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What skills do public servants need for the digitalization of administration? Prof. Dr. Ines Mergel, Almire Brahimi & Stefanie Hecht have identified the necessary competences as well as ideas for implementation in the new issue of Innovative Verwaltung. Read the whole article here (only available in German).

Prof. Dr. Ines Mergel wurde am 17. August 2021 vom Rektorat der Donau-Universität Krems für das Wintersemester 21/22 und das Sommersemesters '22 der Titel der Gastprofessorin verliehen.

This masterclass for teachers is part of the "Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age" project. This project aims to enable teachers to successfully teach the future generation of public service workers the skills needed in modern public administration.

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On 31 July, she was allowed to present her doctoral thesis topic "Moving agile into standard operating procedures in the public sector". In addition to her, about 40 other doctoral students took part in the Doctoral Consortium. All were selected after an application phase.

The article "Public Value Co-Creation in Living Labs-Results from Three Case Studies" deals with Living Labs from Germany and Austria. It examines which factors influence the work of Living Labs and which role the Labs play in the development of public value.

Auf der neuen Homepage Hürdenspringer des Digital Governance Lab werden Forschungsergebnisse und Projekte vorgestellt, die Digitalisierung und neue Arbeitsmethoden in der öffentlichen Verwaltung thematisieren. Ziel ist es, eine Schnittstelle zwischen wissenschaftlichen Erkentnissen und der Verwaltungspraxis zu bieten. Die Website richtet sich an die interessierte Fachöffentlichkeit und die Wissenschaft. 

The topic of her presentation was the procurement of innovation in the public sector

Almire Brahimi, PhD student at the chair of Prof. Dr. Mergel, has reported about perspectives of female scientists of color in the ZEIT as part of the campaign #IchBinHanna:

"I come from a working-class family with a refugee background and am the first in my family to have studied at all. (...) You can only afford to work in such precarious conditions for years if you have reserves or a scholarship, or if your family can step in financially in an emergency. For many with family histories…

The event was conducted by the Digital Innovation Team project group at the Federal Ministry of the Interior