Thurid Hustedt

Thurid Hustedt is the Dean of Graduate Programmes and a Professor of Public Administration and Management at the Hertie School in Berlin. Her research focuses on public sector change dynamics, political-administrative relations, and comparative public administration. She serves as Managing Editor of the peer-reviewed journal dms – der moderne Staat. Previously, she held visiting professorships at Freie Universität Berlin and postdoctoral roles at the University of Potsdam. Her academic career includes visiting research at the University of Bergen and University of Toronto. She earned a PhD and Diplom in Public Administration from Potsdam University.

• Education: PhD and Diplom in Public Administration (University of Potsdam)
• Key Roles: Dean of Graduate Programmes, Hertie School; Managing Editor of dms
• Teaching: Courses include How to Make Government More Productive, Public Management, and Bureaucracies & Evidence-Based Policy-Making

Her research explores institutional logics in policy coordination, climate policy-making in the EU, and the evolving roles of ministerial advisers. She has contributed to studies on digital governance, crisis management (e.g., refugee coordination in Germany), and comparative analyses of Scandinavian and German executive systems.

Recent work highlights include examining the EU Commission's Secretariat General in climate policy, digital transformation in public administration, and the hybridization of advisory capacities in Germany. Her publications span topics like mediatization of bureaucracies, policy integration challenges, and the normative foundations of Western bureaucracy.