Willy Brandt School of Public Policy

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The Willy Brandt School of Public Policy is a public research and education facility of the University of Erfurt and offers since 2002 the first German study program leading to Master of Public Policy (MPP ) at. The program is accredited. Language of instruction is English. By November 2009, the Brandt School was named Erfurt School of Public Policy ( ESPP ).

Concept

The Brandt School is one designed by Anglo American model, professional school, are problem-and task-related organized in teaching, training and research and interconnected. In the area of ​​public policy, it offers advanced training at the level of the master, in the enter the relevant stocks of knowledge and methods of the social sciences (economics, political science, management science and sociology). Connected with an explicit reference back to professional practice and social problems, wants the Brandt School thus making established disciplinary boundaries in the individual sciences permeable to use their theoretical and methodological skills for common issues and the development of occupational profiles.

Naming

The election of Willy Brandt as namesake was for various reasons. Firstly, the positive reference to the city of Erfurt as a result of his visit in 1970, for his contributions to other East-West and North-South understanding and his role model as a thoughtful dialogue on reform politicians.

Courses of Study

The Master of Public Policy (MPP ) is an interdisciplinary, anwendungsorienterter, English-language, two years of full-time study. It is aimed at students from home and abroad who are seeking decision-making and leadership positions in the public sector, international organizations, NGOs, politics or business. The MPP degree program can be studied both immediately after a bachelor's degree ( " consecutive ") and based on many years of professional experience ( " postgraduate "). Since 2010 there is the possibility in the context of the research topic " Conflict Studies and Management Program " to participate in a Research Fellowship or PhD program.

The course contents include methods of policy analysis, formulation and implementation of political science, economics, sociology, management science, ethics and law. About internships, project groups, case studies and business games practical experience are integrated into the curriculum. Opportunities for substantive specialization exist currently for the following areas:

  • Public and Nonprofit Management
  • European Public Policy
  • International Affairs
  • International Political Economy
  • Conflict Studies and Management

The strategic partnership with the Haniel Foundation and the DAAD are a number of programs and scholarships, currently va for students from Eastern Europe and Afghanistan ( the latter is primarily a cooperation with the Foreign Office and the DAAD, which makes it every year since 2008 about 15 Afghan leaders of the so-called " good governance Afghanistan program " to participate, and then in the MPP enter the program).

Professors and lecturers

The professors and lecturers at the Willy Brandt School include Frank Ettrich ( co-editor of the Berliner Journal of Sociology ), Dietmar Herz (Secretary of State in the Thuringian Ministry of Justice), Florian Hoffmann ( jurist ) (Franz Haniel Chair of Public Policy ), Karl Theodor Paschke (former Under Secretary General of the United Nations ), Jakob von Weizsäcker ( Head of Department in the Thuringian Ministry of Economy) and Ulrich Schliemann (Head of the Policy Planning Staff at the Federal Ministry of Defense ), and a majority of the professors of Political Science Faculty of the University of Erfurt.

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