New Publication

Nov 27 2024

Maximilian L. Nagel: The Challenge of Balancing Innovation and Tradition in the Public Sector: The Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats in Digital Transformation This conceptual article investigates the critical role of street-level bureaucrats (SLB) as potential “eliminators” of dysfunctional policies and drivers of digital change in the public sector. Working on…

Nov 08 2024

Maximilian Einhaus, Tanja Klenk,The end of fragmented welfare state governance?, in: sozialpolitikblog, 31.10.2024

With the social platform (Sozialplattform), Germany is taking a visible step towards a digital welfare state.As a central portal, it enables online applications, a personalised ‘social benefits finder’ and online appointment bookings, among other things - proactive allocation of benefits by means of automatic data processing of linked registers is…

Nov 08 2024

Presentation by Sarah Cardaun at the SOG workshop in Münster

The workshop “Structure and Organization of Government”, Research Committee 27 of the International Political Science Association, took place in Münster on October 17th and 18th, 2024. The event was organized by the German Police University. In the panel “Public service delivery and policy implementation” Sarah Cardaun presented a contribution on…

Oct 14 2024

Participation at the Working Group 4 meeting of the CoREx project at KU Leuven

As part of the EU COST Action project CA22150 - Comparative Research on the Executive Triangle in Europe (CoREx) - Nina Felgendreher participated in a two-day meeting of the Working Group 4 (WG4) on Accountability and Transparency in the Executive Triangle in Europe at the KU Leuven. In small subgroups,…

Sep 19 2024

DVPW Congress

From September 24 to 27, 2024, the 29th Scientific Congress of the DVPW will take place at the University of Göttingen on the theme "Politics in the Polycrisis." #dvpw2024 Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will deliver the keynote address at the opening of the congress. More information here: https://www.dvpw.de/dvpw2024

Sep 16 2024

AI in Public Authorities

Podcast on AI, public administration, and bureaucracy – tune in to learn more about research on the Social Platform and other topics related to digital transformation in administration. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ki-behoerden-buerokratie-verwaltung-100.html

Jul 19 2024

Prof. Dr. Tanja Klenk Receives “Social Services & Digitality” Fellowship at DIFIS

From July 2024 until the end of the year, Prof. Dr. Tanja Klenk will be awarded the "Social Services & Digitality" Fellowship at DIFIS. This fellowship is part of Research Field 5, "Social Policy as a Process," at DIFIS and will explore the significance of social services and social counseling…

Jul 05 2024

New Publication

Schaefer, Christina /Klenk, Tanja (guest editors) (2024): Schwerpunktheft „Digitale Daseinsvorsorge im ländlichen Raum“ In: Z'GuG Zeitschrift für Gemeinwirtschaft und Gemeinwohl 47 (2) 2024, DOI: 10.5771/2701-4193-2024-2-133.

Jun 19 2024

research colloquium

On June 24th and 25th, the research colloquium jointly organized by Prof. Dr. Tanja Klenk, Prof. Dr. Christina Schaefer and Prof. Dr. Sylvia Veit will take place. The event focuses on short presentations followed by in-depth discussions of current issues in public administration research. The program for the colloquium can…

May 07 2024

New Publication

Behm, M.E., Wittke, H.A., Klenk, T. (2023). Digitalisierung im Gesundheitssektor. In: Klenk, T., Nullmeier, F., Wewer, G. (eds) Handbuch Digitalisierung in Staat und Verwaltung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23669-4_44-3