Homepage Introduction Program Speakers ARTICLES Links Registration Venue Contact		Thorsten Benner   Biography   Thorsten Benner is Associate Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (www.globalpublicpolicy.net), an independent, non-profit think thank based in Berlin. From 2001-2003 he was a McCloy Scholar at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University where he received a Master in Public Administration (MPA). He studied political science, history and sociology at the University of Siegen (Germany), the University of York (UK) and the University of California at Berkeley. Until June 2001, he was a Policy Analyst at the Office of Development Studies, United Nations Development Programme, New York. Prior to joining UNDP, he was a Research Fellow with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin and a Research Associate with the Global Public Policy Project, Washington D.C.. In 2002, he was a Summer Associate with McKinsey & Co., Berlin. In his academic and professional work over the past years, he has focused on transatlantic relations, international organizations and new forms of governance at the interface of the public sector, civil society and business. The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) which he co-founded in 2002 explores and supports innovative answers to complex governance challenges bringing together all key players: governments, parliaments, international organizations, civil society organizations as well as businesses. GPPi is committed to: • Advancing policy research by building bridges between academia and practitioners,   • Encouraging policy entrepreneurship through its consulting and training services as well as   • Revitalizing the public space by enriching public debates on pressing public policy challenges.		David B. Audretsch Iris Beckmann Thorsten Benner Albrecht Bochow William Gaines Heike Grimm Reinhard von Hennigs Dietmar Herz Ralf Kersten Paul D. Reynolds Christian Schetter Rolf Sternberg Jochen Struck James Turner Friederike Welter Charles Wessner
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