Digital Innovation
Digital Transformation
Artificial Intelligence in Government
Public Management and Governance
Smart Government and Smart Cities
Public Sector Innovation
Policy Analysis
Digital Platforms and Ecosystems
AI Sandboxes and Regulatory Sandboxes
Evidence-Based Policymaking
Collaboration between Academia, Government, and Industry
Assistant Professor of Digital Government, School of Management, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland (since 2019)
Vice Director, Institute for Systemic Management and Public Governance (IMP-HSG), University of St.Gallen, Switzerland (since 2020)
Co-Founder and Head, Smart Government Lab, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland (since 2017)
Founder and Director, Swiss Smart Government Day, Switzerland (since 2019)
Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (since 2024)
Research Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK (since September 2025)
Visiting Scientist, Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS), University of Cologne, Germany (since October 2025)
Visiting Scholar, Sociology Department, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2017, 2024)
Undergraduate level:
Public Management and Governance (core course, 2023–2024)
Digital Government in the Digital Era (2021–2023)
Digitalization and Customer Experience in Public Administration (2019–2020)
Graduate level:
Digital Transformation and Digital Innovation (2020)
Digital Platforms and Electronic Identity (2019)
Public lecture:
Smarter Government (2018)
Executive Education:
University of St. Gallen: Digital Transformation, Smart Government, and Digital Innovation (2021, 2023)
University of Cologne, Business School: Smart Government for Senior Leadership of the German Armed Forces(2022, 2023)
University of Bern, KPM Center for Public Management: Digital Transformation, E-Government, and Smart Government (2021, 2023, 2025)
FT50 Publication Success Recognition, University of St.Gallen (September 2025)
FT50 Publication Success Recognition, University of St.Gallen (Oktober 2025)
- Urban Governance Best Paper Award (2025)
Stefan Seidel: Professor and Chair of Information Systems, Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science, University of Cologne, Germany
Mehmet Akif Demircioglu: Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Ines Mergel: Professor of Public Administration, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz, Germany
Various collaborations, including with Google Switzerland, armasuisse, PwC Switzerland, City of St.Gallen