The Department for E-Governance and Administration conducts research on the effects of digital and social change on strategy, organization and processes. The department's research is twofold - on e-government e-governance, digital participation, and cooperation models and on information security to help society address changing socio-technical and legal governance structures.
Current topics include digital automated processes, decisions and also enforcement acts (e.g. Explainable AI), automation of discretionary decisions, data provision (via quality assurance, data trading to data use for evidence-based decisions), the Once-Only Principle at national and European level, Smart Governance & Digital Sustainability (SDGs) as well as security research, especially in the areas of cyber security and innovative information and communication technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and autonomous systems.
Projects (Selection)
The Relevance and Success of Co-Production in Local Governance
Duration: 01/06/2025–31/05/2029
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Noella Edelmann
Funding: andere internationale Organisationen
Duration: 01/02/2025–31/01/2029
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Peter Parycek
Funding: EU
Cooperation with the Province of Lower Austria on digitalisation
Duration: 01/01/2019–31/12/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Heidrun Maurer
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Publications (Selection)
Edelmann, N.; Tambouris, E.; Parycek, P.; Voigt, J. (2026). Conceptualizing an ethics framework for co-creation in the public sector. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, ahead-of-print: 1-18
Kunnamas, Nathannan; Maurer, Heidi (2026). Thai Expectations of the EU's Evolving Security Role: Opportunities and Limitations. Global Policy, SPECIAL ISSUE The EU in the Indo-Pacific: https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.70152
Parycek, P.; Sasdelli, D.; Edelmann, N. (2026). Digitaler Humanismus jenseits von „Human-in-the-Loop“. In: Krause, G.; Giesswein, M., Management Guide Digitaler Humanismus. Digitaler Humanismus in Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. 285-300, Springer, Wiesbaden
