Fudan-LSE Lecture Series No.62

Title: 

8 Myths about Digital Government

Speaker: 

Prof. Karl Löfgren,School of Government of Victoria University of Wellington

Host: 

Prof. Yijia Jing, Fudan IGPP

Discussant

Assoc.Prof.Ziteng Fan, Fudan IGPP

Time: 

12:30-13:50, November 4th 2024

Venue: 

Room 805E, 8th Floor, West Sub-building of Guanghua Towers

https://www.wjx.cn/vm/ek2OBGW.aspx

The Speaker：

Prof Karl Löfgren is Head of School and Professor (Public Administration) in the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Karl has spent most of his professional career in academia with posts in various countries (including Denmark, Sweden, and New Zealand) and has conducted research in digital government, public sector workforce, policy knowledge and academia, and new forms of governance. He is currently associate editor for Public Administration Review and book review editor for Information Polity.  He has recently contributed articles to Big Data & Society, Internet & Policy, Public Policy and Administration, Administration & Society, and International Journal of Public Management.

Abstract:

The digitization of the public sector has been seen globally as one of the chief drivers for reforming the public sector for almost 30 years. More recently this development has been accentuated by the emerging technical platforms of generative artificial intelligence. While much progress has been achieved, and we are now beginning to reap some of the fruits of the investments, there are still a number of issues that need to be addressed. In this lecture, Karl Lofgren will debunk some of the enduring myths around digital government.