Tips for ambitious masters (or undergraduate) students wanting to do research: Benedikt signed up for my office hours during the second semester of his first year at Hertie School, then asked how he could help in any way. As it happened, I had more admin than my faculty assistant could do, so he became at first a faculty assistant assistant 5 hours a week, but then wound up helping write a grant about political polarisation (again mostly as an administrator) and then helping out more on research, including with a legacy robot transparency project.
I couldn't be happier for him winding up at the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy, who were a huge help for me in my research when I was on sabbatical there in 2015-2016.
I mostly employ students who have taken my courses or have already at least started dissertations with me so I know how they work. I honestly get more students approaching me than I always have time and work for, but being modest and flexible worked out well for Benedikt. And I know I'm by no means the only faculty member he worked with. He hopped between several professors, but also knew when to focus down and get his dissertation done.
Benedikt also asked his undergraduate professors who at Hertie School they would suggest he reach out to, another good strategy for incoming students if they have had professors in the policy or governance field.
What do Hertie graduates get up to after graduation?
We had a chat with Natascha Schoepl (MPP) and Benedikt Ströbl (MDS) and asked them about:
💡 their advice to current and future Hertie students,
✨ what they're excited about in this next stage of their life,
🔮 and the big question: what's next?
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