NRW School of Governance
The NRW School of Governance is a central institution within the Institute for Political science at the University Duisburg-Essen and was founded in 2006 under the direction of Karl-Rudolf Korte.[1]
Established
2006
37
30 / year
It aims, through research and teaching, to promote the scientifically sound understanding of political processes (in North Rhine-Westphalia) and does so by educating and training students in three main programs: A masters program, titled, "Political management, Public policy and Public administration", a part-time masters program ("Public Policy") and a doctoral program.[2]
History[edit]
On 8 November 2006, the NRW School of Governance was officially opened in a ceremony by then Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Jürgen Rüttgers.[3] The launch of the institution was also made possible through sponsoring by the Germany company RAG. The company donated €100,000 over the course of two years, to help start the NRW School of Governance.[4] In May 2016 the school celebrated its 10th anniversary,[5] which was attended by President of the Bundestag Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert.[6]
Organization and administration[edit]
Leadership[edit]
Karl-Rudolf Korte is the Director of the NRW School of Governance.[7][8] Markus Hoffmann is the General Manager.[9]
At the NRW School of Governance there are two "core professorships". Christoph Bieber is the holder of the Welker Endowed Professorship for Ethics in Political Management and Society,[10][11] which focuses on ethical issues in the political decision-making process as well as questions about responsibility, trust, credibility and transparency in politics, the public and society. The chair of the public policy and state politics professorship is Andreas Blätte.[12][11]
Guest teachers / lecturers[edit]
Experts from politics, the media, business and science are integrated into the teaching in order to impart the study contents as practically as possible to the students.
(Past) Guest lecturers of the NRW School of Governance include:[13]