Who Is Building the Digital Welfare State? Big Tech, Welfare Tech, Public-Sector IT, and the Potential for a Civil-Society Innovation System At this year’s NEGZ Autumn Conference, Max Einhaus will lead the workshop “Who Is Building the Digital Welfare State?” The workshop examines different institutional models of digital innovation and…

The Chair of Public Administration was represented with three papers at this year’s EGPA Conference in Rome. The papers address the acceptance and legitimacy of artificial intelligence in public administration, scandals in public administration, and the resilience of public organizations. The Chair was also involved in the Permanent Study Group…

Einhaus, M., Klenk, T. (2026). Politische Ökonomie und Governance des „Digitalen Sozialstaats“: Kommunalpolitische Spannungsfelder. In: Brettschneider, A., Grohs, S., Jehles, N. (eds) Handbuch Kommunale Sozialpolitik. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38616-0_8-1 For the handbook Municipal Social Policy, Maximilian Einhaus and Prof. Dr. Tanja Klenk address the question of the technical infrastructure of…

Modernising Public Service Provision: The Case of the Public Health Service AbstractThe Public Health Service (Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst – ÖGD) has traditionally played a minor role in health care provision in Germany. It is often only loosely integrated within the cooperation structures between social administration and service providers. Nevertheless, due to its…

Digitalization and the reduction of bureaucracy are among the most recurring political promises. But what do these actually mean in concrete terms, and how do they affect the delivery of welfare state services? In this episode of the Political Pausen Podcast, Julia Schwanholz and Tanja Klenk discuss the ambivalences of…

From 19 to 20 February, the 19th FoJuS Annual Conference took place at the University of Potsdam under the theme “Governing Under Pressure: Public Administrations between Politicization, Legitimacy Pressure, and Innovation.” Over two days, the conference provided an inspiring forum for exchange between early-career researchers and invited discussants on current…