Digital transformation in Northern Hesse: E-Government

Jun 09 2023

One of the driving challenges for cities and municipalities is the topic of E-Government. A shortage of personnel and resources, a lack of exchange between stakeholders, silo solutions and a lack of role models are some of the hurdles that municipalities have to overcome in order to provide their citizens…

Jun 07 2023

Artificial intelligence in the world of work – pause for reflection or speed up?

Prof. Tanja Klenk has written a blog post for DIFIS (German Institute for Interdisciplinary Social Research) about artificial intelligence in the world of work. You can find the post here. The post discusses how an appropriate regulation for the world of work 4.0, which is more and more characterized by…

May 25 2023

Successful elections – A successful model of self-adminstration in crisis – A radio report to listen to

Social elections - what is it? Until the end of May, 52 million potential voters will have the chance to decide who should be the representatives for the self-administration of their pensions, health and accident insurance. But only a few are taking part in it. An investigation on the causes.…

May 15 2023

New Publication

Klenk, Tanja/ Weiler, Thomas (2023): Digitaler Impfpass, in: Klenk, Tanja/ Nullmeier, Frank/ Wewer, Göttrik (eds.): Handbuch Digitalisierung in Staat und Verwaltung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23669-4_87-1.

Apr 24 2023

Vacancy Research Assistant (m/f/d)

At Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU/UniBw H), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Professorship for Public Policy and Public Administration (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klenk) and Professorship for Public Administration and Management (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Schaefer), a position is available from the next possible date for…

Apr 12 2023

HSU Research Day

On March 28, 2023, the HSU Research Day was organized at the Helmut Schmidt University for the third time, this year with a focus on the humanities and social sciences. From 2 p.m., researchers gathered in the main building around Red Square to present and discuss their projects. Dr. Sarah…

Mar 31 2023

New Publication

Lihi Lahat, Tanja Klenk & Noga Pitowsky-Nave (2023): Street-level bureaucrats as policy entrepreneurs and collaborators: Findings from Israel and Germany, EPA - European Policy Analysis, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/epa2.1173, open access.

Mar 16 2023

EGPA 2023 call for papers

The call for papers for the EGPA 2023 conference is out! You can download the call for papers of the Permanent Study Group XX Welfare State Governance and Professionalism here. Further information you can find here: https://www.egpa-conference2023.org/

Feb 22 2023

New Publication

Klenk, Tanja (2023): „Narrative der Sozialstaatsreform erforschen. Zum Stand und den Perspektiven der Narrativ-Analyse in der Sozialpolitikforschung“, ethik+gesellschaft ökumenische zeitschrift für sozialethik 2/2022: Narrative der Sozialpolitik - Narrative der Sozialstaatskritik, https://ethik-und-gesellschaft.de/ojs/index.php/eug/article/view/927. Abstract Research on political narratives is increasingly developing into an independent branch of research. This paper addresses research on…

Feb 03 2023

New Publication

Platform economy in healthcare. Health-as-a-Service - Digital Business Models for Better Treatment Quality and Patient Experience,Includes contributions from our team, including Prof. Dr. Moritz Behm (editor with Stummeyer, C.; Raab, A.) and Henry Alexander Wittke on digital business models and artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector.Further information on all topics…