Willy Brandt School
of Public Policy
Academic Schedule
Summer Semester 2016
April 12, 2016
Please note that this information is subject to change.
Contents
CONTACT INFORMATION
IMPORTANT DATES
PAYMENT INFORMATION
PROGRAM INFORMATION
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
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Contact Information
Postal Address
Universität Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
P.O. Box 90 02 21
99015 Erfurt
Online
www.brandtschool.de
Visiting Address
Nordhäuser Straße 74
Building 39
99089 Erfurt
Main phone number
+49 361-737-4640
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E-mail
publicpolicy(at)uni-erfurt.de
Fax
+49 361-737-4649
Academic Schedule Summer 2016
Brandt School & Administrative/
Project Staff Office Hours
Commons Room: open Monday to Friday,
08.30 - 17.00 hrs
Main Office:
open Monday to Friday,
08.30 – 12.30 hrs
14.00 – 16.00 hrs
It is also possible to arrange individual
appointments with staff members outside
of regular office hours. In this case please
send an e-mail to the respective staff.
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Contact Persons at the Brandt School
Academic Staff
Prof. Dr. Heike Grimm
Director
Aletta Haniel Professor for Public Policy and
Entrepreneurship
Building 39/0105
737-4671
heike.grimm(at)uni-erfurt.de
Prof. Dr. Frank Ettrich
Vice Director
Professor for the Analysis of the Structure of
Modern Societies
LG 1/241
737-4981
frank.ettrich(at)uni-erfurt.de
Vetr.-Prof. Dr. Anja Mihr
Visiting Professor for Public Policy
Building 39/0206
737-4661
anja.mihr(at)uni-erfurt.de
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Herz
Professor for Comparative Government
Building 39/0212
737-4910
dietmar.herz(at)uni-erfurt.de
Prof. Dr. Solveig Richter
Junior Professor for International Conflict
Management
Building 39/0112
737-4684
solveig.richter(at)uni-erfurt.de
Dr. Edgar Aragón
Visiting Professor for Public Finance
Building 39/0106
737-4683
edgar.aragon(at)uni-erfurt.de
Dr. Steffen Wetzstein
Research Fellow
Building 39/0207
737-4647
steffen.wetzstein(at)uni-erfurt.de
Katalin Hahn, M.A.
Research Assistant to the Professor for Comparative
Governance
Building 39/0211
737-4912
katalin.hahn(at)uni-erfurt.de
Heidi Ross, M.A., M.P.P.
Research Assistant to the Aletta Haniel Professor
Building 39/0113
737-4673
heidi_elizabeth.ross(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Contact Persons at the Brandt School
Administrative Staff
Silke Adamitza
Managing Director
Building 39/0004
737-4641
silke.adamitza(at)uni-erfurt.de
Elias Rossner
Assistant Managing Director
Building 39/0004
737-4672
elias.rossner(at)uni-erfurt.de
Kristiina Valdru
(on parental leave)
Student Recruitment Manager
Building 39/0005
737-4646
kristiina.valdru(at)uni-erfurt.de
Raphael Zimmermann Robiatti
Student Recruitment Manager
Building 39/0006
737-4643
raphael.zimmermann_robiatti(at)unierfurt.de
Theresa Herrmann
MPP Program Coordinator
Building 39/0005
737-4642
theresa.herrmann(at)uni-erfurt.de
Grit Kaufmann
Team Assistant
Building 39/0008
737-4640
grit.kaufmann(at)uni-erfurt.de
Carolin Eichholz
Assistant to the Haniel Chair, the Aletta Haniel
Professor and the Junior Professor of
International Conflict Management
Building 39/0210
737-4660
carolin.eichholz(at)uni-erfurt.de
Stefanie Zimmermann
Assistant to the Haniel Chair, the Aletta Haniel
Professor and the Junior Professor for
International Conflict Management
Building 39/0210
737-4660
stefanie.zimmermann(at)uni-erfurt.de
Kathrin Eisenhauer
Assistant to the Professor for Comparative
Government
Building 39/0213
737-4910
kathrin.eisenhauer(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Contact Information
Whom to Contact
Academic Advice and Letters of Recommendation
Your Academic Mentor or other lecturers
(course selection at the beginning of the term, etc.)
Your respective course instructor/ lecturer
Course Contents
(syllabi, assignments, grades, exams)
Institutional Concerns
Heike Grimm
Institutional Concerns, Scholarships, Study Trips, Conferences
Silke Adamitza, Elias Rossner
Administrative Issues, Tuition Fees, Letters of Confirmation
Grit Kaufmann
(handing in assignments, letters of confirmation, payment of fees, etc.)
Program Concerns, Course Administration and Study Program
Theresa Herrmann
(course hours and venues, readers, literature, proof of illness, grade sheets, etc.)
Student Recruitment, Admissions, Alumni
Raphael Zimmermann Robiatti
Internships
Raphael Zimmermann Robiatti
(general information about internships and career service)
Marketing and Social Media
Raphael Zimmermann Robiatti
Public Policy and Good Governance Program (DAAD)
Theresa Herrmann
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Contact Information
E-Mail Accounts / E.L.V.I.S. Grades Database
(Passwords, login data)
General Issues Concerning Life in Germany
(Health insurance, work permits, etc.)
Computer Service Dept. (Ms. Jäger)
uta.jaeger(at)uni-erfurt.de
International Office (Ms. Linde)
international(at)uni-erfurt.de
Housing / Dormitories
Studentenwerk Thüringen (Ms. Hanselka)
elvira.hanselka(at)stw-thueringen.de
Mental Distress / Psychological Problems
Studentenwerk Thüringen (Mr. Köppe)
uwe.koeppe(at)stw-thueringen.de
Student IDs and „Semesterbeitrag“
Dept. „Studium + Lehre“
studierendenangelegenheit(at)uni-erfurt.de
Technical Equipment
Media Dept. (Mr. Ladewig) or Main Office
matthias.ladewig(at)uni-erfurt.de
(for presentations / research purposes)
Transcripts (certification thereof)
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Dept. „Studium + Lehre“
pruefungsangelegenheiten(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Contacting You
The Brandt School exclusively uses your student e-mail address for official announcements.
Please also make sure that you signed in for all your courses on Campus. It is your responsibility to check your
e-mail account on a regular basis.
Please remember to keep the Brandt School informed about your current whereabouts (i.e.,
especially if you plan to leave Erfurt for a longer period of time).
It is your responsibility to also inform the University of Erfurt’s Registrar Dept. (Abteilung Studium und Lehre),
the library and the Foreigners Registration Authority (Ausländerbehörde Erfurt) about any changes in your
current address.
The same applies for your bank institute, your health-insurance provider, telecommunications provider and any
other companies or institutions you have accounts with.
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Important Dates
Current Semester
March 25, 2016
Good Friday* (Karfreitag)
March 26, 2016
Easter Sunday* (Ostersonntag)
March 27, 2016
Easter Monday* (Ostermontag)
April 01, 2016
Summer semester begins
April 04, 2016
Lecture period starts
April 29, 2016
Course registration deadline
May 01, 2016
Labor Day* (Tag der Arbeit)
May 05, 2016
Ascension Day* (Christi Himmelfahrt)
May 16, 2016
Pentecost Monday* (Pfingstmontag)
June 30, 2016
Deadline for tuition-fee payment for the winter semester 2016/17
July 08, 2016
2nd-years: MPP Thesis submission deadline
July 09, 2016
Classes end (final exams may require presence in Erfurt afterwards)
July 10, 2016 (t.b.c.)
Commitment Award and Farewell Party Class of 2016
September 30, 2016
Summer semester ends
Winter Semester 2016/17
October 10, 2016 – February 04, 2017
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Lecture period
* Public holiday; all offices and shops closed; no classes
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Payment Information
All students are obliged to pay the semester contribution and the tuition fee on time in order to remain enrolled at the
University of Erfurt. For the winter semester 2016/17, the deadline for the payment of fees is July 01, 2016,
meaning that the University of Erfurt must have received both payments by June 30, 2016 at the latest. Please note that it
often takes 2-3 days for German banks to complete transactions and that it is your responsibility to make sure your payment
reaches the university in time. Otherwise, you will be charged (at least) a late fee of EUR 20.00 if your semester contribution is
late.
Current payment information for the semester contribution is attached to your Student ID. For the winter
semester 2016/17 the fee is expected to be EUR 207.10. Please use the form provided for your payment transaction. Should
you make an online transfer, be sure to provide all the information given on the original form to ensure that your payment is
transferred to the correct account. Once again, you are solely responsible for ensuring its accuracy.
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Payment Information
For the MPP tuition fee, the payment information is as follows:
Recipient / Empfänger
Universität Erfurt
Account No. / Konto Nr.:
300 444 299
Bank Code / BLZ:
820 500 00
Bank
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Erfurt
BIC:
HELADEFF820
IBAN:
DE 16820500003004444299
Amount / Betrag:
EUR 1,500.00
Reference / Verwendungszweck
1522167023000_Last Name
Please note that hidden fees in international transactions may result in a reduced amount arriving at the University of
Erfurt. In this case, you will be asked to pay the missing amount in cash to the university’s cashier.
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Program Information
Mandatory Courses for First-Year Students
All students must take the following courses in their second semester:
· 100 PAM #02: Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods (incl. Tutorial)
· 200 MAM #01: Strategic Management and Public Administration
· 200 MAM #02: Financial Management in the Public Sector (incl. Tutorial)
· Internship: In addition to these courses, all first-year students must formally register for the mandatory MPP
internship at the beginning of this semester, regardless of when it actually took or will take place!
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ONLY FOR CSMP-STUDENTS:
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Mandatory: Conflict Studies and Management: Analysis and Practical Conflict Management Skills
Master Thesis Colloquium for Second-Year Students
All students are strongly encouraged to participate in one of the research colloquia of Prof. Dr. Grimm, Prof. Dr. Richter,
Dr. Mihr, Dr. Aragón, Dr. Wetzstein, or Dr. des. Bokhari.
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Program Information
Basic and Language Module
Rules and Regulations (“Studien- und Prüfungsordnung”) prescribe that you have to collect 9 credits in this module. This
means that you can either take three courses with 3 credits each (3+3+3=9) or one course with 3 credits and one with 6
credits (3+6=9). The sum of credits you earn needs to equal the figure 9 in any case (i.e., 6+6=12 is not possible).
On top of that, should you wish to take more courses in this module, you are, of course, free to do so.
Specialization Modules
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By the end of their study period (third semester), all students must complete two specialization modules by
obtaining a minimum of 9 credit points each in both modules (total of 18 credit points).
You are, of course, free to audit additional courses with the instructor’s permission.
It is not possible to substitute credits earned in one module for credits earned in another module or to take a course
twice.
Only for CSMP students: CSMP students are required to complete the courses designed for this program by earning
9 credits in each CSMP module (compulsory CSMP I courses and elective CSMP II courses).
Please check the “Prüfungs- und Studienordnung” (Examination and Study Rules) for more detailed and
legally binding information regarding the structure of the MPP program. For easy reference, an unofficial
English translation of this document is available on Brandt School’s website.
Contact person: Theresa Herrmann, MPP Program Coordinator
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Program Information
“Belegbogen” / Course Registration
All courses for which you wish to receive credit points during the summer semester must be marked on the so-called
“Belegbogen” (Course Registration Form). Your “Belegbogen” is produced online on E.L.V.I.S. by yourself: https://sulwww.unierfurt.de/Account/Login.aspx (For the procedure, please see course platform Campus, Information Desk). Please make sure to
choose only those language courses which are open under the Master of Public Policy section.
The “Belegbogen” must be printed, signed by you and your academic mentor, and turned in the fourth week of
the lecture period / no later than April 28, 2016. Please drop them off at the Brandt School Main Office no later
than 4 p.m.!
Keep in mind that your Academic Mentor must approve your course selection for each semester and that
changes may be necessary before you turn the form in. Therefore, do not wait until the last possible day to
meet with your Mentor!
For further information, please check the Course Registration Info & Instruction document available on the Campus
Information Desk.
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Program Information
Independent Study Units
Independent Study Units (ISUs) aim at deepening the students’ knowledge in certain public policy fields at an individual pace
and are geared to individual needs. They can be a means of allowing students to equalize differing levels of prior knowledge.
Subject to approval by the academic mentor, the Brandt School’s academic staff as well as faculty members or professors of
the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences may be approached as supervisors for an ISU. According to Paragraph 11,
Section 3 of the MPP Examination and Study Rules, an independent study agreement must be signed by both the student and
the instructor at the beginning of the semester (within the course registration deadline) to receive credit points for an ISU. In
this independent study agreement, the student pledges to work on an agreed topic and corresponding questions regularly and
independently as well as to spend the necessary amount of time to reach the learning goals within a given time frame. To
check the learning progress and to give the instructor an overview of the working status, specific assignments are given and
regular meetings should be agreed upon.
ISUs can be pursued in the Basics and Language Module and in the Specialization Modules.
If you are interested in enrolling in an independent study unit, please contact your academic mentor and MPP Program
Coordinator Ms. Theresa Herrmann ([email protected]) for more details.
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Courses of Instruction
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Policy Analysis Module
Management Module
Practical Training Module
Basics and Language Module
Specialization Modules
• Public and Non-Profit Management
• European Public Policy
• International Affairs, International Cooperation and
Development
• International Political Economy
• Conflict Studies and Management I
• Conflict Studies and Management II
Graduation Module
Additional Courses
Courses that were taught in the previous summer semester (2015) are marked with an asterisk (*).
Courses that have been taught in an earlier semester are marked with two asterisks (**).
New courses are marked with three asterisks (***).
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Policy Analysis Module
Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods *
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
Instructor
Guido Mehlkop
ECTS
6
Time
Monday, 12 – 14 hrs
Location
LG 2/ 131
Mandatory for second semester!
Keywords
Empirical methods, analysis, research, statistics, sampling, data
Course Description
In the modern social sciences theoretical propositions must be tested
with real world empirical data. Progress is enhanced by eliminating
hypotheses which do not pass empirical testing. Therefore, scientific
work is based on the interplay between theory and sound empirical
testing.
This introduction to quantitative methodology provides a course in
statistics: sampling distribution; reducing complexity (means and
deviations); describing data sets graphically; estimating population
means; z-transformation and T-tests; associations between nominal and
ordinal scaled data (cross-tabs, chi-square); associations between metric
data (coefficient of correlation, OLS regressions).
Power Point Slides will be provided. A tutorial will be part of the course.
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About the Instructor
Prof. Dr. Guido Mehlkop is the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics
and Social Sciences (Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät) of the University
of Erfurt. A sociologist by training, he wrote his doctoral thesis about
new institutional economics at the University of Bonn, Germany (2001).
Thereafter he held positions as a post doc and an assistant professor at
the University of Dresden, Germany. In his habilitation thesis (2010) he
conducted an empirical study about criminal behavior. Since 2011 he is
a full professor for empirical research at the University of Erfurt. His
research interests include: rational choice theory; statistics and
methodology; new political economy; criminology and victimology;
military sociology; suicide studies.
Contact information: guido.mehlkop(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Policy Analysis Module
Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods – Tutorial *
Instructor
ECTS
Juan David Rivera Acevedo
will be included in the „Quantitative
Analysis and Empirical Methods“ grade
Time
Group A: Thursday (A-weeks), 10 – 12 hrs
Group B: Thursday (A-weeks), 18 – 20 hrs
starting on April 21, 2016
Location
LG 4/ D05
Mandatory for second semester!
Keywords
Empirical methods, analysis, research, statistics, sampling, data
Course Description
Mandatory tutorial for Prof. Mehlkop’s Quantitative Analysis course, with
a focus on exercises. There will be one group for students who are new
to quantitative data analysis and one group for advanced students.
Students will be divided into Group A and Group B during Prof. Mehlkop’s
class.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
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Management Module
Strategic Management and Public Administration *
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
Instructor
Sven M. Laudien
ECTS
6
Time
Wednesday, 18 – 20 hrs
Location
LG 2/ 131
Mandatory for second semester!
Keywords
Management, strategy, development, public value, public administration
Course Description
This course introduces students to a variety of analytic techniques useful
for policy/ program implementation and managing organizational
performance. 'Strategic management' involves defining public value,
mobilizing legitimacy and support for that value, and developing and
deploying the operational capacity to deliver it. The objective is for
students to diagnose an organization's strategic position and develop a
plan for improving its performance; to understand the organizational
factors likely to affect a given policy's implementation and to adjust
policy design to produce desired outcomes.
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About the Instructor
Sven M. Laudien is Interim Professor for Strategic Management at the
University of Erfurt. Before joining the University of Erfurt in April 2015,
he was employed as Interim Full Professor at Otto von Guericke
University Magdeburg, Chair in International Management. He received
his PhD from the University of Bremen in 2009 and his diploma in
Business Administration from the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel in
2005.
His research is focused on the topics business models and business
model innovation, service management, service internationalization,
strategic competence management, and entrepreneurial failure. In
addition to his academic experience, Sven M. Laudien also has
substantial professional experience as a management consultant.
Contact information: sven.laudien(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Management Module
Financial Management in the Public Sector *
Instructor
Edgar Aragón
ECTS
6
Time
Tuesday (B-weeks), 16 – 20 hrs
Location
LG 2/ 131
Mandatory for second semester!
NB: On two A-week Tuesdays there will also be lectures with Dr. Aragón
(instead of tutorials): April 05 and May 03, 2016.
Keywords
Political analysis, finance, normative framework, debate, role play
Course Description
The objectives of this course are to provide students with: (a) the
analytical tools to analyze the public finances of governments: revenues,
expenditures, ways to finance deficits and the institutions involved; and
(b) a normative framework to conduct political analysis of the difficult
financial decisions governments need to take. The course will use a
combination of lectures, Harvard cases and an Oxford-style debate in
order to learn about standard economic theory, apply it in real life
situations, and simulate a public debate where students will play the role
of financial ministers making budgetary decisions.
Students are encouraged to review the financial situation of their own
countries and to learn from the EU experience in class. Special focus will
be given to the current financial crisis. A tutorial will be part of the
course.
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Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Dr. Edgar Aragón is Visiting Professor for Public Finance at the Brandt
School. Previously, he taught at the Graduate School for Public
Administration and Public Policy of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
(EGAP-Tec de Monterrey), where he was he was Director of the
Master’s program in Economics and Public Policy until January 2008.
During this time, he conducted socio-economic evaluations of public
programs, such as lending to small and medium size firms; the social
provisioning of milk; and the status of water infrastructure in Mexico.
Before 2002, he worked as an economic and financial consultant in
Mexico City and in Leuven, Belgium. He received both his PhD in City
and Regional Planning and his Master’s degree in Public Administration
from Cornell University. He has been a Fellow at the United Nations
University (UNU/IAS) in Tokyo, and at the Inter-American Foundation
(IAF) in Washington. He is co-author of Harvard case studies and his
research currently focuses on cluster policies for regional development,
microfinance for poverty alleviation, and Public-Private Partnerships
(PPPs) for infrastructure projects. He is now the leader of the Policy
Recommendations Work Package for Nopoor, a 7th Framework
Research Program of the European Commission on poverty alleviation.
Contact information: edgar.aragon(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Management Module
Financial Management in the Public Sector – Tutorial *
Instructor
ECTS
Joren van Veen
will be included in the „Financial
Management in the Public Sector“ grade
Time
Tuesday (A-weeks), 16 – 20 hrs
Location
LG 2/ 131
Mandatory for second semester!
NB: On two A-week Tuesdays there will also be lectures with Dr. Aragón
(instead of tutorials): April 05 and May 03, 2016.
Keywords
Political analysis, finance, normative framework
Course Description
Tutorial for Dr. Aragón’s Financial Management course.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
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Practical Training Module
Internship *
Instructor
Frank Ettrich
ECTS
6
Location
Your respective internship institution
Mandatory enrolment for first-year students!
Keywords
Internship, practical skills, public policy, management
supervising the intern and for communicating with the Brandt School if
needed.
In order to receive credits for their internship, students have to submit
an internship report of approximately 10 pages to the respective
Academic Mentor (cc publicpolicy(at)uni-erfurt.de) no later than 30 days
after the last day of the internship. For further information consult the
internship regulations and contact Raphael Robiatti
(raphael.zimmermann_robiatti(at)uni-erfurt.de).
Course Description
The Public Policy degree program (MPP) includes an internship as one of
the requirements for the completion of the degree. Primary purposes of
the internship are to offer students the opportunity to apply the
knowledge and skills they have learned from the classroom in a work
setting, to give students a practical perspective on policy analysis and
public management and to help them compare their abilities and
interests with requirements in particular fields of public policy.
Internships may be conducted in government agencies, international
organizations, NGOs, or other non-profit or for-profit organizations. The
job description must show that the work assigned to the intern will be
relevant to public policy analysis and/or management. Internships must
last at least 180 hours, 5 of which may be used for writing the internship
report. Normally, the internship will be undertaken during the summer
break between the second and the third semester (mid-July to midOctober). The hosting agency must name a specific person responsible
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Basics and Language Module
DAF-02: German as a Foreign Language *
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Gudrun Hennig
3
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8 – 10 hrs
WBS/ 0114
Keywords
German, language course, conversation, vocabulary, grammar
Course Description
Grammar, vocabulary, conversation for beginners. Prerequisite:
Completion of DaF-01 German as a Foreign Language.
About the Instructor
Gudrun-Gerlinde Hennig has taught German as a foreign language since
1993 and for several years in close cooperation with the universities of
Ilmenau and Erfurt. Since completing her studies in German and
Russian at the Pädagogische Hochschule Erfurt, from which she
graduated in 1973 with a teaching diploma, she has taught German and
Russian at the high-school level and as a freelancer.
Contact information: gudrunhennig(at)gmx.de
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
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Basics and Language Module
DAF-02: German as a Foreign Language *
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Volker Söhnchen
3
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 08 – 10 hrs
WBS/ -104
Keywords
German, language course, conversation, vocabulary, grammar
Course Description
Grammar, vocabulary, conversation for beginners. Prerequisite:
Completion of DaF-01 German as a Foreign Language.
About the Instructor
Volker Söhnchen works as a teacher for German as a foreign language
with the International Students Program at the University of Erfurt since
2001. He obtained a certificate in “German as a Foreign Language in
Theory and Practice” in 2003, subsequent to completing a post-graduate
course at the University of Kassel. Mr. Söhnchen’s polytechnic diploma
in teaching (German and Russian) provided the foundation for this postgraduate certificate. As per his qualifications, Mr. Söhnchen holds
classes for German as a foreign language using comparative language
exercises based on German, Russian and English.
Contact information: volker.soehnchen(at)gmx.de
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
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Basics and Language Module
Foundations of Modern Political Order ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
Petra Gümplová
3
Monday, 18 – 20 hrs
LG 1/ 102
Keywords
Modern political theory, institutions, state
Course Description
This class offers an introduction into basic structures and institutions of
modern political order. It helps students to understand the foundations
of modern political order and to analyze its basic structure. The
following institutions are discussed: the state, human rights,
constitution and the rule of law, modern capitalism, the public sphere.
The second part of the class introduces the discourse about
pathologies of democracy in the 20th century and offers an
introduction into conceptions of totalitarianism, dictatorship, and postdemocracy. The analysis of the foundations of political order also
introduces most important thinkers of modern political theory: Hobbes,
Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Weber, Schmitt, Arendt, and Habermas.
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About the Instructor
Dr. Petra Gümplová is a Fellow at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, University of
Erfurt. She holds a PhD from The New School for Social Research, New
York, USA. She specializes in political and legal theory and her research
fields include natural resources, territorial rights, human rights,
constitutionalism, democracy, and global justice. Her book Sovereignty
and Constitutional Democracy was published in 2011 with Nomos.
Currently, Petra Gümplová works on a book on natural resources and
justice.
Contact Information: petra.guemplova(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Basics and Language Module
Formal and Informal Communication in a Professional Environment *
Instructor
ECTS
Time/ Location
Location
to perform in certain simulated communication situations. Feedback will
be provided by the instructor and the other participants. Everybody will be
judged and judge. In addition, you will have the chance to see yourself as
your performances will be video-taped. Participation is limited to twelve
students. To be considered, you will have to submit a written request
spelling out your motivation to take this course until April 15, 2016
(at 12 hrs noon) to the Brandt School (publicpolicy(at)uni-erfurt.de).
Karl Theodor Paschke
3
Thu. 21.04.2016
16 – 18 hrs
Thu. 30.06.2016
12 – 18 hrs
Fri. 01.07.2016
10 – 20 hrs
Sat. 02.07.2016
10 – 20 hrs
WBS/ 0114
Keywords
Communication skills, interview, presentation
Course Description
After – or even before - graduating from Brandt School, most of you will be
planning your professional future. You will be entering the job market, send
out applications, be invited to interviews and hopefully gain an attractive
position in a public administration, an international organization or in
private business. Whatever it is going to be, it will be quite different from life
as a student. In particular, there will be new challenges for you in the field
of communication. You probably think that your interpersonal skills, your
ways of communicating with others are naturally well-developed. That may
certainly be the case. But there is always room for improvement. And the
first step towards a better performance is to become aware of one’s
capabilities, potential, talents, and possible shortcomings. That’s what this
3-day seminar is all about. The seminar will include some theoretical
advice, but mostly it will be a practical exercise where the participant has
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About the Instructor
Karl Theodor Paschke is a veteran of the German Foreign Service from
which he retired after a career of 40 years in November 2000. During his
career as a diplomat, he served, inter alia, as Spokesman of the Foreign
Office, Ambassador to the International Organizations in Vienna,
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Embassy in Washington, D.C. and
Director-General for Personnel and Administration at the Foreign Office.
From 1994 to 1999 he served as Under Secretary-General for Internal
Oversight Services of the United Nations in New York.
Since his retirement, he has worked as a part-time management
consultant with several international organizations. In 2006, Mr. Paschke
was re-activated for a year as Special Ambassador for the German
Government responsible for UN Management and Secretariat Reform. A
native of Berlin, he holds both a Law degree and a graduate degree
from the German Foreign Service Academy.
Contact information: kpaschke(at)t-online.de
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Basics and Language Module
History of Economic Thought *
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Helge Peukert
3
Thursday, 8 – 10 hrs
LG 1/ 222
Besides an introductory lecture part, students should present a major
economist who represents an economic school or who purported e.g.
a theorem or who played a pronounced role in an economic
controversy.
Keywords
Economic schools of thought, methodology, economic policy, heterodox
economic theory, social market economy
Recommended Literature
Blaug, M. (1997). Economic Theory in Retrospect. (5th ed.).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Course Description
The course will cover the following topics:
- delineation of the most important legacies of economic reasoning
from antiquity (Aristotle, Plato) until today (e.g. classical economics,
Keynesianism, monetarism, rational expectations);
- an introduction to the basics of modern economic methodology and
epistemology, including the historical debates on methodology in
economics;
- inclusion of more heterodox economic theories and approaches
(evolutionary economics, old and new institutionalism,
hermeneutical economics, Austrian economics, etc.);
- major debates on economic policy in a history of economic thought
perspective;
- theoretical contributions for a social market economy (e.g. Eucken,
Röpke, Müller-Armack).
About the Instructor
apl. Prof. Dr. Dr. Helge Peukert is Adjunct Professor at the Chair of
Finance and Sociology of Finance at the University of Erfurt. Previously,
he held positions as lecturer and professor at universities in Frankfurt,
Chemnitz, and in Latvia. He was a researcher at the Centre National de
Recherches Scientifiques (Paris) and a visiting scholar at the
Department of Economics at Harvard University from 1995 to 1996,
amongst others. Since 2003, he has been a lecturer for Economics at
the University of Erfurt. His research interests include the economics of
the public sector, heterodox economics, economic history and the
history of economic thought, as well as the limits of growth. Prof.
Peukert is also part of the advisory council of Attac.
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Contact information: helge.peukert(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Basics and Language Module
Applied Sociology: Sociological Approaches to the Public Sphere ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Heidi Ross
3
Monday, 10 – 12 hrs
WBS/ 0114
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
Keywords
Theory, research methods, case study, social policy
Course Description
Sociology as a discipline has much to offer to the field of public policy.
Broadly defined as the scientific study of society as a whole, sociology
helps us to understand how social forces shape and influence the
experiences of the individual. Applied sociologists use a variety of
approaches and research methods in order to comprehend—and find
solutions for—social issues. The goal of this course will be to introduce
students to the field of applied sociology in order to better understand
how it can be used in the public arena. This class will teach students
about the fundamental concepts, theories, and research methodologies
found within the field of sociology, and will draw upon case study
examples of applied social research in a variety of sub-disciplines,
including (but not limited to) education, health care, inequality, poverty,
aging, and criminal justice.
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About the Instructor
Heidi Ross is currently a doctoral student at the Willy Brandt School of
Public Policy and research assistant to Professor Grimm. Her academic
and professional interests deal with aging, health policy, and long-term
care. She graduated with an M.A. in Sociology from the University of
South Florida in 2013, where she wrote her M.A. thesis on attitudes
towards aging and nursing home use. She also holds an M.P.P. from the
Brandt School where she wrote her thesis on the services available to
caregivers of dementia patients in Florida. This work was largely related
to an internship position she held with a caregiver support services
non-profit organization in Orlando, FL.
Heidi’s current research interests have to do with the systems of longterm care in Germany and the United States. More specifically, she is
interested in exploring the relationship between the profit orientation of
long-term care facilities and their quality outcomes.
Contact information: heidi_elizabeth.ross(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Basics and Language Module
Research Design and Methods ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Richard Stupart
3
Fri. 08.04.2016
Sat. 09.04.2016
Fri. 29.04.2016
Sat. 30.04.2016
Fri. 13.05.2016
Sat. 14.05.2016
LG 1/ 333
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
10 – 18 hrs
10 – 18 hrs
16 – 20 hrs
10 – 15 hrs
10 – 15 hrs
10 – 15 hrs
Keywords
Methodology, research design, qualitative vs. quantitative vs. mixed
methods, research ethics
Course Description
This course is intended to provide students with a basic introduction to
key philosophical and practical issues in deciding on and implementing a
range of common research methods. This course will cover the basics of
quantitative vs qualitative and mixed-methods approaches, as well as
basic ethical principles in social science research methods. Students will
become familiar with a range of common research methodologies and
their benefits, so as to be able to make intelligent choices in research
design and execution for a range of potential scenarios.
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About the Instructor
Richard Stupart is the Features Editor of African Defence Review and
holds an M.P.P. in Conflict Studies (Universität Erfurt) and an M.A. in
Media Studies (Rhodes University). His primary research interests are
media representation and humanitarian response, empathy and duty to
distant suffering, and mixed research methods. Richard's work has
included reporting on post-conflict recovery in northern Uganda,
critiques of humanitarian response, and research periods in South
Sudan and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Contact information: richard(at)richardstupart.com
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Basics and Language Module
As every semester, a large variety of language classes falls under the “Basics and Language Module.” These are offered by the
university’s Language Center (Sprachenzentrum).
The general rule is that German students are supposed to take language classes and learn a language other
than German and English, while students from abroad advance their German skills to the highest possible
level (cf. § 10 of the MPP study and examination rules).
Check for time conflicts with mandatory MPP courses before signing up for a particular class!
Note that several classes require an extra early (online) sign-up procedure or participation in entrance
examinations to determine your proficiency level.
Some of these may be scheduled as early as the first or second week of the semester!
See the University of Erfurt’s online course catalog for the full range of offers for this semester: https://sulwww.unierfurt.de/Publicservices/VeranstaltungsVerzeichnis/Default.aspx. Also make sure to refer to the Language Center’s website
(http://www.uni-erfurt.de/sprachenzentrum/) for further information and detailed procedures!
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Specialization Module: Public and Non-Profit Management
Design and Policy Implications of eGovernment **
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Hasnain Bokhari
3
Mon. 04.04.2016
Mon. 11.04.2016
Mon. 18.04.2016
Mon. 25.04.2016
Mon. 09.05.2016
Mon. 20.06.2016
Mon. 27.06.2016
Mon. 04.07.2016
WBS/ 0114
17 – 20 hrs
17 – 20 hrs
17 – 20 hrs
17 – 20 hrs
17 – 20 hrs
17 – 20 hrs
17 – 20 hrs
17 – 20 hrs
Keywords
eGovernment, public sector reform, case studies
Course Description
This course focuses on the emerging field of eGovernment. It introduces
key theoretical concepts and, with the help of case studies, tries to
evaluate and analyze local eGovernment solutions. Over the past decade
eGovernment (or electronic government) has received special attention
by academia as well as national governments. Some of the direct
impacts of eGovernment include cost effectiveness in government and
public operations, significant savings in areas such as public
procurement and services with better contacts with citizens, especially
those living in remote or far-flung areas. Other indirect benefits of
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eGovernment also include greater transparency and accountability
in public decisions, fighting corruption, developing improvised local
e-cultures, and the strengthening of democracy. Due to the lack of
technological infrastructure, digital literacy and public sector reform,
developing countries have not been able to develop, implement
and/or promote the use of eGovernment in comparison to their
counterparts.
Recommended Literature:
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Dr. des. Hasnain Bokhari works as an Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher
Mitarbeiter) at the Chair of Muslim Cultural and Religious History at the
University of Erfurt on a project "Challenges of Social Media in Muslim
Countries" funded by the DAAD. Prior to this appointment he was a Heinrich
Boell doctoral fellow at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Erfurt. His
research dealt with how the state in developing country context deals with
the phenomenon of Government and how modern communication
technologies go through retransformation and reshaping according to the
socio-political culture of the country. He was a co-founder of a start-up eCon
Solutions and worked as a IT consultant to the GTZ’s BEFARe project in
Peshawar, Pakistan. He holds Master's degrees in Public Policy from Erfurt
University and in Computer Science from Bahria University, Islamabad. His
research interests include eGovernment in developing countries, ICTs for
sustainable human development, and media and the new public sphere
Contact information: hasnain.bokhari(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Specialization Module: Public and Non-Profit Management
Social Policy and the Transformation of Welfare States **
Instructors
ECTS
Time
Location
Frank Ettrich, Magno Karl
3
Wednesday, 10 – 12 hrs
Starting on April 14
LG 1/ 323
Recommended Literature:
t.b.a.
About the Instructors
Keywords
Welfare state, social policy, reform
Course Description
Today welfare states are considered to be a luxury. This course will
discuss the development and the rise of modern welfare states, as well
as the different kinds of welfares states and approaches. The course will
look at the transformation of the welfare state and reform efforts made.
Even though welfare states are traditionally seen as Western/ European
phenomena, within this course social policies of various countries will be
discussed.
Prof. Dr. Frank Ettrich is Professor for Analysis of the Structure of
Modern Societies at the University of Erfurt and Vice Director of the
Brandt School. In 2007/08 he served as interim Vice President for
Academic Research and International Affairs of the University of Erfurt.
His research interests include the problem of social consolidation in
post-communist societies, particularly concerning trust in social
relationships. In addition to a number of his own publications, Prof.
Ettrich is co-editor of the "Berliner Journal für Soziologie," one of the
leading sociological journals in Germany.
Contact information: frank.ettrich(at)uni-erfurt.de
Magno Karl is a doctoral student at the University of Erfurt. He holds
an M.P.P. from the Brandt School and a B.A. in Social Sciences from the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has work experience as a
freelance consultant and with think-tanks and non-profit organizations.
Contact information: magno.de_souza_karl(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Specialization Module: Public and Non-Profit Management
German Politics and the Shoah – Raison d‘Être of Governance ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Dietmar Herz, Katalin Hahn
3
Thu. 04.02.2016 15 – 19 hrs
Thu. 07.04.2016 12 – 20 hrs
28.04.2016 – 03.05.2016
Also open in the International Affairs Module
Recommended Literature:
t.b.a.
LG 2/ 7
WBS/ 0114
Cracow
Keywords
Shoah, Germany, Israel, Auschwitz
Course Description
The seminar examines the influence of the Shoah on German politics
since the foundation of the German state in 1949. The focus will be amongst other things - on the restitution agreement with Israel
(Luxemburg Agreement) in 1952, the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials (the first
in 1963-65, the second in 1965-66, and the third in 1867-68), the impact
of the TV series "Holocaust" (1979), texts by Theodor W. Adorno, Martin
Walser, and talks by Joschka Fischer, Johannes Rau, Horst Köhler, Angela
Merkel, and Christian Wulff.
The seminar "German Politics and the Shoah" will be offered as a block
seminar with an excursion to Cracow and Auschwitz in April/ May 2016,
with two introductory and preparatory meetings in Erfurt.
NB: Participation is limited to 18 students and was subject to
prior application and selection.
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About the Instructors
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Herz was the founding director of the Willy Brandt
School of Public Policy and holds the Chair for Comparative
Government at the University of Erfurt. He holds an MPA degree from
the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He
also studied Political Science, Law, Philosophy, and History at the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in munich and the London School of
Economics. He holds an MA and a PhD in Political Science from the
University of Munich, where he also passed the state examinations in
Law. Before taking up his current position, he has had academic
appointments at the University of Bonn, Vanderbilt University (Nashville,
Tennessee), Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University (Greifswald) and the Helmut
Kohl Institute for European Studies of Hebrew University (Jerusalem).
Contact information: dietmar.herz(at)uni-erfurt.de
Katalin Hahn is a Research Assistant to Professor Herz and a doctoral
student at the Brandt School. She holds an M.A. in State Sciences from
the University of Erfurt and a B.A. in Social Sciences from Justus-LiebigUniversity Gießen.
Contact information: katalin.hahn(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Specialization Module: Public and Non-Profit Management
Market-Based Solutions for Social Challenges: Understanding the Effects of
Impact Investing for Businesses, NGOs and NPOS *
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Juan David Rivera Acevedo
3
Wednesday (A-weeks), 14 – 18 hrs
WBS/ 0114
Keywords
Impact investing, Social Impact Bonds, social policy, prevention
Course Description
This course explores the existing literature on impact investing, the socalled “Social Impact Bonds“ (SIBs), and their potential to unify social
entrepreneurs, the government and financial markets in order to solve
social challenges. This new financial instrument has created enormous
expectations in both the society and the political arena as a catalyzer for
social change and a measure to improve living conditions by involving
private investors and financial institutions.
The Social Impact Taskforce, which was established under the UK‘s
presidency of the G8, published its first report on the topic called “Impact
Investment: The Invisible Heart of Markets – Harnessing the Power of
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Capital for Public Good.“ According to
the report, in Great Britain, a youth offender costs the state $34,600
(£21,268) per year, while a successful program to prevent re-offending
could cost as little as §11,400 (£7,000).
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The taskforce estimated that the impact investment market has the
potential to absorb between 400 billion to one trillion U.S. dollars by
2020.The SIB model focuses on innovative prevention instead of reacting
programs and hereby enables the government to deliver better
outcomes at a lower cost without putting at risk taxpayers‘ resources. At
the same time, investors experience a double bottom line gain by
receiving social and financial returns for their investment.
Recommended Literature: t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Juan David Rivera Acevedo is an economist who studied at the
Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia and Johannes
Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. In July 2014, he obtained his
Master’s degree in Public Policy with a focus on International Political
Economy and Public/ Non-Profit Management from the Willy Brandt
School. Now he is a PhD candidate at the University of Erfurt and, since
October 2014, Christoph-Martin-Wieland scholarship holder, connected
as PhD Fellow to the Center for Empirical Research in Economics and
Behavioral Science (CEREB). His research focuses on social
entrepreneurship and on the new field of impact investing, such as the
social impact bonds.
Contact information: juan_david.rivera_acevedo(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Specialization Module: European Public Policy
Regulatory Policies *
Instructor
ECTS
Time/ Location
Thorsten Käseberg
3
Sat. 23.04.2016 09 – 12 hrs
Thu. 09.06.2016 16 – 20 hrs
Fri. 10.06.2016
10 – 18 hrs
Sat. 11.06.2016 09 – 13 hrs
LG 1/ 333
WBS/ 0114
WBS/ 0114
WBS/ 0114
Keywords
Regulation, EU, internal market, competition, intellectual property,
consumer protection, economics
Course Description
The seminar will provide an overview over regulatory policies which are
intended to safeguard the functioning of markets and protect market
actors, including competition policy and sector-specific regulation, unfair
competition law, intellectual property, and consumer protection. The
focus will be on EU policies. For each of the policies, we will explore
what are their main instruments and economic effects. Each session will
be introduced by a lecture, followed by a student presentation on a
current problem and discussion.
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Recommended Literature:
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Dr. Thorsten Käseberg, a lawyer and economist, has been serving as a
civil servant since 2007 in different functions in the area of economic
policy. He currently heads a unit dealing with digital policy in the
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. He is also an
official of the European Commission (on leave), where he served in the
Directorate-General for Competition (2009-2011).
Dr. Käseberg has lectured at Humboldt University Berlin and published
in particular on economic and regulatory issues, including the book
Intellectual Property, Antitrust and Cumulative Innovation in the EU and
the US (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012). He was educated at the
University of Bonn, Humboldt University Berlin, the London School of
Economics and New York University.
Contact information: thorsten.kaeseberg(at)gmail.com
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Specialization Module: European Public Policy
Democracy and Good Governance Concepts in the European Public Policy Arena ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Anja Mihr
3
Monday, 14 – 16 hrs
No class on April 25 and on May 09,
double sessions (14 – 18 hrs) on May 23
and on June 06
WBS/ 0114
Keywords
Democracy, democratization, good governance, EU, Council of Europe,
OSCE
Course Description
Over the past two decades, democracy and good governance concepts
have undergone dramatic shifts in response to world-wide democratic
movements and developments. Although today the majority of modern
states are built on democratic constitutions, their quality of democracy
and democratic performance vary greatly. This course reflects on the
different theories, notions and regional contexts in which the concepts
of democracy and good governance move. In the second part of the
course students will focus on democracy/ democratization and good
governance in the European context, with an emphasis on the EU
institutions but also on the Council of Europe and the OSCE promoting or
challenging democratic movements as well as institutional
developments among its member states, i.e. in terms of EU decisionmaking procedures, in EU neighborhood and accession policies.
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Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Dr. Anja Mihr is Visiting Professor for Public Policy at the Brandt School, currently
covering for the Franz Haniel Chair of Public Policy. She has previously
been Associate Professor at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM),
University of Utrecht, Netherlands; and is founder and Program Director of the
HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Center on Governance through Human Rights in Berlin,
Germany. She is one of two principal investigators and research directors of the
European ORA project on the Impact of Transitional Justice on democratic institution
building. Her work focuses on Public Policy, Governance, Human Rights and
Comparative Studies.
She has been Head of the Rule of Law department at The Hague Institute for Global
Justice and carried out a number of Visiting Professorships for Human Rights such
as at Peking University Law School in China together with the Raoul Wallenberg
Research Institute on Human Rights, Lund University in 2008. From 2006-2008 she
was the European Program Director for the European Master Degree in Human
Rights and Democratization (E.MA) at the European Inter-University Center for
Human Rights in Venice (EIUC), Italy. She received her Ph.D in Political Sciences from
the Free University in Berlin, Germany, in 2001.
Dr. Mihr has worked for Amnesty International, the GIZ, the United Nations and the
European Union as well the German Institute for Human Rights. Starting as Assistant
Professor with the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights at the University of Magdeburg
in 2002 in Germany, she was later, from 2003 to 2006, a research director at the
Humboldt University of Berlin carrying out the research project "Teaching Human
Rights in Europe." From 2002 to 2006, Anja Mihr also served as Chair of Amnesty
International Germany.
Contact Information: anja.mihr(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Specialization Module: European Public Policy
Model European Union *
Instructor
ECTS
Time/ Location
Wolfgang Muno
3
Thu. 02.06.2016 14 – 18 hrs
Fri. 03.06.2016 10 – 14 hrs
06. – 10.07.2016
WBS/ 0114
WBS/ 0114
Mainz
Keywords
Model European Union, simulation, ordinary legislative procedure, debate,
amendment, European Parliament, Council of Ministers
Course Description
Multilevel governance in the EU is the topic of the course. We will learn about the
most important institutions - Commission, Council and Parliament - and their
decision-making process in EU-multilevel governance.
As the core of the course, participants will simulate EU decision-making in Model
EU Mainz (MEUM). Around 80 participants from all over Europe will come to
Mainz for the simulation (June 24-28, 2015) of the ordinary legislative procedure.
Participants will slip into the roles of national Ministers, Members of the
European Parliament and Journalists. MEUM offers young Europeans the chance
to get a first-hand insight into the workings of the complex political system that is
the European Union. Starting point for the debate will be two proposals for
legislation drafted by the European Commission. Participants, in their roles as
MEPs and Ministers, will deliver speeches, work on amendments to the proposal
texts and organize majorities in order to adopt their suggestions for changes to
the legislation while Journalists will monitor and critically report on this political
process.
As course requirement, students have to:
- participate in the introduction sessions in Erfurt;
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- prepare position papers on the two directives discussed at MEUM;
- participate actively as Ministers or MEPs at MEUM; and
- write a report after MEUM.
NB: Participation is limited to eight students. To be considered, please send
a brief statement of your motivation to take this course until April 15,
2016 (2 p.m.) to the Brandt School (publicpolicy(at)uni-erfurt.de)
Recommended Literature
- Pinder, J. & S. Usherwood (2013). The European Union. A Very Short
Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- McCormick, J. (2015). European Union Politics. (2nd ed.). London: Palgrave.
About the Instructor
Dr. habil. Wolfgang Muno studied Political Science, Ethnology and Public Law in
Mainz and Caracas, Venezuela. He graduated in 1996 (M.A.), and has a PhD in
Political Science from the University of Mainz (2003). He reiceived his
postdoctoral qualification (Habilitation) from the University of Mainz in 2015. He
has taught in Mainz since 2003 and since 2014 he is Interim Professor for
International Relations at the Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen. From, 2008 to
2011 he was a Senior Researcher at the University of Würzburg and from 2011
to 2013 he was Interim Professor for Political Science at the Universit yof Erfurt.
His areas of specialization include Comparative Politics (democracy and
democratization research, corruption, clientelism, and social and environmental
policies), and International Relations (IR theory, Third World Politics) with a
regional focus on Latin America. Dr. Muno has published a number of articles
and books on published a number of articles and books on topics in his areas
of specialization.
Contact information: muno(at)politik.uni-mainz.de
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Specialization Module: International Affairs
Rights to Natural Resources in Conflict ***
Instructor
Petra Gümplová
ECTS
3
Time
Tuesday, 10 – 12 hrs
Location
LG 1/ 319
Also open in the CSMP II Module
The second part of the class is organized as a series of research
workshops about cases which students choose and research on their
own. Case studies help students to develop an analytical framework for
the analysis of the system and the state practice with regard to natural
resources in areas such as commodity trade, foreign investment,
environmental policies, the management of global commons and more.
Keywords
Natural resources, global justice, international law, case studies
Recommended Literature:
t.b.a.
Course Description
Natural resources are in the center of many international conflicts and
global justice issues – territorial disputes, climate change, global poverty,
resource curse are just a few examples. This seminar critically analyzes
the system of rights to natural resources anchored in the international
law system of state sovereignty over natural resources which emerged
in the aftermath of the World War II and the state practice authorized by
it – its development and its current form. It focuses especially on
insufficient limits on states’ powers over natural resources and examines
sources for the reinforcement of the limits on states’ rights and
prerogatives over natural resources. A few theoretical approaches to
natural resources in political theory and global justice discourse are also
discussed.
About the Instructor
Dr. Petra Gümplová is a Fellow at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, University of
Erfurt. She holds a PhD from The New School for Social Research, New
York, USA. She specializes in political and legal theory and her research
fields include natural resources, territorial rights, human rights,
constitutionalism, democracy, and global justice. Her book Sovereignty
and Constitutional Democracy was published in 2011 with Nomos.
Currently, Petra Gümplová works on a book on natural resources and
justice.
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Contact Information: petra.guemplova(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Specialization Module: International Affairs
German Politics and the Shoah – Raison d‘Être of Governance ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Dietmar Herz, Katalin Hahn
3
Thu. 04.02.2016 15 – 19 hrs
Thu. 07.04.2016 12 – 20 hrs
28.04.2016 – 03.05.2016
Also open in the Public and Non-Profit Management
Recommended Literature:
t.b.a.
LG 2/ 7
WBS/ 0114
Cracow
Module
Keywords
Shoah, Germany, Israel, Auschwitz
Course Description
The seminar examines the influence of the Shoah on German politics
since the foundation of the German state in 1949. The focus will be amongst other things - on the restitution agreement with Israel
(Luxemburg Agreement) in 1952, the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials (the first
in 1963-65, the second in 1965-66, and the third in 1867-68), the impact
of the TV series "Holocaust" (1979), texts by Theodor W. Adorno, Martin
Walser, and talks by Joschka Fischer, Johannes Rau, Horst Köhler, Angela
Merkel, and Christian Wulff.
The seminar "German Politics and the Shoah" will be offered as a block
seminar with an excursion to Cracow and Auschwitz in April/ May 2016,
with two introductory and preparatory meetings in Erfurt.
NB: Participation is limited to 18 students and was subject to
prior application and selection.
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About the Instructors
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Herz was the founding director of the Willy Brandt
School of Public Policy and holds the Chair for Comparative
Government at the University of Erfurt. He holds an MPA degree from
the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He
also studied Political Science, Law, Philosophy, and History at the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in munich and the London School of
Economics. He holds an MA and a PhD in Political Science from the
University of Munich, where he also passed the state examinations in
Law. Before taking up his current position, he has had academic
appointments at the University of Bonn, Vanderbilt University (Nashville,
Tennessee), Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University (Greifswald) and the Helmut
Kohl Institute for European Studies of Hebrew University (Jerusalem).
Contact information: dietmar.herz(at)uni-erfurt.de
Katalin Hahn is a Research Assistant to Professor Herz and a doctoral
student at the Brandt School. She holds an M.A. in State Sciences from
the University of Erfurt and a B.A. in Social Sciences from Justus-LiebigUniversity Gießen.
Contact information: katalin.hahn(at)uni-erfurt.de
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39
Specialization Module: International Affairs
The Organization of Peace: Analyzing Humanitarian Interventions and Peace Operations ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Julian Junk
3
Fri. 22.04.2016
Fri. 29.04.2016
Thu. 07.07.2016
Fri. 08.07.2016
Sat. 09.07.2016
Location
WBS/ 0114
Also open in the CSMP II Module
12 – 14 hrs
10 – 16 hrs
14 – 18 hrs
10 – 18 hrs
10 – 16 hrs
Keywords
Humanitarian intervention, peace operations, security policy, international organizations
Course Description
This seminar investigates into bureaucratic traits of international organizations at
different levels of humanitarian interventions and peace operations: there is the
international level, on which international politics in combination with bureaucratic
procedures in the UN Secretariat form mandates and institutional designs and are
tasked with their later supervision. Then, there is also the implementation level,
where various organizations are involved or even created to deal with the mandate’s
leeway and constraints. On a third level, there is the politics of the host state with the
parties that signed a peace agreement. On all levels, bureaucratic procedures are
confronted with often conflicting political demands and rapidly changing
organizational environments and tasks. The seminar will give an overview of some
classical theories of organizations and public administrations and aims at transferring
key insights to the challenges of international peace operations. It does so, firstly, by
introducing into an emerging and dynamic research agenda on international
organizations and international public administrations; secondly, by focusing on some
theoretical clusters, in particular coordination, organizational learning, leadership,
principal-agent models and bureaucratic politics; and, thirdly, by applying them to
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various policy fields and challenges peace operations are confronted with: financing,
planning and setting-up
a mission, preparing elections, disarm, demobilize and reintegrate former
combatants, and social and economic reform – to name some. The seminar will
enable students to develop clear theoretical frameworks and methodologically
informed research designs in the fields of study this seminar is touching upon. The
seminar will include elements like film sessions, smaller working groups, and role
play / advocacy debate.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Julian Junk is a researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK) in
the research department "International Institutions." He is a member of the working
group “International Organizations” (Prof. Dr. Christopher Daase) at the Cluster of
Excellence “Normative Orders” at the Goethe University Frankfurt. His research
focuses on the planning and implementation of humanitarian interventions and
international peace operations, on the management of international organizations,
on foreign and security policy, on political violence and extremism, and on research
methods. He studied Public Administration and Management with a major in
International Organizations and European Integration at the University of Konstanz,
at the University of Lund (Sweden) and at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) d' Aix
en Provence (France). Until 2010, he was a research fellow at the University of
Konstanz in the Department of Public Administration and Management. Julian Junk
was a visiting scholar at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), at the
School for International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at the Columbia University in New
York, and at the Institute of Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of
Hamburg (IFSH). In addition, he is visiting lecturer at the Institute of Political Science
of the University of Lucerne (Switzerland) and at the Center for Global Politics at the
Free University Berlin. Contact information: julian.l.junk(at)gmail.com
Academic Schedule Summer 2016
40
Specialization Module: International Affairs
Sexualized Violence in War and Peace ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time / Location
Ksenia Meshkova, Kei Hannah
3
Thu. 07.04.2016 12 – 14 hrs
Fri. 06.05.2016 14 – 19 hrs
Sat. 07.05.2016 09 – 15 hrs
Fri. 20.05.2016 15 – 20 hrs
Sat. 21.05.2016 09 – 15 hrs
Also open in the CSMP II Module
Brodersen
LG 4/ D06
WBS/ 0114
WBS/ 0114
LG 4/ D04
LG 4/ D04
Keywords
International criminal law, violence, court simulation
Course Description
The goal of the seminar is to work with the taboo topic of sexualized violence in a
interdisciplinary way. Seminar participants will not only get a chance to acquire
knowledge about various types of sexualized violence, motivations of perpetrators
and experiences of victim-survivors, but also to analyze the reactions of the society
on it. Sexualized violence in conflicts was repeatedly a topic of international criminal
court proceedings in the last decades. These proceedings resulted in rich legal
documentation that tries to give an answer to sexualized violence in war times.
We will work with a mixture of secondary literature, legal documents, studies, legal
acts and movies.
The seminar is designed in an interactive way, so that each participant has a
possibility to take an active part in it (for example, by moderating the simulation of
court proceedings). Although the seminar deals with a serious topic that must be
also seen this way, it is important for us to keep the good spirit and support each
other when we work through it.
Trigger warning: various types of violence will be discussed during the seminar.
Participants might be reminded of own experiences of rape and/or other types
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violence and be re-traumatized. Seminar participants are not expected to have
previous knowledge in the area of criminal law, but in any case some interest in it
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructors
Ksenia Meshkova is a graduate of St. Petersburg State University, Tartu University
and the Willy Brandt School at the University of Erfurt. At the moment she is in the
last year of her PhD research on lived experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV)
of young urban women as well as the feminist movement against IPV in Russia at
the Humboldt University in Berlin. She is an active member of several organizations
working on topics of violence against women and femicide. Meshkova’s studies
have been sponsored by Nordic Council of Ministers, DAAD and Friedrich Ebert
Foundation.
Contact information: ksenia.meshkova(at)gmail.com
Kei Hannah Brodersen is currently employed as a PhD Candidate at Maastricht
University, where she teaches International Criminal Law and European Criminal
Law and coaches students to participate in moot courts. Her research focusses on
rule of law developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia in the aftermaths
of the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s. More specifically, she analyzes the role that
different types of criminal courts played in that process. Before starting her PhD,
Hannah worked at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg, within the
Directorate General for Human Rights and the Rule of Law on prevention and
combatting corruption. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Staatswissenschaften from
Erfurt University and an LL.M. in European Law from Maastricht University. Hannah
taught a seminar at the faculty for State’s Sciences at Erfurt University and is a
freelance coach for socio-political seminars.
Contact Information: hannah.brodersen(at)maastrichtuniversity.nl
Academic Schedule Summer 2016
41
Specialization Module: International Affairs
The International Human Rights Regime ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
About the Instructor
Anja Mihr
3
Tuesday, 12 – 14 hrs
WBS/ 0114
Keywords
Human rights, regime, enforcement, international organizations, state
and non-state actors
Course Description
International Human Rights Law, international governmental and nongovernmental organizations and human rights advocates are the core
and the foundations of the current international human rights regime. It
responds to individual, local, domestic as well as international human
rights issues, whether in the context of human rights promotion or
protection or in response to abuses and violations. This regime is part of
a global public policy concept. During this course, students will learn
about human rights norms, standards, protection and enforcement
mechanisms but also about the role and synthesis of the different
governmental, non-governmental and private actors.
NB: The course will include a one-day excursion to Berlin (planned for
Fri. June 17, 2016); participation is therefore limited to 20 students.
Make sure sign up in class.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
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Dr. Anja Mihr is Visiting Professor for Public Policy at the Brandt School,
currently covering for the Franz Haniel Chair of Public Policy. She has
previously been Associate Professor at the Netherlands Institute of Human
Rights (SIM), University of Utrecht, Netherlands; and is founder and Program
Director of the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Center on Governance through Human
Rights in Berlin, Germany. She is one of two principal investigators and
research directors of the European ORA project on the Impact of Transitional
Justice on democratic institution building. Her work focuses on Public Policy,
Governance, Human Rights and Comparative Studies.
She has been Head of the Rule of Law department at The Hague Institute for
Global Justice and carried out a number of Visiting Professorships for Human
Rights such as at Peking University Law School in China together with the
Raoul Wallenberg Research Institute on Human Rights, Lund University in
2008. From 2006-2008 she was the European Program Director for the
European Master Degree in Human Rights and Democratization (E.MA) at the
European Inter-University Center for Human Rights in Venice (EIUC), Italy. She
received her Ph.D in Political Sciences from the Free University in Berlin,
Germany, in 2001.
Dr. Mihr has worked for Amnesty International, the GIZ, the United Nations
and the European Union as well the German Institute for Human Rights.
Starting as Assistant Professor with the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights at
the University of Magdeburg in 2002 in Germany, she was later, from 2003 to
2006, a research director at the Humboldt University of Berlin carrying out
the research project "Teaching Human Rights in Europe." From 2002 to
2006, Anja Mihr also served as Chair of Amnesty International Germany.
Contact Information: anja.mihr(at)uni-erfurt.de
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42
Specialization Module: International Political Economy
Building Competitiveness at the Regional and National Level *
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Edgar Aragón
3
Wednesday (B-weeks), 14 – 18 hrs
WBS/ 0114
Keywords
Microeconomics of competitiveness, cluster, case studies
Course Description
Policy-makers around the world are eager to improve the competitive
situation of their region or nation in order to attract investment and
generate new jobs. The objective of this course is to understand the
ways to foster productivity in private firms, either through strategic
decision-making at the firm level or though public policies that affect
competitiveness. The course will be based on real cases that allow
students to take a decision-making position during discussion in class.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Dr. Edgar Aragón is Visiting Professor for Public Finance at the Brandt
School. Previously, he taught at the Graduate School for Public
Administration and Public Policy of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
(EGAP-Tec de Monterrey), where he was he was Director of the
Master’s program in Economics and Public Policy until January 2008.
During this time, he conducted socio-economic evaluations of public
programs, such as lending to small and medium size firms; the social
provisioning of milk; and the status of water infrastructure in Mexico.
Before 2002, he worked as an economic and financial consultant in
Mexico City and in Leuven, Belgium. He received both his PhD in City
and Regional Planning and his Master’s degree in Public Administration
from Cornell University. He has been a Fellow at the United Nations
University (UNU/IAS) in Tokyo, and at the Inter-American Foundation
(IAF) in Washington. He is co-author of Harvard case studies and his
research currently focuses on cluster policies for regional development,
microfinance for poverty alleviation, and Public-Private Partnerships
(PPPs) for infrastructure projects. He is now the leader of the Policy
Recommendations Work Package for Nopoor, a 7th Framework
Research Program of the European Commission on poverty alleviation.
Contact information: edgar.aragon(at)uni-erfurt.de
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43
Specialization Module: International Political Economy
Economic Growth, the External Sector, and Country Risks in Developing Countries *
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
Dominik Maltritz
3
Wednesday, 12 – 14 hrs
LG 1/ 110
Keywords
Economic development, growth, external sector, capital flows, foreign
direct investment, country risks, governance
Course Description
This course is about the reasons for growth and economic development
in developing and newly industrializing countries, in particular about the
influence of and the relation to the external sector of the national
economy. We will look at the real economic aspect (exports, imports,
etc.), but with a stronger focus on the monetary aspect, i.e. the inward
(and outward) flow of capital, such as foreign direct investment. Country
risks and the governance of states play an important role in this context.
The latter also has a direct influence on economic development and may
create feedback effects.
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About the Instructor
Dominik Maltritz is Professor for International Economics at the
University of Erfurt. He studied Business Administration (1994-1999) and
Physics (1991-1994) at the University of Göttingen. From 1999 until 2009
he worked at the chair of monetary economics at TU Dresden, where
he earned his doctoral degree for his Dissertation "Quantifizierung von
Souveränrisiken" in 2006. His fields of interest are: international financial
crises, default risks, option pricing theory, capital flow to developing
countries and determinants of foreign direct investments, corporate
teakeovers and choice of location.
Contact information: dominik.maltritz(at)uni-erfurt.de
Academic Schedule Summer 2016
44
Specialization Module: International Political Economy
Economic Globalization, Uneven Development and Policy Responses *
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Location
Steffen Wetzstein
3
Tuesday, 08 – 10 hrs
WBS/ 0114
Keywords
Public policy, economy, discourse, debate, globalization, economic geography
Course Description
This course focuses on uneven globalizing economic processes, the implications for
people and societies, and the associated challenges for policy-makers and other
actors. As an important 21st century phenomenon, economic globalization is
understood here in its wider historical, cultural and institutional context. The
emphasis is on both the forces shaping economic and related political and cultural
globalization and the ways economic globalization shape contemporary societies
and people’s lives. The unevenness of globalization within and between societies as
well as across space and time are explicitly recognized. Particular emphasis is placed
on understanding the differences between, and particularities of, developed and
developing countries. The analysis of uneven globalization serves as a tool to better
appreciate interventions by policy makers, governance stakeholders and other
societal actors who act on different geographical scales. The latter part of this course
takes a critical look at contemporary issues with globalizing capitalism and explores
interesting visions for viable and just futures.
With an emphasis on a broadly economic topic and current debates in the social
science and interdisciplinary communities, this course effectively complements MPP
topics currently on offer at the Willy Brandt School. Topics being discussed in class
range from core-periphery dynamics in a post-colonial world, the globalizing service
industries and supranational governance arrangements to broader questions of the
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impacts on territories, societies, economies and people of what has been called
‘space-time compression’ of globalizing capitalism. The structure of the lectures,
the selection of literatures, the design of the assignment and the feedback on
written work will support the development of important and sought after academic
writing skills. A combination of individual and creative, team-based learning will
enhance students’ uptake of new ideas and foster the development of critical and
creative thinking.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Dr. Steffen Wetzstein is a human geographer with research, teaching and
consultancy interests in economic governance, urban/ regional policy development,
business political representation, political economy and globalization. After having
studied engineering (1988-1993; Technical University of Dresden) and having
worked for 5 years in a major German planning consultancy in Munich, he moved to
New Zealand where he worked in a number of commercial roles. In 2001 he
graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Human Geography) from the
University of Auckland, and in 2007 he was awarded a PhD from the same
institution on the topic of Auckland’s economic and institutional development under
globalizing conditions. He draws on more than ten years of professional experience
in academic research, teaching and policy-focused work in New Zealand and
Australia based on positions as Policy Analyst in Local and Regional Government
(Auckland; 2001-2004), Lecturer in Urban and Economic Geography at Victoria
University (Wellington; 2007-2009) as well as Assistant Professor (Human
Geography) at the University of Western Australia and Researcher for the business
think-tank ‘Committee for Perth’ (Perth; 2009-2012).
Contact information: steffen.wetzstein(at)uni-erfurt.de
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45
Specialization Module: CSMP I
Conflict Studies and Management:
Analysis and Practical Conflict Management Skills *
Instructor
Solveig Richter
ECTS
3
Time
Thursday (B-weeks), 10 – 14 hrs
Location
WBS/ 0114
Mandatory for first-year CSMP students!
Keywords
Conflict management, communication, analysis, basics, case studies
Course Description
Building up on the conceptual and theoretical knowledge acquired in the
introductory CSMP course, this seminar approaches the problem of
conflict management from a practical perspective. The aim is to train
analytical as well as communicative skills needed in dealing with
conflicts.
About the Instructor
Starting in January 2013, Prof. Dr. Solveig Richter joined the Willy Brandt
School as new Junior Professor for International Conflict Management.
Her focus lies on external democracy promotion in post-conflict and
transition societies, the role of international organizations, esp. the
European Union, and on the effectiveness of instruments of civil crisis
and conflict management. She has a regional expertise on Eastern
Europe and the Western Balkan countries. Before coming to Erfurt,
Solveig Richter worked as a senior research associate at the German
Institute for International and Security Affairs/Stiftung Wissenschaft und
Politik Berlin (SWP), in the research division EU External Relations.
Solveig Richter studied political science, history and science of
communication in Dresden and Strasbourg.
Contact information: solveig.richter(at)uni-erfurt.de
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
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Academic Schedule Summer 2016
46
Specialization Module: CSMP II
Rights to Natural Resources in Conflict ***
Instructor
Petra Gümplová
ECTS
3
Time
Tuesday, 10 – 12 hrs
Location
LG 1/ 319
Also open in the International Affairs Module
The second part of the class is organized as a series of research
workshops about cases which students choose and research on their
own. Case studies help students to develop an analytical framework for
the analysis of the system and the state practice with regard to natural
resources in areas such as commodity trade, foreign investment,
environmental policies, the management of global commons and more.
Keywords
Natural resources, global justice, international law, case studies
Recommended Literature:
t.b.a.
Course Description
Natural resources are in the center of many international conflicts and
global justice issues – territorial disputes, climate change, global poverty,
resource curse are just a few examples. This seminar critically analyzes
the system of rights to natural resources anchored in the international
law system of state sovereignty over natural resources which emerged
in the aftermath of the World War II and the state practice authorized by
it – its development and its current form. It focuses especially on
insufficient limits on states’ powers over natural resources and examines
sources for the reinforcement of the limits on states’ rights and
prerogatives over natural resources. A few theoretical approaches to
natural resources in political theory and global justice discourse are also
discussed.
About the Instructor
Dr. Petra Gümplová is a Fellow at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, University of
Erfurt. She holds a PhD from The New School for Social Research, New
York, USA. She specializes in political and legal theory and her research
fields include natural resources, territorial rights, human rights,
constitutionalism, democracy, and global justice. Her book Sovereignty
and Constitutional Democracy was published in 2011 with Nomos.
Currently, Petra Gümplová works on a book on natural resources and
justice.
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Contact Information: petra.guemplova(at)uni-erfurt.de
Academic Schedule Summer 2016
47
Specialization Module: CSMP II
The Organization of Peace: Analyzing Humanitarian Interventions and Peace Operations ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time
Julian Junk
3
Fri. 22.04.2016
12 – 14 hrs
Fri. 29.04.2016
10 – 16 hrs
Thu. 07.07.2016 14 – 18 hrs
Fri. 08.07.2016
10 – 18 hrs
Sat. 09.07.2016
10 – 16 hrs
Location
WBS/ 0114
Also open in the International Affairs Module
Keywords
Humanitarian intervention, peace operations, security policy, international organizations
Course Description
This seminar investigates into bureaucratic traits of international organizations at
different levels of humanitarian interventions and peace operations: there is the
international level, on which international politics in combination with bureaucratic
procedures in the UN Secretariat form mandates and institutional designs and are
tasked with their later supervision. Then, there is also the implementation level,
where various organizations are involved or even created to deal with the mandate’s
leeway and constraints. On a third level, there is the politics of the host state with the
parties that signed a peace agreement. On all levels, bureaucratic procedures are
confronted with often conflicting political demands and rapidly changing
organizational environments and tasks. The seminar will give an overview of some
classical theories of organizations and public administrations and aims at transferring
key insights to the challenges of international peace operations. It does so, firstly, by
introducing into an emerging and dynamic research agenda on international
organizations and international public administrations; secondly, by focusing on some
theoretical clusters, in particular coordination, organizational learning, leadership,
principal-agent models and bureaucratic politics; and, thirdly, by applying them to
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various policy fields and challenges peace operations are confronted with: financing,
planning and setting-up
a mission, preparing elections, disarm, demobilize and reintegrate former
combatants, and social and economic reform – to name some. The seminar will
enable students to develop clear theoretical frameworks and methodologically
informed research designs in the fields of study this seminar is touching upon. The
seminar will include elements like film sessions, smaller working groups, and role
play / advocacy debate.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Julian Junk is a researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK) in
the research department "International Institutions." He is a member of the working
group “International Organizations” (Prof. Dr. Christopher Daase) at the Cluster of
Excellence “Normative Orders” at the Goethe University Frankfurt. His research
focuses on the planning and implementation of humanitarian interventions and
international peace operations, on the management of international organizations,
on foreign and security policy, on political violence and extremism, and on research
methods. He studied Public Administration and Management with a major in
International Organizations and European Integration at the University of Konstanz,
at the University of Lund (Sweden) and at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) d' Aix
en Provence (France). Until 2010, he was a research fellow at the University of
Konstanz in the Department of Public Administration and Management. Julian Junk
was a visiting scholar at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), at the
School for International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at the Columbia University in New
York, and at the Institute of Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of
Hamburg (IFSH). In addition, he is visiting lecturer at the Institute of Political Science
of the University of Lucerne (Switzerland) and at the Center for Global Politics at the
Free University Berlin. Contact information: julian.l.junk(at)gmail.com
Academic Schedule Summer 2016
48
Specialization Module: CSMP II
Sexualized Violence in War and Peace ***
Instructor
ECTS
Time / Location
Ksenia Meshkova, Kei Hannah
3
Thu. 07.04.2016 12 – 14 hrs
Fri. 06.05.2016 14 – 19 hrs
Sat. 07.05.2016 09 – 15 hrs
Fri. 20.05.2016 15 – 20 hrs
Sat. 21.05.2016 09 – 15 hrs
Also open the International Affairs Module
Brodersen
LG 4/ D06
WBS/ 0114
WBS/ 0114
LG 4/ D04
LG 4/ D04
Keywords
International criminal law, violence, court simulation
Course Description
The goal of the seminar is to work with the taboo topic of sexualized violence in a
interdisciplinary way. Seminar participants will not only get a chance to acquire
knowledge about various types of sexualized violence, motivations of perpetrators
and experiences of victim-survivors, but also to analyze the reactions of the society
on it. Sexualized violence in conflicts was repeatedly a topic of international criminal
court proceedings in the last decades. These proceedings resulted in rich legal
documentation that tries to give an answer to sexualized violence in war times.
We will work with a mixture of secondary literature, legal documents, studies, legal
acts and movies.
The seminar is designed in an interactive way, so that each participant has a
possibility to take an active part in it (for example, by moderating the simulation of
court proceedings). Although the seminar deals with a serious topic that must be
also seen this way, it is important for us to keep the good spirit and support each
other when we work through it.
Trigger warning: various types of violence will be discussed during the seminar.
Participants might be reminded of own experiences of rape and/or other types
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violence and be re-traumatized. Seminar participants are not expected to have
previous knowledge in the area of criminal law, but in any case some interest in it
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructors
Ksenia Meshkova is a graduate of St. Petersburg State University, Tartu University
and the Willy Brandt School at the University of Erfurt. At the moment she is in the
last year of her PhD research on lived experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV)
of young urban women as well as the feminist movement against IPV in Russia at
the Humboldt University in Berlin. She is an active member of several organizations
working on topics of violence against women and femicide. Meshkova’s studies
have been sponsored by Nordic Council of Ministers, DAAD and Friedrich Ebert
Foundation.
Contact information: ksenia.meshkova(at)gmail.com
Kei Hannah Brodersen is currently employed as a PhD Candidate at Maastricht
University, where she teaches International Criminal Law and European Criminal
Law and coaches students to participate in moot courts. Her research focusses on
rule of law developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia in the aftermaths
of the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s. More specifically, she analyzes the role that
different types of criminal courts played in that process. Before starting her PhD,
Hannah worked at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg, within the
Directorate General for Human Rights and the Rule of Law on prevention and
combatting corruption. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Staatswissenschaften from
Erfurt University and an LL.M. in European Law from Maastricht University. Hannah
taught a seminar at the faculty for State’s Sciences at Erfurt University and is a
freelance coach for socio-political seminars.
Contact Information: hannah.brodersen(at)maastrichtuniversity.nl
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Graduation Module
Research Colloquium I *
Instructor
Time
Location
Heike Grimm
Thursday, 10 – 12 hrs on the following dates:
14.04.2016
12.05.2016
19.05.2016
26.05.2016
02.06.2016
thereafter on appointment
LG 1/ 102
Keywords
Master thesis, research, writing
Course Description
Students writing their master thesis are strongly encouraged to
participate in one of the colloquia, usually that of their first supervisor.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
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About the Instructor
Heike M. Grimm is Aletta Haniel Professor for Public Policy and
Entrepreneurship at the University of Erfurt and since the winter semester
2015/16 Director of the Brandt School. Before she was Professor in Policy
Analysis and Public Management with the Faculty of Economics,
Management and Accountancy of the University of Malta.
She served as the Director of the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy from
2006 until 2008, and as Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of
Economics in Jena, from 2004 until 2008. She was senior researcher at the
Johns Hopkins University and the German American Centre for Visiting
Scholars in Washington, D.C.; visiting lecturerat the Higher School of
Economics of the State University in Moscow and visiting professor at the
School of Public and Environmental Affairs of Indiana University in
Bloomington.
She accomplished diverse research projects focusing on entrepreneurship,
small business promotion and economic development at the German
University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, and at Munich University. Her
research has been funded by the European Science Foundation, the
European Commission, the German Federal Ministry of Economics, the
German Federal Ministry of Research and Education and the Haniel
Foundation, among others. Further, she has worked as consultant for public,
non-profit and private organizations, among them, the Ministry of Economics
of Kazakhstan and Belgium, and the OECD. She studied politics, economics,
economic history and Arabic in Munich and at the School of Oriental and
African Studies in London, holds a Doctorate from the University of Munich
and a Habilitation from the University of Erfurt.
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Graduation Module
Research Colloquium II **
Instructor
Time/
Location:
Solveig Richter
Thu. 14.04.2016
Fri. 29.04.2016
Fri. 10.06.2016
Thu. 29.04.2016
16 – 18 hrs
10 – 14 hrs
10 – 14 hrs
16 – 18 hrs
WBS/ 0114
WBS/ -104
WBS/ -104
WBS/ 0114
Keywords
Master thesis, research, writing
Course Description
Students writing their master thesis are strongly encouraged to
participate in one of the colloquia, usually that of their first supervisor.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
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About the Instructor
Starting in January 2013, Prof. Dr. Solveig Richter joined the Willy Brandt
School as new Junior Professor for International Conflict Management.
Her focus lies on external democracy promotion in post-conflict and
transition societies, the role of international organizations, esp. the
European Union, and on the effectiveness of instruments of civil crisis
and conflict management. She has a regional expertise on Eastern
Europe and the Western Balkan countries. Before coming to Erfurt,
Solveig Richter worked as a senior research associate at the German
Institute for International and Security Affairs/Stiftung Wissenschaft und
Politik Berlin (SWP), in the research division EU External Relations.
Solveig Richter studied political science, history and science of
communication in Dresden and Strasbourg.
Contact information: solveig.richter(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Graduation Module
Research Colloquium III *
Instructor
Time
Location
Edgar Aragón
Thursday (B-weeks), 10 – 12 hrs
LG 1/ 118
Keywords
Master thesis, research, writing
Course Description
Students writing their master thesis are strongly encouraged to
participate in one of the colloquia, usually that of their first supervisor.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Dr. Edgar Aragón is Visiting Professor for Public Finance at the Brandt
School. Previously, he taught at the Graduate School for Public
Administration and Public Policy of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
(EGAP-Tec de Monterrey), where he was he was Director of the
Master’s program in Economics and Public Policy until January 2008.
During this time, he conducted socio-economic evaluations of public
programs, such as lending to small and medium size firms; the social
provisioning of milk; and the status of water infrastructure in Mexico.
Before 2002, he worked as an economic and financial consultant in
Mexico City and in Leuven, Belgium. He received both his PhD in City
and Regional Planning and his Master’s degree in Public Administration
from Cornell University. He has been a Fellow at the United Nations
University (UNU/IAS) in Tokyo, and at the Inter-American Foundation
(IAF) in Washington. He is co-author of Harvard case studies and his
research currently focuses on cluster policies for regional development,
microfinance for poverty alleviation, and Public-Private Partnerships
(PPPs) for infrastructure projects. He is now the leader of the Policy
Recommendations Work Package for Nopoor, a 7th Framework
Research Program of the European Commission on poverty alleviation.
Contact information: edgar.aragon(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Graduation Module
Research Colloquium IV ***
Instructor
Time /Location
Steffen Wetzstein
Thu. 11.02.2016 09 – 12 hrs
Thu. 03.03.2016 09 – 12 hrs
Tue. 22.03.2016 09 – 12 hrs
Mon. 18.04.2016 12 – 14 hrs
Mon. 09.05.2016 12 – 14 hrs
Mon. 30.05.2016 12 – 14 hrs
further dates t.b.a.
WBS/ 0114
WBS/ 0114
WBS/ 0114
WBS/ -104
WBS/ -104
WBS/ -104
Keywords
Master thesis, research, writing
Course Description
Students writing their master thesis are strongly encouraged to
participate in one of the colloquia, usually that of their first supervisor.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Dr. Steffen Wetzstein is a human geographer with research, teaching
and consultancy interests in economic governance, urban/ regional
policy development, business political representation, political economy
and globalization. After having studied engineering (1988-1993;
Technical University of Dresden) and having worked for 5 years in a
major German planning consultancy in Munich, he moved to New
Zealand where he worked in a number of commercial roles. In 2001 he
graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Human Geography)
from the University of Auckland, and in 2007 he was awarded a PhD
from the same institution on the topic of Auckland’s economic and
institutional development under globalizing conditions. He draws on
more than ten years of professional experience in academic research,
teaching and policy-focused work in New Zealand and Australia based
on positions as Policy Analyst in Local and Regional Government
(Auckland; 2001-2004), Lecturer in Urban and Economic Geography at
Victoria University (Wellington; 2007-2009) as well as Assistant
Professor (Human Geography) at the University of Western Australia and
Researcher for the business think-tank ‘Committee for Perth’ (Perth;
2009-2012).
Contact information: steffen.wetzstein(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Graduation Module
Research Colloquium V *
Instructor
Time/ Location
Hasnain Bokhari
Fri. 05.02.2016 10 – 14 hrs
further dates t.b.a.
LG 4/ E01
Keywords
Master thesis, research, writing
Course Description
Students writing their master thesis are strongly encouraged to
participate in one of the colloquia, usually that of their first supervisor.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
About the Instructor
Dr. des. Hasnain Bokhari works as an Assistant Professor
(Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Chair of Muslim Cultural and
Religious History at the University of Erfurt on a project "Challenges of
Social Media in Muslim Countries" funded by the DAAD. Prior to this
appointment he was a Heinrich Boell doctoral fellow at the Faculty of
Humanities, University of Erfurt. His research dealt with how the state in
developing country context deals with the phenomenon of Government
and how modern communication technologies go through
retransformation and reshaping according to the socio-political culture
of the country. He was a co-founder of a start-up eCon Solutions and
worked as a IT consultant to the GTZ’s BEFARe project in Peshawar,
Pakistan. He holds Master's degrees in Public Policy from Erfurt
University and in Computer Science from Bahria University, Islamabad.
His research interests include eGovernment in developing countries,
ICTs for sustainable human development, and media and the new
public sphere
Contact information: hasnain.bokhari(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Graduation Module
Research Colloquium VI ***
Instructor
Time
Location
Anja Mihr
Tuesday, 14 – 16 hrs on the following dates:
12.04.2016
03.05.2016
17.05.2016
31.05.2016
14.06.2016
further dates t.b.a.
LG 4/ 0103
Keywords
Master thesis, research, writing
Course Description
Students writing their master thesis are strongly encouraged to
participate in one of the colloquia, usually that of their first supervisor.
Recommended Literature
t.b.a.
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About the Instructor
Dr. Anja Mihr is Visiting Professor for Public Policy at the Brandt School, currently
covering for the Franz Haniel Chair of Public Policy. She has previously
been Associate Professor at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM),
University of Utrecht, Netherlands; and is founder and Program Director of the
HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Center on Governance through Human Rights in Berlin,
Germany. She is one of two principal investigators and research directors of the
European ORA project on the Impact of Transitional Justice on democratic
institution building. Her work focuses on Public Policy, Governance, Human
Rights and Comparative Studies.
She has been Head of the Rule of Law department at The Hague Institute for
Global Justice and carried out a number of Visiting Professorships for Human
Rights such as at Peking University Law School in China together with the Raoul
Wallenberg Research Institute on Human Rights, Lund University in 2008. From
2006-2008 she was the European Program Director for the European Master
Degree in Human Rights and Democratization (E.MA) at the European InterUniversity Center for Human Rights in Venice (EIUC), Italy. She received her Ph.D
in Political Sciences from the Free University in Berlin, Germany, in 2001.
Dr. Mihr has worked for Amnesty International, the GIZ, the United Nations and
the European Union as well the German Institute for Human Rights. Starting as
Assistant Professor with the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights at the University of
Magdeburg in 2002 in Germany, she was later, from 2003 to 2006, a research
director at the Humboldt University of Berlin carrying out the research
project "Teaching Human Rights in Europe." From 2002 to 2006, Anja Mihr also
served as Chair of Amnesty International Germany.
Contact Information: anja.mihr(at)uni-erfurt.de
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Graduation Module
Research Colloquia
Students writing their master thesis are strongly encouraged to participate in one of
the colloquia, usually that of their first supervisor; if their first supervisor does not
offer a colloquium, that of their second supervisor.
If none of your supervisors is offering a colloquium, you can get in touch with one of
the instructors to ask if you could join theirs, or with the MPP Program Coordinator.
NB: Professor Ettrich will, instead of a colloquium, organize office hours
specifically for his thesis supervisees.
It is not necessary to register on E.L.V.I.S. for the Master thesis or the Research
Colloquium.
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Additional Courses
All students also have the possibility to enroll in selected classes (at MA level) offered by the
departments of the University of Erfurt (especially the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social
Sciences/ Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät), provided that space is available in these courses. Whether
at all and how many credit points can potentially be awarded is subject to approval by the MPP
Examinations Committee. Students should present the MPP Examinations Committee (via the MPP
Program Coordinator) with their respective selection. Please note that for courses at BA level no credits
can be awarded and mandatory courses cannot be substituted. Most of the courses will be offered in
German, thus sufficient proficiency of the German language is a precondition for participation.
See the University of Erfurt’s online schedule for details:
http://sulwww.uni-erfurt.de/ELVIS/vorlesungen/
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