Nicolas Drathschmidt, M.A.

Research and Teaching Associate

Nicolas Drathschmidt is a research and teaching associate at the Chair of Public and Nonprofit Management. He is interested in research on public personnel, employer branding and attractiveness, as well as the influence of digital transformation on stress, red tape and bureaucracy.
Nicolas Drathschmidt studied Political Science, Administration and Organization at the University of Potsdam. He also completed his master's degree in "Administrative Sciences" at the University of Potsdam. During his studies he worked as a research assistant at the chairs of Political Science, Administration and Organization as well as Public and Nonprofit Management. In addition, he worked as a student assistant for a local political association and was holder of a scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

Since October 2021, he has been working as a research and teaching associate at the University of Potsdam. He is or was also a reviewer for the following scientific journals: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART), public administration (PA), dms – der moderne staat (DMS), Information Polity (IP), International Journal of Public Administration (IJPA), Public Performance & Management Review (PPMR), Social Policy & Administration (SPOL) and Journal of Social Policy (JSP).

Publications

(2026): Allheilmittel Arbeitsflexibilisierung?: Der Einsatz flexibler Einsatzteams im öffentlichen Sektor (with Luise Renneke, Christian Zierau and Daniel Diekmann). In: VM Verwaltung & Management, Vol. 32, No 2, pp. 68-73. Open-access Pre-print: DOI

(2025): Ich tue, also bin ich? Facetten und Auswirkungen von Agilität auf öffentliche Organisationen (with Jakob Kühler and Daniela Großmann). In: Hegele, Y. & Stoll, A. (Eds.): Agiles Arbeiten im öffentlichen Sektor: Erfahrungen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (pp. 67-87). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Open-access: DOI

(2024): Modern civil service. Flexible, digital, well paid?! How the public sector retains its employees (with Isabella Proeller and Jakob Kühler). University of Potsdam / dbb jugend. Open-access: DOI

(2024): It Takes (at least) Two to Tango. Investigating Interactional Dynamics between Clients and Caseworkers in Public Encounters (with Matthias Döring and Stine P. P. Nielsen). In: Public Administration Review, Vol. 85, No 2, pp. 419-435. Open-access: DOI

(2024): 'Modern Talking': Narratives of Agile by German Public Sector Employees (with Jakob Kühler and Daniela Großmann). In: Information Polity, Vol. 29, No 2, pp. 199-216. Open-access: DOI

(2023): Digital Era, Digitale Transformation und Digital Red Tape – ein Debattenbeitrag zur Digitalisierungsforschung. VM Verwaltung & Management, Vol. 29., No 4, pp. 188-191. DOI

(2023): Coronitalization. Effekte der Corona-Pandemie auf die Digitalisierung der Verwaltung (with Isabella Proeller and Jan Adam). In: Krause, T., Schachtner, C., Thapa, B. (Eds.): Handbuch Digitalisierung der Verwaltung. transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, pp. 33-54. DOI

(2023): Ist digital immer besser? Wie Verwaltungsmitarbeitende mit unnötiger Bürokratie umgehen. In: AWV-Informationen, No 1/2023. Open access: Link

(2022): Umgang von Verwaltungsmitarbeitenden mit Red Tape. In: BestMasters. Wiesbaden: Springer. Master's Thesis. Universität Potsdam. DOI

(2022): Virtuelle Teams und Homeoffice (with Caroline Fischer, Isabella Proeller, and John Siegel). In: Klenk, T., Nullmeier, F. & G. Wewer (Eds.): Handbuch Digitalisierung in Staat und Verwaltung (pp. 953-965). Springer VS, Wiesbaden. DOI

(2022): Resilience through digitalisation: How individual and organisational resources affect public employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic (with Caroline Fischer, John Siegel, Isabella Proeller). In: Public Management Review, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 808-835. Open access: DOI

(2022): Stress-Test Sozialamt: Psychische Belastungen in der Sozialverwaltung (with Matthias Döring). Odense: Universität, Dänemark. Open access: DOI

(2021): Wissensmanagement. Den Austausch fördern (with Esther Steverding). In: Kommune 21, No 03/2021, pp. 12-13. Open access: PDF

(2020): Verwaltung im Lockdown. Empirische Befunde aus Sicht der Beschäftigten (with John Siegel, Caroline Fischer, Adrian Gelep and Thomas Kralinski). In: Verwaltung & Management, Vol. 26., No 6, pp. 279-287. DOI and open access: DOI

Conference Papers

(2026): Employee rotation through float pools in public administration (with Luise Renneke). Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), Göttingen, Germany.

(2025): What makes an attractive job in the public sector in the post-Covid era? Insights from young German public sector professionals (with Isabella Proeller and Luise Renneke). Symposium Local Governments in Times of Transition – lessons from Sweden and Germany (Potsdam-Lund-Gothenburg Group), Lund, Sweden.

(2025): Employee rotation through float pools in public administration: How belongingness, role conflict and well-being interact (with Luise Renneke). Annual Conference of the International Research Society in Public Management (IRSPM), Bologna, Italy.

(2024): Signaling Differences between the Public and Private Sectors (with Nico Gießmann). Annual Conference of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Athens, Greece.

(2024): Exploring employee well-being in different telework arrangements through the job demands-resources model. Annual Conference of the International Research Society in Public Management (IRSPM), Tampere, Finland.

(2024): The pathologization of digital transformation. How red tape, formalization and technostress interact. Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), Lüneburg, Germany.

(2023): The pathologization of digital transformation. How red tape, formalization and technostress interact. Annual Conference of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Zagreb, Croatia.

(2023): What makes an attractive job in the public sector in the post-Covid era? Insights from young German public sector professionals (with Isabella Proeller, Jakob Kühler, Jan Adam, and Daniela Großmann). Annual Conference of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Zagreb, Croatia.

(2023): Narratives of agility: The perspective of German public sector employees (with Jakob Kühler and Daniela Großmann). Annual Conference of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Zagreb, Croatia.

(2023): Red Tape 4.0 - Digital era, same bureaucracy? Annual Conference of the International Research Society in Public Management (IRSPM), Budapest, Hungary.

(2022): Finding new answers: Agile working methods and individual ambidexterity in the public sector organizations. Annual Conference of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Lisbon, Portugal.

Awards

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