Prof. Dr. Ines Mergel
Professor Dr. Ines Mergel is a University Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (Class of 2018).
After holding positions at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a Doctoral Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2008), Professor Mergel was awarded tenure at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Syracuse University, NY) in 2014 (2008-2014) and then served Associate Professor with tenure (2014-2016).
Prof Mergel is a member of the supervisory board of the e-Governance Academy (Estonia). Other board memberships can be found here.
Professor Mergel is a founding member of the international initiative Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age, which aims to integrate digital skills into the teaching and training of public managers. As part of this initiative, Prof Mergel was appointed a Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow in 2022.
Prof. Dr. Ines Mergel
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Awards
2022: Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow
2021: Top 10 most cited and Top 10 most downloaded article of Government Information Quarterly in 2021 for: Mergel, I., Edelmann, N., & Haug, N. (2019). Defining digital transformation: Results from expert interviews. Government information quarterly, 36(4), 101385.
2018: Induction as fellow National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)Transfer prize for excellence in teaching, University of Konstanz, €3.000
Keynote Speaker: “Offene Zusammenarbeit zwischen der öffentlichen Verwaltung und der verwaltungswissenschaftlichen Lehre” Auftaktveranstaltung „Wissens-und Ideentransfer für Innovationen in der Verwaltung (WITI)" von der Bund-Länder-Initiative „Innovative Hochschule", Universität Speyer, May 17, 2018
2017: Keynote Speaker: “Big Data in Public Affairs”, European Group of Public Administration, Annual Conference, Milan August 29-September 1,2017
Keynote Speaker: “Digitale Transformation der Bundeswehr” [“Digital transformation of the German Armed Forces”], (Aus)Bildungskongress der deutschen Bundeswehr, Bundesuniversität Hamburg, September 13, 2017
Keynote Speaker: “Digital Transformation in the Public Sector”, CeDEM17 -Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2017, Danube University, Krems, Austria, May 24-25, 2017
2016: Citation of Excellence winnerfor "A Three-Stage Adoption Process for Social Media Use in Government" -Public Administration Review”, awarded by: EmeraldGroupPublishing for highly cited papers
2013: Lead article in special issue: Government Information Quarterly “Social Media”
2012: American Review of Public Administration (ARPA),Best Article 2012.Keynote Speaker: “Open Innovation in the Public Sector”, Effizienter Staat Kongress, Berlin, Germany, April 2012
2010: American Society for Public Administration, PA Times Best Article 2010 Award.
2008: Minnowbrook III,New Faculty Fellow, September 2008
2005-2008: Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on Networked Governance, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 2005-2008
2002-2005: Doctoral fellow, National Center for Digital Government, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 2002-2005Doctoral fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2002-2004
Current courses
| Title | Type |
|---|---|
| Colloquium | Colloquium |
| Public administration and management | Grundlagenseminar |