Maximilian Norz

Maximilian Norz is a research assistant with the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. He currently contributes to GPPi’s work on innovation in development and network & partnerships.

Maximilian holds bachelor’s degrees in business administration from the Humboldt University in Berlin and in history from the University of Tübingen. He also participated in a year-long leadership program in Berlin, Studienkolleg zu Berlin. During his studies, he received scholarships from the German National Merit Foundation and the Hertie Foundation.

Maximilian has worked in various fields. In 2006 and 2007, he built up an HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Program for the Real Medicine Foundation in central India, and used his expertise during later evaluation projects, including Initiative Sudan in South Sudan in 2011.

Outside of his work at GPPi, Maximilian is the general manager of the Berlin-based Ensemble MINI. Moreover, extensive engagement in international projects has led him to almost 40 countries, mainly as a violinist conducting workshops with the Tübinger Chamber Orchestra for the Goethe-Institut and as a photojournalist for the German Press Agency.

Languages: German, English, Italian