Sophie Von Hatzfeldt

Sophie Von Hatzfeldt wrote the winning GPPN essay for Vol 66.2 The Rise of Latin America published in 2012-13

Sophie von Hatzfeldt is a graduate student at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin completing a master’s degree in public policy. Her studies focus on political economy, democratization processes, and migration and integration, and her dissertation analyzes the challenges of transforming conventional economic and political structures toward sustainable development. She spent a year working as a young professional with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Chile, together with the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and in China on issues of socially and environmentally sustainable economic development. She previously completed undergraduate studies in human geography and international law at University College Utrecht in the Netherlands and Sciences Po in Strasbourg.