As governments and policy makers take advantage of information and communication technologies, leaders must understand how to navigate the ever-shifting landscape of modern technologies in order to be most effective in enacting change and leading their constituents.
The Handbook of Research on Advanced ICT Integration for Governance and Policy Modeling builds on the available literature, research, and recent advances in e-governance to explore advanced methods and applications of digital tools in government. This collection of the latest research in the field presents an essential reference for academics, researchers, and advanced-level students, as well as government leaders, policy makers, and experts in international relations.
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
Sonntagbauer, Nazemi, Sonntagbauer, Prister, and Burhardt present an essential reference text for advanced students, academics, government leaders, policy makers, experts, and researchers in the field of international relations on the subject of e-governance and the advanced methods and applications of digital tools in government. Utilizing the latest available literature and research into recent advances in the field of e-governance, the text explores citizen engagement, civil service, decision-making strategies, e-participation modeling and a variety of other subjects as they pertain to the overall topic.
Peter Sonntagbauer is a Senior Project Director in Cellent AG (AT) with extensive project management skills combined with 30 years of practical experience. He graduated in 1979 (PhD) in applied statistics and informatics. On top of his academic education he holds many advanced certificates including IPMA, PRINCE2 Practitioner, ITIL and COBIT. He was working as a consultant for international organizations, large corporations and managed large scale IT projects both in the private as well as in the public sector in Europe, Africa and Asia for more than 20 years.
Since 2011 he is project director of the research project “Future Policy Modeling” (FUPOL). FUPOL is an FP7 research project with 17 partners and 9 Mio Euro budget. He is also part-time lecturer at the informatics department of the University of Applied Science “Technikum” in Vienna.
Susanne Sonntagbauer is a political scientist in Cellent AG (AT) with nearly 30 years of experience in the fields of project management and consulting. She has a long term experience in project management including collaborative projects with multiple partners as well as consulting for public bodies and private companies.
Her educational background includes three major areas: economics, political science and IT. She is a graduate of the Vienna Business School (HAK), finished a postgraduate study of the federal technical institute for IT (HTL) and holds a PhD in applied political science.
Her thesis focused on the participation of women in economic development and urbanization. This thesis was the base for the subsequent vocational activities, especially for cooperation with the public bodies. The combination of this knowledge and experience in economics, project management and political science is deemed important for the project and the design of the book.