Cornelia Woll

Cornelia Woll is the President of the Hertie School Berlin and a Professor of International Political Economy. She holds a bi-national Ph.D. from Sciences Po and the University of Cologne, and a Habilitation in Political Science from the University of Bremen. Her research focuses on regulatory issues, business-government relations, and the political economy of crises, particularly in the EU and US. She has served in key administrative roles at Sciences Po, including Vice President for Studies and Academic Affairs, and co-founded the Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instabilities in Market Societies.

• Current Roles: President of the Hertie School, Professor of International Political Economy
• Prior Roles: Vice President for Studies and Academic Affairs (Sciences Po), Co-Director of the Max Planck Sciences Po Center, Associate Dean for Research (Sciences Po)
• Education: Habilitation (2013), Bi-national Ph.D. (2005), M.A. (2001), B.A. (1999) from University of Chicago
• Research Focus: Financial crisis politics, EU policy, lobbying dynamics, and global governance
• Awards: John Ruggie Award (2025), Seymour Martin Lipset Prize (2005), Otto-Hahn Award (2005)
• Teaching: Taught at Sciences Po, Goethe University Frankfurt, and supervised over 20 doctoral students

Her publications include seminal works on banking bailouts, economic patriotism, and corporate lobbying. She actively engages in public discourse through media commentary and op-eds on European governance, financial regulation, and geopolitical issues.