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Ali Asker Gündüz

Ali Asker Gündüz

Ali Asker Gündüz

Prof. Dr.

Assistant Professor of Business Administration with special focus on Digital Government

IMP-HSG
Büro 3-329
Dufourstrasse 40a
9000 St. Gallen
Tel: +41 71 224 2852
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Publications

Publications on Research Platform Alexandria

Main Focuses

Public Management and Governance

Digital Innovation

AI Governance and AI in Government

Digital Transformation

Technology Regulation

Smart Government and Smart Cities

Further fields of research

AI Sandboxes and Regulatory Sandboxes

Digital Platforms and Ecosystems

Evidence-Based Policymaking

Collaboration between Academia, Government, and Industry

Professional Career

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)

Teaching Activities

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)

  • Smart City Ecosystems (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)

Affiliations
  • Swiss Society for Administrative Sciences, SSAS (board member)
  • Digital Society Initiative (DSI), University of Zurich
  • International Public Policy Association (IPPA)
  • Academy of Management (AOM)
  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • European Group for Public Administration (EGPA)
  • European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
Awards

     2026 Burchfield Award for Best Book Review Article, Public Administration Review (PAR)

FT50 Publication Success Recognition, University of St.Gallen (September 2025)

FT50 Publication Success Recognition, University of St.Gallen (Oktober 2025)

      2025 Urban Governance Best Paper Award

      Teaching Innovation Award, Teaching Innovation Lab, University of St.Gallen

Research Cooperation

Research collaborations with researchers at international universities and research institutions, including:

  • Harvard University, Bloomberg Center for Cities, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Bocconi University, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Milan, Italy
  • University of Cologne, Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Information Systems, Germany
  • University of Konstanz, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Germany
  • Carleton University, School of Public Policy and Administration, Ottawa, Canada

In addition, various practice-oriented collaborations exist, including with the Canton of Zurich, the City of St. Gallen, Google Switzerland, and PwC Switzerland.

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