28. October 2026 18:00
Helmut K. Anheier, Adam Terry
The new British government is set on introducing sweeping changes to the way the government functions. The whole system of public governance is up for discussion. The Future Governance Forum, a privately funded, independent civil society organisation which describes itself as “more than a traditional, policy-focused think tank”, has been active in developing ideas and strategies for these changes since 2023. They are of particular interest to a German audience, since a group of large foundations sponsored an initiative called Initiative für einen handlungsfähigen Staat that published a report in 2025 which does not seem to have resulted in any concrete action.
Adam Terry, the forum’s executive director, will share his thoughts on what the British government is proposing to do. Helmut Anheier, formerly a professor at the London School of Economics and later President of the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, will offer some comments.
The event will be held in English and will be chaired by Rupert Graf Strachwitz, Board Member of the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft.
Please join the event by using this link: (No prior registration required!) https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86053497711?pwd=gxgUxhQ9ePdD8M4KXjyfTVsZkLY02f.1
Helmut K. Anheier is Senior Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School. He served as President of the Hertie School from 2009 to 2018. He is also a member of the faculty at the Luskin School of Public Affairs University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research centers on indicator systems, governance, culture, non-profits and philanthropy and organisational studies. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1986, held a Chair of Sociology at Heidelberg University´s Max Weber, fulle professor at UCLA’s Luskin School, a senior researcher at the Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for Policy Studies, and Centennial Professor at LSE, and Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. He is author of numerous publications, many in leading journals and has received various national and international awards. Before embarking on an academic career, he served as Social Affairs Officer at the United Nations.
Adam Terry became The Future Governance Forum’s Executive Director in July 2026, having served as Deputy Director since the think tank was launched in 2023. He joined FGF from the Labour Party where he was Head of Policy Development, overseeing the party’s democratic policymaking processes and their contribution to manifesto development, and setting up the party’s 2021-23 policy review. He previously worked as Head of Policy in the Shadow Treasury Team and as senior adviser to Anneliese Dodds in both Westminster and the European Parliament. He started his career in the UK civil service, helping to plan the 2012 London Olympics, managing capacity-building programmes with the Afghan government at the British Embassy in Kabul, and serving in the Prime Minister’s Office in 10 Downing Street. He has also worked in both the charity sector and the private sector.
28. October 2026 18:00
Helmut K. Anheier, Adam Terry
Venue
via Zoom
The new British government is set on introducing sweeping changes to the way the government functions. The whole system of public governance is up for discussion. The Future Governance Forum, a privately funded, independent civil society organisation which describes itself as “more than a traditional, policy-focused think tank”, has been active in developing ideas and strategies for these changes since 2023. They are of particular interest to a German audience, since a group of large foundations sponsored an initiative called Initiative für einen handlungsfähigen Staat that published a report in 2025 which does not seem to have resulted in any concrete action.
Adam Terry, the forum’s executive director, will share his thoughts on what the British government is proposing to do. Helmut Anheier, formerly a professor at the London School of Economics and later President of the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, will offer some comments.
The event will be held in English and will be chaired by Rupert Graf Strachwitz, Board Member of the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft.
Please join the event by using this link: (No prior registration required!) https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86053497711?pwd=gxgUxhQ9ePdD8M4KXjyfTVsZkLY02f.1
Helmut K. Anheier is Senior Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School. He served as President of the Hertie School from 2009 to 2018. He is also a member of the faculty at the Luskin School of Public Affairs University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research centers on indicator systems, governance, culture, non-profits and philanthropy and organisational studies. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1986, held a Chair of Sociology at Heidelberg University´s Max Weber, fulle professor at UCLA’s Luskin School, a senior researcher at the Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for Policy Studies, and Centennial Professor at LSE, and Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. He is author of numerous publications, many in leading journals and has received various national and international awards. Before embarking on an academic career, he served as Social Affairs Officer at the United Nations.
Adam Terry became The Future Governance Forum’s Executive Director in July 2026, having served as Deputy Director since the think tank was launched in 2023. He joined FGF from the Labour Party where he was Head of Policy Development, overseeing the party’s democratic policymaking processes and their contribution to manifesto development, and setting up the party’s 2021-23 policy review. He previously worked as Head of Policy in the Shadow Treasury Team and as senior adviser to Anneliese Dodds in both Westminster and the European Parliament. He started his career in the UK civil service, helping to plan the 2012 London Olympics, managing capacity-building programmes with the Afghan government at the British Embassy in Kabul, and serving in the Prime Minister’s Office in 10 Downing Street. He has also worked in both the charity sector and the private sector.