New Arnold Heidsieck Scholarship Announced

American Friends of Bucerius and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius are pleased to announce a new scholarship will be founded, at the behest of the late Professor Arnold Heidsieck, to give students from German universities the opportunity to study abroad in the United States. Starting in 2014 the scholarship will be used to support Read More

Promoting Journalistic Professionalism and Independence

The Gerd Bucerius Free Press in Eastern Europe Award aims to promote the highest professional standards and moral courage in journalism. The 2013 awards, amounting to a total of 70,000 euros, were awarded to six journalists. The list of honorees includes two Russian journalists, Elena Kostjuschenko and Alexander Golts. Golts is Editor-in-Chief of the online-portal Read More

An Announcement from Zeit Stiftung

The Transatlantic Academy’s policy theme for the 2012-2013 academic year will be “The Future of the Western Liberal Order.” The liberal world order, currently shaped predominantly by the West, is increasingly subject to external and internal pressure that could redefine the future international landscape. The ongoing fiscal crisis in Europe and the U.S. has weakened Read More

A Global Look at Migration – interview by the Carnegie Council with Settling Into Motion Fellows

Global migration is a key part of our economic future and one that is often overlooked. Three experts offer very different takes on migration, spanning Europe, the USA, and lastly the Gulf States, where migrants make up the majority of the population and citizens are in the minority. Please click here for the interview. Together Read More

Transatlantic Policy Workshop: Bucerius “Settling Into Motion” Fellows in Washington, D.C. and New York City

The Transatlantic Policy Workshop was held from October 16th to 21st, 2011 in Washington DC and New York City. The participants, 24 international Ph.D. fellows supported by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius within the “Settling Into Motion” migration studies program, were invited to engage in a policy-oriented analysis of international migration, immigration and integration. Read More

Helmut Schmidt Prize in German-American Economic History Awarded to Charles S. Maier

The German Historical Institute in Washington is pleased to announce that it will award the 2011 Helmut Schmidt Prize in German-American Economic History to Professor Charles S. Maier of Harvard University. Professor Maier’s large and wide-ranging oeuvre comprises several books that have become classics, including Recasting Bourgeois Europe (1975), The Marshall Plan and Germany (1991), Read More

Interview with Shashi Tharoor on the inaugural Asian Forum on Global Governance

The inaugural Asian Forum on Global Governance will take place from October 16th through October 25th, 2011 in New Delhi, India. The topic is “Traditional & Non-Traditional Security Threats in Asia”. The forum will take a close look at Asian security and the challenges facing the global community. The Dean and Moderator of the Forum Read More

Natural Partners: Carnegie and Bucerius

Michael Göring, Nina Smidt, Joel H. Rosenthal and Julia Taylor Kennedy discuss the exciting partnership between the Carnegie Council and ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, which will examine the thorny challenges attached to global migration. Please click here to watch the video. The evolving global migration landscape calls for an interdisciplinary exploration of responses to globalization, immigration, and Read More

Nina Smidt to take on further responsibilities

ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius Creates New Position for Global Strategic Development ·     Dr. Nina Smidt promoted to Director of International Strategic Planning and Business Development ·     Birte Gall to become CEO of Bucerius Education GmbH ·     Professor Michael Goering, President of the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius: “The decision reflects our growing international presence Read More

Joel Rosenthal interviews Cem Özdemir and Michael Göring on “Politics of Migration in Germany”

Immigration is both a challenge and an opportunity for Germany. So says Green Party leader Cem Oezdemir, the first immigrant member of Germany’s parliament, and Michael Goering, CEO of the Hamburg-based Bucerius Foundation, which funds programs on integration. Please click here to watch the interview. This event was sponsored by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in Read More