Klenk, Tanja (2026): Government as a Platform im Sozialstaat: Institutionelle Voraussetzungen smarter Implementation, in: Stefan Nacke (Hg.): Smarter Sozialstaat, Freiburg: Herder, 257–268.
New Publication
30. January 2026
New Publication
7. January 2026
Klenk, Tanja/ Greef, Samuel/Lucks, Carla (2025): Digitalisierung der Daseinsvorsorge als kommunale Herausforderung: Wie unterschiedliche administrative Kapazitäten, digitaler Verwaltungszugang und Ungleichheit zusammenhängen, Strünck, Christoph/Wagschal, Uwe (Hrsg.): Kommunale Daseinsvorsorge. Leistungen und Herausforderungen der lokalen Demokratie, Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft – Sonderhefte, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41358-025-00437-6
New Publication
7. November 2025
Brockstedt, F. Ch. (2025). Book Review: Digital Transformation in European Public Services Complexities, Challenges, and Good Practices. Information Polity. https://doi.org/10.1177/15701255251391244
New Publication
21. October 2025
Tanja Klenk: Subsidiarität und Staatsreform zusammendenken, in: Wohlfahrt intern 2025 (Heft 9/10, S. 50-51).
Participation in the Advanced Course on Concepts and Methods in Executive Triangle Research
15. October 2025
As part of the EU COST Action Project CA22150 – Comparative Research on the Executive Triangle in Europe (CoREx), Nina Felgendreher participated in the Advanced Course on Concepts and Methods in Executive Triangle Research at the Norwegian University Center in Paris. The course brought together young and experienced researchers from across Europe to deepen and develop their knowledge of concepts and methods in research on the “executive triangle.”
New Publication
15. October 2025
Klenk, Tanja/ Greef, Samuel (2025): Digitale Daseinsvorsorge – Noch keine Selbstverständlichkeit im ländlichen Raum, in: Der Landkreis, 95 (7-8), 345-346 , link: https://www.landkreistag.de/images/stories/zeitschrift_landkreistag/Inhalt_7-8_2025.pdf
New Publication
15. October 2025
Brockstedt, F. Ch., Felgendreher, N., Beneke, J. T., Veit, S., Klenk, T., Döhler, M., & Papenfuß, U. (2025). Datenreport zum Forschungsprojekt Politisch-Administrative Elite (PAE) zu Bundesoberbehörden. Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg. https://doi.org/10.24405/21070
Successful Defense
15. October 2025
On September 11, 2025, Baptiste Aguila successfully defended his dissertation on “Governing Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in the European Union.”
The examination committee consisted of Prof. Dr. Klenk, Prof. Dr. Geert Bouckaert (KU Leuven), Prof. Dr. Veit (HSU), and Prof. Dr. Silke Bothfeld (University of Applied Sciences Bremen).
Automated Income Verification – Proposals for Social Administration
15. October 2025
By Horst Bruns and Tanja Klenk
AT A GLANCE
- Automated income verification can reduce bureaucratic burdens for both citizens and administrations, while facilitating access to the welfare state.
- Examples such as the basic pension supplement demonstrate that automated income assessment is feasible in practice.
- Broader transferability is conceivable but requires reforms, including the harmonization of income definitions, improved data availability, and coordinated register and responsibility structures.
Read the full study here: https://difis.org/publikationen/difis-studien/
Successful dissertation!
15. October 2025
Max Nagel has successfully defended his dissertation “The Zombification of Ideas – The Persistence of Zombie Ideas in Public Policy and Public Administration”. The Public Administration team at HSU congratulates him on this achievement.