Lukas Thiele studied Political Science and History at the University of Freiburg and the University of Copenhagen from 2012 to 2016. He completed his Master’s degree in Public Policy and Management at the University of Potsdam. During his studies he worked as a research assistant at the Chair for German Politics and Government. Since November 2019 he is a research fellow and doctoral student in the EU Horizon 2020 project TROPICO (Transforming into Open, Innovative and Collaborative Governments).
Lukas Thiele studies the digital transformation of the public sector. He focuses on the relationship between the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and democracy, especially in concern to participatory processes. Moreover, his research interests include the analysis of electoral behaviour, environmental politics and public policy.
Thiele, L., Pruin, A. (2021). Does large-scale digital collaboration contribute to crisis management? An analysis of projects from the #WirVsVirus hackathon implemented in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. dms – der moderne staat – Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 14(2-2021), online first, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3224/dms.v14i2.07
Thiele, L. (2021): The Internet and political participation: Who participates online, and do governments have a role in it? Presentation at the Annual Conference of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), Brussels, 7. – 10. September 2021, as well as at the Convention of the German Political Science Association (GPSA), Virtual Event, 14.-16. September 2021.
Thiele, L. (2021): The many forms of e-participation? A framework for measuring e-participation adoption by local governments in the UK and Germany, presentation at the 14th Annual Conference of the "Forum Junge Staats-, Verwaltungs- und Policy-Forschung (FoJuS)", „Chancen und Herausforderungen für Staat, Verwaltung und Policy-Prozesse in den 2020s“, Virtual Event, 25.-26. February 2021.
Thiele, L. (2020): Towards participatory policy-making? A framework for measuring e-participation adoption by local governments in the UK and Germany, presentation at the EGPA Annual Conference, Virtual Event, 03.-04. September 2020.
Thiele, L. (2020): Wie demokratisch ist E-Democracy? Zur Vermessung der demokratischen Qualität digitaler Informations- und Partizipationsinstrumente auf lokaler Ebene, presentation at the 13th Annual Conference of the "Forum Junge Staats-, Policy- und Verwaltungsforschung (FoJuS)", "Zukunft der Verwaltung, Verwaltung der Zukunft", Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, 27- 28. February 2020, Hamburg.
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University of Potsdam
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Government
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14482 Potsdam
Universitätskomplex III/1
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D-14482 Potsdam
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