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.
Cooperation and Research Projects with the Public Sector
Examples for Applied Research Projects
Examples for Erasmus+ Projects
Examples for European Research Projects
Projects (Selection)
University Alliance between Argentina and the European Union for Digital Transformation
Duration: 01/03/2023–31/08/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Lucy Temple
Funding: EU
Intelligent and sovereign use of data using the example of the timber industry
Duration: 01/05/2022–30/04/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Thomas Lampoltshammer
Funding: FFG
JeDEM - eJournal for eDemocracy and Open Government
Duration: 02/09/2012–31/12/2025
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Noella Edelmann
Publications (Selection)
Edelmann, N.; Mergel, I.; Lampoltshammer, T. (2023). Competences That Foster Digital Transformation of Public Administrations: An Austrian Case Study. Administrative Sciences, 13(2): 1-17
Edelmann, N.; Steiner, K.; Misuraca, G. , Gianluca Misuraca Edelmann, N.; Steiner, K., Misuraca, G. (2023). The View from the Inside: A Case Study on the Perceptions of Digital Transformation Phases in Public Administrations. Digital Government: Research and Practice, Just accepted: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3589507
Edelmann, N.; Virkar, N. (2023). The Impact of Sustainability on Co-Creation of Digital Public Services. Administrative Sciences: Special Issue Long-Term Sustainability of Co-creation and Co-production of Public Services, 13(2): 43