Electronic Government Research
eGovernment research at Örebro University is concerned with the application, development and evaluation of IT systems relevant for society, especially the public sector. Our research, national as well as international, is carried out in collaboration with our partners in the government, enterprise and civil society sectors. We apply individual, organizational as well as societal perspectives on information systems and their development and role in society. We are studying, among other things, the use and development of Enterprise Architecture (EA) in municipal activities, information security in public activities, development and adaptation of the methods of systems development and evaluation, eLearning in developing countries, decision support systems, adjustment of municipal decision-making, eParticipation, and requirements engineering.
eGovernment draws its intellectual base from different disciplines with a wide range of theories concerning the relationship between technology, man, society at group and individual level, as well as using scientific theories about political institutions and processes, power, citizenship and a democracy. This scientific environment is reflected in our International eGovernment Masters Program (www.electronicgovernment.eu/master). We are active in European networks such as DEMO-net (www.demo-net.org), and PepNet, we take part in the graduate school of Public Affairs, run in collaboration with Örebro Municipality.
eGovernmnet research at Swedish Business School is organized within three groups, ICT4D, Public Sector Innovation, and MELAB.
The most influential eGovernment researcher is found in Örebro
In a recent study (Erman & Todorovski, 2009) Åke Grönlund of the Informatics department at Swedish Business School at Örebro University was found to be the most influential eGovernment researcher. The study is based on number of citations and encompasses the period 2005-2008.
The study is found in: Erman, N., Todorovski, L. (2009) Mapping the E-Government Research with Social Network Analysis. In M.A. Wimmer et al. (Eds.): EGOV 2009, LNCS 5693, pp. 13-25, 2009. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009.
Best Swedish PhD dissertation 2009-2010
Annika Andersson at Örebro University was awarded the Börje Langefors prize for best Swedish PhD dissertation 2009-2010 within the information systems field. The thesis title is "Learning to Learn from e-Learning" and the motivation is:
"Annika Andersson is awarded the prize for best dissertation for the following reasons: socially relevant subject matter, well formulated and relevant theoretical basis, proper research design with appropriate method triangulation and sequencing of sub-studies, comprehensive and interesting empirical work, good incremental cumulative knowledge, clear and well structured presentation, good design of compilation thesis with a well developed cover paper, a good international exposure."
Announcement Honorary Doctor
Ann Macintosh is according to most commentators one of the most renowned researchers in the world within the field of “eParticipation”, i.e. the use of information and communication technologies to broaden and deepen political participation by enabling citizens to connect with one another and with their elected representatives. This is today a dynamic field high on the EU agenda and, a pioneer in the field, Ann Macintosh has had a great influence through numerous research and development projects, participation in policy making in, for example, the EU and the OECD, and expert advisor to governments, e.g. the UK Cabinet Office, Canada and Australia. eParticipation is a multidisciplinary field including technical as well as social sciences, and Ann Macintosh’s research is focused on the interplay between humans, technology, and organizations; a field both fruitful and complicated.
In 1999 Ann Macintosh founded the International Teledemocracy Centre (ITC) at Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she held the position as Director and scientific leader until 2007 when she was appointed Professor of Digital Governance and Co-Director of the Centre for Digital Citizenship at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds. She has published over 50 peer reviewed research articles in the eParticipation field. Örebro University is proud to welcome Ann Macintosh as Honorary Doctor.