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)
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): Gregor Eibl
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Digital Passport Austria and Beyond Enabling Digitalization along the Product Lifecycle
Duration: 01/02/2025–31/01/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Thomas Lampoltshammer
Funding: FFG
Publications (Selection)
Mergel, I.; Edelmann, N.; Haug, N. (2025). Outcomes of value co-creation and codestruction in the digital transformation of public services. Digital Government: Research and Practice, just accepted: https://doi.org/10.1145/3743148
Mergel, I.; Edelmann, N.; Haug, N. (2025). Co-Production Phases in the Development and Implementation of Digital Public Services. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, gvaf002: https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvaf002
Rizun, N.; Revina, A.; Edelmann, N. (2025). Text analytics for co-creation in public sector organizations: a literature review-based research framework. Artificial Intelligence Review, 58: 125
