Brandt School Publications

Special Issue on Policy Innovation in the Global South and South-North Policy Transfer

In a new special issue of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, Prof. Dr. Achim Kemmerling shines a light on the importance of recognizing the policy innovation potential in the Global South and what the Global North can learn from these innovations. Consisting of four contributions from scholars around the world, this special issue covers cases from Latin America, Asia, and Africa to examine instances of South-to-North policy learning. This this type of policy learning occurs more often than one might think, however, it is generally underreported or misrepresented.

Citation: Kemmerling, A. (2023). Special Issue: Policy Innovation in the Global South and South-North Policy Learning. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 25(5), 475-486

Video: In-Depth with Authors, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Populism and a New Age of International Fragility

Forty years ago, many observers hoped that the famous 'Brandt Report' would kick-start a different approach to global policymaking, one based on the ideas of multilateralism and humanitarianism and the obsolescence of divisions such as 'North' and 'South'. While much has been achieved since then, the rise of national populism now severely questions the international multilateral order. The Brandt School used the 40th anniversary of the Brandt Report as an occasion to rethink the implications of these new challenges for policy making on all levels, i.e., local, national, and global, and to discuss if and how new modes of policymaking can address them. We have invited our uniquely international alumni body to submit contributions with insights from their practical experience or ongoing research projects to contribute and address some of these issues. As a result, fifteen authors from nine countries have written and collaborated for the preparation of a final volume that is, in many ways, a testament to the Brandt School's internationality. We present you "Populism and a New Age of International Fragility: Seeking Policy Innovations 40 Years After the Brandt Report."

We have invited our uniquely international alumni body to submit contributions with insights from their practical experience or ongoing research projects to contribute and address some of these issues. As a result, fifteen authors from nine countries have written and collaborated for the preparation of a final volume that is, in many ways, a testament to the Brandt School’s internationality. We present you “Populism and a New Age of International Fragility: Seeking Policy Innovations 40 Years After the Brandt Report.”

Editors: Achim Kemmerling, Raphael Robiatti, Solveig Richter

Contributors: Kawsher Ahamed, Laura Camila Barrios Sabogal, Ushree Barua, Bastian Becker, Felipe Carrera Aguayo, Jalale Getachew Birru, Grigoriy M. Grigoryev, Achim Kemmerling, Steve Wakhu Khaemba, Patrícia Loggetto, Mohammad Newaz Sharif, Carolina Reis, Raphael Robiatti, Solveig Richter, Edward Silvestre Kaweesi

Citation: Kemmerling, A., Richter, S., & Robiatti, R. (2021). Populism and a New Age of International Fragility: seeking policy innovations 40 years after the Brandt Report. Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt.

Public Policy Research in the Global South

This volume focuses on the evolution of public policy and the role of agenda setting with regard to policymaking in countries of the Global South. The authors illustrate the emergence of public policy research as an academic discipline, and highlight various aspects of history, governance, politics, and economics as components of public policy theory development. By offering a cross-national perspective, the papers contribute to a better understanding of when, how, and by whom a given policy agenda is designed, which is essential to grasping how policy is implemented. In turn, the authors investigate how the development of public policy research has influenced policymaking in fields such as democratization, migration, corruption, agriculture, environment, education, and entrepreneurship and, more specifically, agenda setting in selected countries of the Global South.

Editor: Heike M. Grimm

Contributors: Kow Kwegya Amissah Abraham, Juan David Rivera Acevedo, Atif Ikram Butt, Exequiel Cabanda, Lamin O. Ceesay, Meng-Hsuan Chou, Mergen Dyussenov, Anwesha Ghosh, Fernando Luis Ramirez Gonzalez, Heike M. Grimm, Juliane Corredor Jiménez, Lina Martínez, Anja Mihr, Maitreyee Mukherjee, Caryn Peiffer, Raphael Zimmermann Robiatti, Richard Rose, Jorge Sellare

Citation: Grimm, H. M. (2019). Public Policy Research in the Global South: A Cross-Country Perspective. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG.

"Schriften der Willy Brandt School of Public Policy"

The former Brandt School directors Prof. Dr. Dietmar Herz and Prof. Dr. Frank Ettrich published a German book series called "Schriften der Willy Brandt School of Public Policy an der Universität Erfurt" with Budrich UniPress. The publications of this series dealt with a wide range of topics, such as Willy Brandt himself, the founders of the University of Erfurt, and many others.

• Ettrich, F., & Herz, D. (2015). Willy Brandt: Politisches Handeln und Demokratisierung [Willy Brandt: Political Action and Democratization]. Schriften der Willy Brandt School of Public Policy an der Universität Erfurt. Leverkusen-Opladen: Budrich UniPress.
• Ettrich, F., & Herz, D. (2018). Peter Glotz - Fechtmeister und Sänger: Die Rolle Von Politischen Intellektuellen Im Zeitalter der Postdemokratie [Peter Glotz - Fencing Master and Singer: The Role of Political Intellectuals in the Age of Postdemocracy]. Schriften der Willy Brandt School of Public Policy an der Universität Erfurt. Leverkusen-Opladen: Budrich UniPress.
• Neuenfeld, A.-L. (2020). Das Ringen um die Macht: Peter Glotz und die SPD in den medienpolitischen Auseinandersetzungen der „alten“ Bundesrepublik [The Struggle for Power: Peter Glotz and the SPD in the Media Policy Debates of the "Old" Federal Republic]. Schriften der Willy Brandt School of Public Policy an der Universität Erfurt. Leverkusen-Opladen: Budrich UniPress.
• Daudzai, H. (2021). The State-Building Dilemma in Afghanistan: The State Governmental Design at the National Level and the Role of Democratic Provincial Councils in Decentralization at the Sub-National Level (1st ed.). Schriften der Willy Brandt School of Public Policy an der Universität Erfurt. Leverkusen-Opladen: Budrich Academic Press.