President HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA School of Governance
Dean HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA School of Governance
MPP Student, Managing Director
The development of a project for a concrete need, as well as the concept of ,,thinking. acting. realising” is very attractive to me. I believe that theory and practice can be combined.
MPP Student, Bundeswehr (German Federal Defence Force)
MPP tutor, former CEO eBay Germany
MPP tutor,
MPP Student, multimedia producer
MPP Student, self-employed artist
For me it is attractive, to equip civil society with tools for professional interacting. I appreciate that the culture of learning is lived in the school.
MPP tutor, political scientist at the Viadrina European University
This is a unique opportunity to contribute on the democratization process of democracy.
Former president of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
MPP tutor, founder & CEO Musiol Munzinger Sasserath
World Changer, Participator, Problem Solver - What type are you?
Do you have an idea you wish to make happen? You recognise social grievances and wish to tackle them? Together with expert lecturers, dedicated practitioners and inspired students, we can address your issue in a joint effort.
You are curious how? Click here to learn more about our executive master course in Public Policy.
Our Vision: To solve global questions and local problems in today’s society, politics, the economy and civil society need to collaborate. Additionally, entrepreneurial personalities are needed to probe the borders of their respective scientific disciplines, to develop innovative solutions and communicate and implement these.
HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA School of Governance aims to be a forum to such personalities, contributing to the development of intelligent solutions for current social problems.
Our unique combination of practice-oriented teaching, political platform, and application-oriented research makes the school a meeting-place and allows it to be a key player and motor effecting a sustainable process of change.
Practice-oriented teaching
Our aim is to train dedicated entrepreneurial personalities who understand to decide effectively and act in a politically responsible way.
The executive master course in Public Policy and the Executive Education supplementary training programme cater for these needs. A hands-on project that offers a solution to a specific socio-political problem forms the basis and core of our teaching efforts.
Application-oriented research
We understand research as closely intertwined theory and practice. Practical issues are addressed in order to research and achieve results that serve society.
Political Platform
Through its political platform, HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA School of Governance brings together three key stakeholders – politics, the private sector and organised civil society – in a “structured dialogue” on relevant topics and encourages new approaches that might lead the way to joint and politically unbiased policies and social change.
The matter in point is that hitherto disparate specialist knowledge is exchanged and, in effect, communicatively distributed and implemented through dialogue, exchange and critical discussion.
Gesine Schwan on HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA and the Master of Public Policy: "Public Policy – of the Innovative Power of Politics"
“Germany has long shown a reluctance to promote young executives on the international level. I am pleased to hear that with the establishment of the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA School of Governance, this reluctance is waning and I wish all the best success in the School’s endeavours.”
Prof. Dr. Mary Robinson, Former President of Oxfam International / former President of the Republic of Ireland