Helmut Anheier

Helmut K. Anheier is Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School of Governance. He served as President of the Hertie School from 2009 to 2018. His research centres on indicator systems, social innovation, culture, philanthropy, and organisational studies. Anheier is the principal academic lead of the Hertie School''s annual Governance Report (Oxford University Press). He also holds a Chair of Sociology at Heidelberg University and serves as Academic Director of the Centre for Social Investment. He is the Academic Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum, a a joint initiative by the Hertie School and the London School of Economics and Political Science, funded by Stiftung Mercator. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1986, was a senior researcher at the Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for Policy Studies, Professor of Public Policy and Social Welfare at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Luskin School of Public Affairs, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. Anheier is author of over 450 publications, many in leading journals, and has received various international awards. Before embarking on an academic career, he served as Social Affairs Officer at the United Nations.

Teaching

 Dilemmas of popular sovereignty | E1277    

Research

 Indicator Framework on Culture and Democracy (IFCD)    

 German foreign cultural and educational policy in comparative perspective