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Chair of Public & Nonprofit Management

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From the left to the right : Jakob Kühler, Jannes Schneider, Darlin Albrecht, Dustin Rischke, Prof. Dr. Isabella Proeller, Daniela Großmann, Yaren Gürbüz, Nicolas Drathschmidt, Luise Renneke, Jan Paul Adam, Henok Woldegiorgis. 

News

A warm welcome to Tobias Polzer

We are pleased to welcome Tobias Polzer from WU Vienna as a guest researcher in the #DIGILOG project at the University of Potsdam!

Final presentations of our project course at the Investitionsbank des Landes Brand

On January 27, students presented their work on process management - thanks to everyone involved!

Open access to our study report on employee retention in administration

The university press of the University of Potsdam has published our study with the dbb.

Publication of two Master's theses in the Springer series “BestMasters”

We congratulate two of our alumni on the publication of their master's theses written at our chair in the Springer series “BestMasters”.

Presentation of our study with dbb jugend in the German Bundestag

Which incentives attract people to a job in the civil service? How important are home office and the 4-day week for young civil servants?

Isabella Proeller at the Smart Country Convention!

Our Chair discusses the development and role of public data laboratories in Germany with different stakeholders.

The Public Management Chair attends the EGPA 2024

At this year's EGPA 2024 conference, our team presented the Chair's ongoing work on innovation, signaling and digitalization.

Jakob Kühler wins the PhD Symposium Best Paper Award 2023

Congratulations to Jakob Kühler for winning the PhD Symposium Best Paper Award 2023 at the EGPA 2024 conference in Athens!

First presentation of the results of our study on employee retention among civil servants

The results will be published in the project report with dbb Jugend. Many thanks for the great cooperation!

Congratulations to Dr. Jan P. Adam on the successful completion of his dissertation!

The dissertation on “Top management support and digitalization of administrative services” has now been published by the university press.

First publication of the DIGILOG project published in “Der moderne Staat” (Open Access)

Marienfeldt, Kuhlmann, Kühler and Proeller examine administrative digitalization and innovation priorities at municipal level in the DACH region.

Article on the digitalization of municipalities in the blog of the DVPW

The blog post summarizes key findings on the slow pace of digitalization in municipalities and the federal challenges in the DACH countries.

Luise Renneke

Luise Renneke is new research associate

We are happy that our long-time student assistant Luise Renneke will remain with us as a doctoral student.

Jakob Kühler presents his PhD project at the EGOS conference

As part of the working group for Prospective Sensemaking, Jakob presented the current status of his dissertation on narratives of digitalization.

We welcomed guest researchers from Mongolia

As part of a cooperation between the University of Potsdam and the National Academy of Governance Ulaanbataar, we welcomed three visiting researchers.

Research paper by Döring, Drathschmidt and Nielsen on the dynamics of citizen-state interactions

In PAR, Döring, Drathschmidt and Nielsen write about the dynamics of interactions between citizens and street-level bureaucrats.

Nicolas Drathschmidt and Jakob Kühler present recent research projects in Tampere

At the IRSPM conference in Tampere, Finland, a current paper from the DIGILOG project was presented in addition to the dissertation projects.

Participation of the DIGILOG project team at a workshop in Winterthur

Prof. Isabella Proeller and Jakob Kühler part in the intensive exchange about the developments of the DIGILOG project at the ZAHW.

Jakob Kühler on the complex challenge of being a Chief Digital Officer

In the journal Kommune 21, Jakob Kühler shares his knowledge about the requirements and challenges of a CDO today.

Open-access research article by Kühler, Drathschmidt, and Großmann on narratives of agile goverment

In the journal Information Polity, Kühler, Drathschmidt, and Großmann write about narratives of agile government, bureaucracy and management fashion.

Visit to the CityLAB of the Technology Foundation Berlin

Our students deepened their understanding of the practice of administrative innovation and the potential of open data.

Lecture at NEGZ on digitisation officers

As part of the Digilog project, Jakob Kühler presented current research findings on the players involved in digitalisation to interested practitioners.