Speaker:
HELMUT ANEHEIER, Editor Hertie School of Governance, Berlin

Governance is about how well those who are legitimately entrusted to do so manage public problems. A system of good governance is one that deals with myriad matters of public concern – be they education or health care, national security or infrastructure policies, the environment or labour markets – in effective, efficient ways. The Governance Report (Oxford University Press, 2013) is about the changing conditions of governance, the challenges and opportunities involved, and the implications and recommendations that present themselves to analysts and policymakers in terms of good governance — and with an emphasis on managing interdependencies among countries.

Helmut Anheier is Dean at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. He also holds a chair of Sociology at Heidelberg University and serves as Academic Director of the Center for Social Inves tment there. Formerly Professor of Public Policy and Social Welfare and director of the Center for Civil Society at UCLA, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics, Dr. Anheier is a Fellow of the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies and has been a visiting lecturer with UCSB's Global & International Studies Program.