Emerging Topics in Electronic Government

Minitrack Description

The e-Government Emerging Topics minitrack provides a home for incubating new topics and trends in e- Government research. E-Government as an academic field is evolving; new directions of research and practice are emerging while others are becoming accepted as foundational. However, the foundations of the field still need to be spelled out more explicitly and rigorously.

The E-Government Emerging Topics minitrack seeks submissions, in particular, that contribute to the evolution of e-Government research and to the clarification of the field or address novel issues, trends and uses of technology.

Submissions must speak specifically to how the work presented contributes to our understanding of this emerging field.

Minitrack topics include, but are not limited to:

• The conceptual and practice-based boundaries and foundations of the field of e- Government
• Agendas for e-Government research and research roadmaps
• Deep and innovative theoretical reflections about e-government
• Foundations and research methodologies for the study of e-Government
• E-law and e-justice
• E-diplomacy
• The Internet of Things
• The nature of inter and multidisciplinary research designs in e-Government
• e-government education and competencies
• ICT-enabled policy making and e-government policy
• Robotic technology in and for government
• ICT-enabled organizational forms/networked e-government
• New insights in mobile to legacy/non-mobile application integration
• Mobility and e-government transformation: Challenges and opportunities
• Sensor technology in government
• Data-and evidence driven public policy and decision making
• Archiving and preservation of government records in digital form, in particular for small organizations
• IT, government, and an aging population
• Societal challenges and e-Government, for instance, engaging citizens through technology
• Government as a platform
• Other topics as appropriate to the purposes of the mini-track

More information on the mini-track chairs:

Theresa A. Pardo, PhD, is the Director of the Center of Technology in Government at the University at Albany/ SUNY. She is responsible for overall strategic management at the Center along with building and nurturing CTGs research programs, applied projects, and public-private-academic partnerships. Theresa is also an Associate Research Professor of Public Administration and Policy at the University at Albany. She is one of the developers of UAlbany's Government Information Strategy and Management curriculum in public administration. Theresa is also an active member of the digital government professional community serving regularly on national and international advisory committees, editorial boards, and conference committees.

Elin Wihlborg is in Political Science at the Department of Management at Linköping University, Sweden. She holds a master degree in Gender Studies from LSE and a PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Linköping University. She has a Marie Curie fellowship for research on sustainable e-government, 2011-14. Her research addresses challenges of e-governance and in particular public e-services towards: multi-level governments, identity and citizenship, trust and legitimacy. Her research interests and publications extend across the fields of e-government, sustainable development and public administration. She has published in journals like Public works and administration, International Journal of E-Government, Journal of Electronic Democracy and open government and Sustainable Development.

Lei Zheng, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University. He also serves as the Director of the Lab for Digital and Mobile Governance at Fudan University. His research interests include open data and open government, cross-boundary information sharing, government use of social media and mobile public services. He holds a PhD in Public Administration and Policy from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, SUNY.