Deadline:
June 30, 2024
Program Starts: August 16, 2024
Program Ends: August 26, 2024
Location(s)
Germany
Hamburg
Overview
The first Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance was launched in 2001 by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius. From 2004 to 2018 it has been conducted in cooperation with the Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung. From 2019 to 2023, the Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance has been conducted by the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS, Hamburg, in cooperation with the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Since 2024, the Bucerius Summer School will be conducted by the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS in cooperation with the Karl Schlecht Stiftung, Aichtal.
The next Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance will take place from August 16 to 26, 2024.
Details
The Bucerius Summer School is an annual intensive 10-day summer seminar and today one of the most longstanding and successful programs of the ZEIT-Stiftung. The aim of the Bucerius Summer School is to foster leadership qualities among young professionals by opening a cross-border dialogue on current questions of global relevance. Participants will be inspired by – and learn from – high profile speakers who are eminent public figures in politics, business, academia and the NGO sphere. Among the speakers in recent years have been Rahul Gandhi (then Vice President of the Indian National Congress Party), Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (former President of the French Republic), Charles Kupchan (Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University), Lotte Leicht (EU Advocacy Director, Director of Human Rights Watch’s Brussels Office), Volker Perthes (then Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs), John Ruggie (former UN Special Representative for Business and Human Rights), Wolfgang Schäuble (then German Federal Minister of Finance), Shashi Tharoor (member of the Indian parliament), and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (then German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs).
Over the past years, the thematic focus of the Summer School has shifted as have the issues that occupied the decision makers: Climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's war in Ukraine, global energy crisis, food insecurity, the spread of Misinformation and fake news, the global financial crisis and economic downturn, the economic and political rise of Asia, the recurrence of conflicts in the Middle East, and finally overarching questions of good governance, sustainable and equitable development. These topics demand responsible political and economic action in a globalized world. The Bucerius Summer School is a platform, where leaders of tomorrow discuss and further develop their ideas in a highly inspiring atmosphere.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
- Participants of the Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance will be particularly successful young managers, politicians, journalists, academics and NGO representatives between the age of 28 and 35 who have already acquired some professional experience and show particular promise in their respective fields of endeavor.
- Excellent knowledge of the English language is expected.
- Applicants must be nominated by a contact person authorized by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius.
- This is a highly selective program; if you have been nominated, it means that you can apply, but it does not mean that you will necessarily be accepted.
- In April, a Selection Committee headed by the Deans of the Bucerius Summer School, Georg Mascolo, Journalist in Hamburg, and Professor Eberhard Sandschneider, Otto-Wolff-Director of the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations, will invite about approximately 55 applicants for next year’s Bucerius Summer School.
- Names and addresses of the ZEIT-Stiftung's contact persons will not be communicated to potential applicants since this would counteract the nomination process. However, contact persons are: Professors (Law, Political Science, Humanities), CEOs of transnational companies, NGOs, Heads and Ministers of State as well as Members of Parliament virtually all over the world (more than 1,000 contact persons).
- Alumni of the Bucerius Summer School and the Asian Forum on Global Governance may also nominate candidates.
If you have been nominated by a contact person of the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius please complete the online application form and upload the following application documents:
- CV
- Photo
- Letter of intent
Should you have any problems to upload your files, please send these documents via e-mail to:
Sascha Suhrke
Program Director Politics and Society
ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
Feldbrunnenstrasse 56
20148 Hamburg
Germany
suhrke@zeit-stiftung.de
Dates
Deadline: June 30, 2024
Program starts:
August 16, 2024
Program ends:
August 26, 2024
Program Starts: August 16, 2024
Program Ends: August 26, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
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