...I.DESCRIPTION OF THE RESEARCH II. THE LOCUS OF THE STUDY The Hertie School of Governance was founded by the Hertie Foundation, located in Frankfurt. The school was established in 2003 as one of the first European professional schools for public policy. In February 2005, the Hertie School was awarded state recognition as an institution of higher learning by the Berlin Ministry of Science, Research, and Culture (SenatsverwaltungfürWissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur). The work of the Hertie School is based on four pillars: Research, Degree Programmes (Master of Public Policy, Executive Master of Public Management, and the Berlin School for Transnational Studies), Executive Education, and Knowledge Transfer. The Hertie School of Governance is a German private university in Berlin's area of Quartier 110 of Friedrichstraße. Half of the students in the Hertie School come from abroad, and the working language is English. Predominantly, Hertie's students have backgrounds in law, economics, political science and international relations. The school offers to its students the opportunity to complete a "professional year" at a multinational corporation, government ministry or an international organization. In addition to this possibility, research collaboration with faculty is encouraged. Hertie students who are also admitted at a partner university, such as the London School of Economics, Columbia University, Institutd’étudespolitiques de Paris, University of Tokyo and Bocconi University can...
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