)

• Exchange, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, USA)

Languages German, English, Italian

Selected Internships 07–08/2015 Inpolis UCE GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

08–10/2013 Public Affairs, U.S. Consulate General

(Munich, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 01/2012–06/2015 Assistant Editor, Uwe Sieblitz Music

Publishing Management (Ingolstadt, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Title: Music streaming—blessing or curse: The reper-

cussions of digitalization on the music industry (WT)

Emilia SicariItaly

Academic Areas of Interest • Social Policy

• Education

• Public Governance

Education • Dual Degree, Master of Science in Economics and

Management of Public Administrations and Inter-

national Institutions, Università Bocconi (Milan, Italy)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International

Relations, Guido Carli Free International University for

Social Studies (Rome, Italy)

• Exchange, Tilburg University (Tilburg, Netherlands)

Languages Italian, English, Spanish

Selected Internships 05–08/2014 Research, Action Institute (Milan, Italy)

Master Thesis Title Changing patterns in the school governance: The Italian

case of ‘La Buona Scuola’


Yiqun SongChina

Academic Areas of Interest • Economic and Monetary Policy

• Sustainable Development

• Business Development and Corporate Social

Responsibility

Education • Dual Degree, London School of Economics and


• Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature,

Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China)

Languages Chinese, English

Selected Internships 05/2014 Consultant, Strategy Consulting & Business

Analysis, Meritco Services (Shanghai, China)

02/2014 Project Assistant, Green Zhejiang (Hangzhou,

China)

06/2013 Journalist, Xinhua News Agency (Hangzhou,

China)

Master Thesis Title Revisiting China’s CPI: Sources of the downward bias and

possible solutions

Nitij SinghIndia


• Health Policy

• Development Policy

Education • Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering,

Institute of Technology and Management (New Delhi,

India)

Languages English, India, Nepali

Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Trade, Health and Governance Regulatory

Analyst, Mission of Colombia to the Organization for

Economic Co-operation and Development (Paris, France)

Selected Work Experience 08/2014–08/2015 Young Professional, Nepali-German

Health Sector Support Programme, Deutsche Gesell-

schaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Nepal)

08/2012–06/2013 Consultant, Political and Social Unit,

TNS Global (New Delhi, India)

06/2010–07/2012 Engineer, Appropriate Technology

Team, Pragya International Development, (Gurgaon,

India)

Master Thesis Title What are the challenges encountered by Nepal Ministry

of Health and Population in implementation of mobile

health projects


Hui Hsing SuMalaysia

Academic Areas of Interest • Corporate Governance

• Capital Market Development


Education • Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Smith College

(Northampton, United States)

• Exchange, University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)

Languages English, Chinese, Malay, German, Spanish

Selected Internships 12/2015–01/2016 Investments and Compliance,

Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Selected Work Experience 03/2013–04/2014 Market Development, Securities

Commission Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Master Thesis Title The role of sovereign wealth funds in the corporate

governance of their investee companies (WT)

Philipp StänderGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • European Economic Integration

• Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy

• Labour and Social Policy



• Exchange, Global Studies, Roskilde University

(Roskilde, Denmark)


Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Measurement of Wealth and Poverty

Division, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

(Berlin, Germany)

04–06/2014 Affairs of the Ministry of Finance, Represen-

tation of the State Hessen to the EU (Brussels, Belgium)

10/2013–03/2014 Country Office South Africa &

Lesotho, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale

Zusammenarbeit (Pretoria, South Africa)

Selected Work Experience 09/2015–present Student Research Assistant, Project

on Wealth and Inflation, Hertie School of Government

(Berlin, Germany)

02–06/2015 Student Research Assistant, Data Analysis,

Institute for Social Research (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Leaning against the wind in fragmented asset markets:

Assessing the role of national credit conditions in the

monetary transmission channels of EMU (WT)


Fabio TamburriniItaly

Academic Areas of Interest • Economic Policy

• European Integration and Governance

• Healthcare Policy and Population Ageing

Education • Dual Degree, Master of Science in Economics and

Management of Public Administration, Università

Bocconi (Milan, Italy)

• Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of

Bologna (Bologna, Italy)

• Exchange, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin,

Germany)

• Bachelor of Arts in History and Philosophy, University

of Rome Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy)

Languages Italian, English, German, French

Selected Internships 01–10/2008 Journalist, Uniroma Network (Rome, Italy)

Selected Work Experience 06–09/2015 Junior Consultant, Directorate for Education

and Skills, Organization for Economic Co-operation and

Development (Paris, France)

09/2011–06/2013 Event Manager and Editor, Advocacy

and Migration Policy, Progré Association (Bologna, Italy)

Master Thesis Title Old Europe: The challenges of population ageing on long-

term healthcare and public finances (WT)

Anna SuprunenkoUkraine

Academic Areas of Interest • Education

• Non-Governmental Organisations

• Political Communication

Education • Exchange, School of Public affairs, American


• Bachelor of Arts in International Management, Kyiv

National Economic University (Kiev, Ukraine)

Languages Ukrainian, Russian, English, German

Selected Internships 01/2015–12/2017 Governing Body Member, European

Youth Parliament (Berlin, Germany)

06/2015 Economic Department, Ukrainian Embassy in

Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

06–08/2013 Communications, Schwarzkopf Stiftung

(Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2012–06/2014 Project Manager, CFC Consulting (Kyiv,

Ukraine)

11/2011–10/2012 Project Manager, Fryday (Kiev,

Ukraine)

Master Thesis Title Shifting the image: The Ukrainian government’s com-

munication efforts following the Presidential and

Parliamentary re-elections in 2014. (WT)


Luis Felipe Torres Colombia

Academic Areas of Interest • Regulatory Policy

• International Law & Trade


Education • Bachelor of Arts in Law, Universidad de los Andes

(Bogotá, Colombia)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Universidad de

los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)


Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Trade, Health and Governance Regulatory

Analyst, Mission of Colombia to the Organization for

Economic Co-operation and Development (Paris, France)

Selected Work Experience 12/2010–06/2014 Director of Regulation, Ministry of

Trade, Industry and Tourism (Bogotá, Colombia)

03/2009–12/2010 Director of Legal Affairs and Regula-

tion, Productive Transformation Program, Bancoldex

(Bogotá, Colombia)

01/2007–10/2008 Chief of Corporate Affairs, CEMEX


Master Thesis Title Relevance of regulatory impact assessments to address

concerns of affected actors in the regulatory process in

Mexico

Gabriel Tarriba Martínez LópezMexico

Academic Areas of Interest• Migration and Integration



Education • Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of

Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA)

• Exchange, University of Warwick (Coventry, UK)

Languages English, German, French, Spanish

Selected Internships 07–08/2015 Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

07–08/2009 Mexican Institute for Competitiveness


06–08/2008 Trade and Supply Chain, HSBC Mexico


Selected Work Experience 08/2010–03/2014 Consultant, Mexican Institute for

Competitiveness (Mexico City, Mexico)

09/2009–05/2010 Administrative Assistant, Office of

the Vice-Provost for International Affairs, University of

Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA)

Master Thesis Title Cultural integration and life satisfaction among recent

immigrants to Germany

Partner organisation: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufs-

forschung


Marcelino Turati GomezMexico

Academic Areas of Interest • Population and Demography

• Fiscal and Tax Governance

• Governmental and Private Sector Relations

Education • Exchange, Fudan University (Shanghai, China)

• Master of Arts in Fiscal Law, Universidad del Sur

(Chiapas, Mexico)

• Bachelor in Business Administration, Universidad de

Valle de Mexico

• 5 semesters in Economics, Instituto Tecnologico y de

Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey Mexico)

Languages Spanish English German

Selected Internships 06–09/2015 Quartiermeister Bier für den Kiez, Berlin,

Germany.

Selected Work Experience 08/2012–09/2014 Projects Supervisor, Mexican Social

Security Institute (Chiapas, Mexico)

01/2012–08/2012 Political Operator and Negotiator,

DOCsa (Mexico City, Mexico)

01/2011–01/2012 Subdirector, Municipal Water and

Sewers System (Chiapas, Mexico)

Master Thesis Title What to expect from the release of the one child policy

in China?

Faruk TuncerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Urban Policy

• Digitalization




• Bachelor of Arts in Educational Science, Freie

Universität Berlin (Germany)

Languages German, English, Turkish

Selected Internships 06–07/2015 Program and Strategy, Federal Office of the

Christian Democratic Union (Berlin, Germany)

10–12/2012 Public Affairs, Bertelsmann SE & Co. (Berlin,

Germany)

07–08/2011 Quantitative Methods in Educational

Sciences, University of Potsdam (Potsdam, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 12/2014–present Partner, Quinoa – Bildung für hervor-

ragende Lebensperspektiven gemeinnützige GmbH

(Berlin, Germany)

03–05/2015 Working Student, Civil Economics, Energy &

Infrastructure, Roland Berger GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

01/2013–06/2014 Project Manager, Mercator Capacity

Building Center for Leadership & Advocacy (Berlin,

Germany)

Master Thesis Title Urban policy in the digital age: Development of a smart

city strategy index (WT)

Partner organization: Roland Berger GmbH


Selina von SchultzendorffGermany/UK

Academic Areas of Interest • Corporate Social Responsibility

• International Development Effectiveness

• Mediation and Facilitation

Education • Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Modern and Medieval

Languages Tripos, University of Cambridge

(Cambridge, England)

• Exchange, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

(Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Languages English, German, Spanish, Italian, French

Selected Internships 09–12/2014 Schlange & Co. GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)

01–07/2013 Team Leader, International Citizen Service,

Restless Development (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

09/2011–04/2012 Communications and Knowledge

Exchange, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale

Zusammenarbeit (Bonn, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 02/2015–present Consultant, Corporate Partnerships

Division, Aktion Gegen den Hunger (Berlin, Germany)

04/2012–12/2014 Consultant, Communications

and Knowledge Exchange, Deutsche Gesellschaft für

Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Bonn, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Donor-level knowledge sharing: A contribution to effec-

tive development cooperation? The case of the Global

Donor Platform for Rural Development.

Partner: Global Donor Platform for Rural Development,

managed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale

Zusammenarbeit

Assiri Valdés QuerolPeru

Academic Areas of Interest• Poverty and Human Rights

• Sport and Development

• Media, Social Marketing and Political Communi-

cations

Education • Exchange, Institut Barcelona D’Estudis Internacionals,

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, (Barcelona, Spain)

• Licentiate in Political Science, Pontifical Catholic

University of Peru (Lima, Peru)

• Exchange, Free University of Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Languages Spanish, German, English

Selected Internships 06–09/2015 Network Development Intern, streetfoot-

ballworld gGmbH (Berlin, Germany)

09/2008–01/2009 Research assistant at the General

Secretariat, Andean Community of Nations (Lima, Peru)

Selected Work Experience 04–08/2013 Consultant for the Direction of Higher

Education, Ministry of Education (Lima, Peru)

08/2013–03/2014 Support Assistant in the National

School Feeding Program, Qali Warma, Ministry of

Development and Social Inclusion (Lima, Peru)

04/2010–04/2012 Manager of the Volunteer Depart-

ment, TECHO-Perú (Lima, Peru)

Master Thesis Title Social integration of refugees through sport: Policy rec-

ommendations for Berlin


Wiebke WeigerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest• Education policies

• Social and Labour Market Policies

• Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation Methods

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Political and Administrative Sci-

ence, University of Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany)

Languages German, English, Croatian, French

Selected Internships 06–09/2014 Policy Team Education and Family Policy,

Ramboll Management Consulting (Berlin, Germany)

05–08/2013 TRANSDANUBE project, Danube Office

(Ulm, Germany)

03–09/2011 EU Information and Documentation Centre,

Institute for Development and International Relations

(Zagreb, Croatia)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–08/2015 Desk Officer, Federal Ministry of

Labour and Social Affairs (Berlin, Germany)

01–05/2014 Student Research Assistant to Prof. Kai

Wegrich, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title How to improve job placement and reduce mismatched

unemployment: Analysis of the introduction of a new

system of cooperative job placement in the Employment

Agency Potsdam (WT)

Partner organization: Employment Agency Potsdam

Georg WagnerGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Financial and Economic Policy



Education • Dual Degree, Università Bocconi (Milan, Italy)

• Bachelor of Science in Economics, Humboldt-

Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Languages German, English, Spanish, Italian

Selected Internships 06–08/2014 Forecasting and Economic Policy, German

Institute for Economic Research (Berlin, Germany)

07–09/2013 Banking Supervision, German Savings and

Loans Bank Association (Berlin, Germany)

07–09/2012 Business Clients, Deutsche Postbank AG

(Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–08/2015 Policy Advisor, European Employment

and Social Policy Division, German Federal Ministry of


12/2013–04/2014 Academic Chairperson, International

Policy Leadership Institute, European Public Policy

Conference 2014 (Rome, Italy / Berlin, Germany)



Lukas Gabriel WieseGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Public Affairs and Governmental Relations

• Technology and Innovation Policy

• Research and Development Policy

Education • Exchange, Università Bocconi (Milan, Italy)

• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and



• Exchange, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


Languages German, English, Spanish, Italian

Selected Internships 02–07/2014 Public Affairs and Regulation, GasTerra


07–08/2013 Foreign Office in Mexico, Konrad Adenauer

Foundation (Mexico City, Mexico)

10–12/2012 Office of Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Peter Mayer, MEP,

European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium)

Selected Work Experience 10/2014–08/2015 Working Student, Department for

External Affairs, Governmental and Political Relations,

Robert Bosch GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title The diffusion of innovation: Policy recommendations for

diffusion-oriented public policies to promote the market

penetration of electric vehicles in Germany (WT)

Partner organization: Robert Bosch GmbH, Department for

External Affairs, Governmental and Political Relations

David WichmannGermany

Academic Areas of Interest • Public and Non-Profit Management


• Public Affairs and Political Communication

Education • Exchange, American University (Washington DC, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology,

University of Bonn (Bonn, Germany)


Selected Internships 06–08/2015 Public Affairs Department, Burson-

Marsteller (Berlin, Germany)

01–04/2013 Political Affairs and Public Relations Depart-

ments, Representation of the European Commission in

Germany (Bonn, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 03/2015–present Co-Founder and Head of Strategy, Play

It On Deutschland e.V. (Berlin, Germany)

05–08/2015 Project Leader and Consultant, 180 Degrees

Consulting e.V. (Berlin, Germany)

03–05/2015 Working Student, Public Affairs Depart-

ment, Burson-Marsteller (Berlin, Germany)

Master Thesis Title Governing the sharing economy: A comparative analysis

of regulatory approaches toward AirBnB in Germany and

the UK (WT)


Xianchen WuChina

Academic Areas of Interest:• Economic Development

• Social Policy

• International Policy


School of Economics (Lomdon, UK)

• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Business,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA)

• National Key Math Program, Sichuan University

(China)

Languages Mandarin, English, German

Selected Internships 07–08/2012 Data Analyst, Statistics Department of

Hangzhou Customs (Hangzhou, China)

05–08/2010 Interpreter and Personal Assistant of Ms

Qinghua Li (Shanghai, China)

Selected Work Experience 08/2010–12/2012 Tutor, Academic Services Department,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign,

USA)

02–07/2013 Instructor and Mentor, Fengshuling High

School (Chun’an, China)

Master Thesis Title How can CPI calculation be improved to reflect true

inflation in China? (with Yiqun Song)

Dustin WilliamsGermany/USA

Academic Areas of Interest• European Union Governance


• Social and Welfare Policies

Education • Exchange, McCourt School of Public Policy,

Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA)

• Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences in European

Studies, Maastricht University (Netherlands)

• Exchange, Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul, South

Korea)


Selected Internships 12/2013–01/2014 Miami Regional Office, U.S. Senator

Bill Nelson (Miami, USA)

07–08/2011 Department of European Employment and

Social Policy, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

(Berlin, Germany)

Selected Work Experience 09/2014–08/1205 Policy Officer, Department of Euro-

pean Employment and Social Policy, Federal Ministry of


09/2013–08/2014 Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Claus

Offe, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany)

09–12/2009 Research Assistant, Gelman Library, George

Washington University (Washington D.C., USA)

Master Thesis Title Social policy coordination and the European semester:

Has the European Union adequately responded to the

social and labor crisis in Europe? (WT)


Paola Andrea Yanguas Colombia

Academic Areas of Interest• Environmental and Energy Policy

• Development

• Policy Analysis and Evaluation

Education • Bachelor of Science in Economics, Universidad

Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia)


Selected Internships 05–07/2015 Climate Policy Analysis, Climate Analytics

(Berlin, Germany)

01–07/2012 Macroeconomic and Financial Studies Divi-

sion, Association of Banking and Financial Institutions of


Selected Work Experience 08/2015–present Student Assistant, Climate Policy

Analysis, Climate Analytics (Berlin, Germany)

08/2013–07/2014 Financial Analyst, Financial Business

Valuation Area, Banco Agrario de Colombia (Bogotá, Co-

lombia)

12/2012–04/2013 Economic and Financial Consultant,

Investigation Project in Transport and Transit, Universi-

dad Nacional de Colombia, (Bogotá, Colombia)

Master Thesis Title Are more equal societies also more sustainable?


HERTIE SCHOOL

International: Students from over 40 CountriesCountry and region of origin (percentage)

Interdisciplinary: Students from all Subject FieldsFields of study that MPP students hold a bachelor’s degree in (percentage)*

The Selection Process— More than Excellent Grades

The StudentsMany students bring professional experience with them and start the programme at an average age of 25.

11,4

5,3

5,0

9,4

2,0

4,4

0,8

15,2

7,3

18,1

21,1

Economics

Business Administration

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Other

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Germany

Great Britain

USA

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Colombia

PeruBrazil

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GhanaCameroon

Nigeria

Malawi

India

Pakistan

Kenya

Australia

RussiaNetherlands

FranceSpain

Slovenia

Poland

Italy

SwedenNorwayFinland

LithuaniaLatvia

Belarus

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Serbia

Kosovo

GeorgiaRomania

MoldovaCzech Republic

HungaryKyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan

Philippines

Canada

Andorra

IrelandBelgium

Luxembourg

Switzerland

Chile

Bolivia

Ukraine

Mongolia

Singapore

Morocco

Zambia

Congo

Ethiopia

Iran

TurkeyArmenia

Lebanon

IsraelVietnam

Thailand

Nepal

China

Intersectoral: Careers in all FieldsCareer paths of graduatesand alumni by sector (percentage) **

Some examples:

* based on the Classes of 2007–2012 (N=340)** based on the Classes of 2007–2011 (N=254)

BMW AG, UK Governmental Affairs Executive

Google Inc., Policy Analyst

German Federal Foreign Office, Advisor European Financial Framework

State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, Senior Position

Lebanese Ministry of Labour,Policy Advisor

EU Commission, International Relations Officer, DG Enlargement

The World Bank, Consultant

Transparency International, Programme Coordinator CIS and Mongolia

Teach First Germany,Founder and CEO

A.T. Kearney, Strategy Business Analyst

Worldwatch Institute, Research Coordinator, Energy and Climate

Bertelsmann Foundation,Young Professional

Public Administration

International Organisation

NGO/Foundation

Research/Think Tank

Doctoral programme

Business

13%

37 %

21%

12 %

6%

11%

20 %40 % 40 %Personal SuitabilityWork experience or internships, international experience, as well as social, political and / or entre-preneurial engagement

In order to apply for the programme, applicants must have completed their first academic degree (bachelor's degree) and have an excellent command of English.

Academic PerformanceTranscripts, certificates, and academic references

MotivationMotivation letter, by which argumentation and formulation skills will also be assessed

Australia0,6

Africa3,5

North America

13,3Eastern Europe

13,3GermanyWestern Europe

8,0Latin America

8,0Asia

8,0

female50,6 %

male49,4 %

Diversity: A Key to Success

* based on the Classes of 2007–2012

*

HERTIE SCHOOL

International: Students from over 40 CountriesCountry and region of origin (percentage)

Interdisciplinary: Students from all Subject FieldsFields of study that MPP students hold a bachelor’s degree in (percentage)*

The Selection Process— More than Excellent Grades

The StudentsMany students bring professional experience with them and start the programme at an average age of 25.

11,4

5,3

5,0

9,4

2,0

4,4

0,8

15,2

7,3

18,1

21,1

Economics

Business Administration

Law

Humanities

Media and Journalism

Sciences, Engineering

Other

Area Studies, Cultural Studies

Social Sciences, Sociology

International Relations

Political Science

Germany

Great Britain

USA

Mexico

Venezuela

Colombia

PeruBrazil

Sierra Leone

GhanaCameroon

Nigeria

Malawi

India

Pakistan

Kenya

Australia

RussiaNetherlands

FranceSpain

Slovenia

Poland

Italy

SwedenNorwayFinland

LithuaniaLatvia

Belarus

BulgariaMacedonia

Serbia

Kosovo

GeorgiaRomania

MoldovaCzech Republic

HungaryKyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan

Philippines

Canada

Andorra

IrelandBelgium

Luxembourg

Switzerland

Chile

Bolivia

Ukraine

Mongolia

Singapore

Morocco

Zambia

Congo

Ethiopia

Iran

TurkeyArmenia

Lebanon

IsraelVietnam

Thailand

Nepal

China

Intersectoral: Careers in all FieldsCareer paths of graduatesand alumni by sector (percentage) **

Some examples:

* based on the Classes of 2007–2012 (N=340)** based on the Classes of 2007–2011 (N=254)

BMW AG, UK Governmental Affairs Executive

Google Inc., Policy Analyst

German Federal Foreign Office, Advisor European Financial Framework

State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, Senior Position

Lebanese Ministry of Labour,Policy Advisor

EU Commission, International Relations Officer, DG Enlargement

The World Bank, Consultant

Transparency International, Programme Coordinator CIS and Mongolia

Teach First Germany,Founder and CEO

A.T. Kearney, Strategy Business Analyst

Worldwatch Institute, Research Coordinator, Energy and Climate

Bertelsmann Foundation,Young Professional

Public Administration

International Organisation

NGO/Foundation

Research/Think Tank

Doctoral programme

Business

13%

37 %

21%

12 %

6%

11%

20 %40 % 40 %Personal SuitabilityWork experience or internships, international experience, as well as social, political and / or entre-preneurial engagement

In order to apply for the programme, applicants must have completed their first academic degree (bachelor's degree) and have an excellent command of English.

Academic PerformanceTranscripts, certificates, and academic references

MotivationMotivation letter, by which argumentation and formulation skills will also be assessed

Australia0,6

Africa3,5

North America

13,3Eastern Europe

13,3GermanyWestern Europe

8,0Latin America

8,0Asia

8,0

female50,6 %

male49,4 %

Diversity: A Key to Success


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