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NIPAG - Research on and for the public administration

Research on and for administration  - that is the motto of the National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG). The NIPAG delivers pioneering research that can be effectively translated into administrative practice and evidence-based policy and advice through a unified approach. The results of our research and consultancy work are directly integrated into a comprehensive transfer programme that includes national and international conferences, workshops and seminars. The NIPAG employs around 60 researchers from a variety of disciplines. They unite legal, economic, political, social and administrative sciences in one institution. Their comprehensive scope encompasses all aspects pertinent to public administration. The NIPAG is jointly funded by the Federal Government and the States. It establishes benchmarks as a centre for German, European and international research and consultancy in public administration. On the global stage, its represents Germany's overall national interests in public administration research.

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    Building Bridges: The partnership with EURAC Bozen takes a new step. International conference on artificial intelligence in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation

    On 28 February 2025, the Institute for Comparative Federalism at EURAC Bozen organised, in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, an international conference on "Artificial Intelligence - Challenges for Administration and Law". EURAC Bozen is a research institution with which FÖV signed a cooperation agreement in 2010. The conference represents a new step of a lively scientific exchange between the two institutions.

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    “Satisfied with New Work? The effects of changes in work on the health and satisfaction of employees”

    The third workshop in the “New Work in Public Administration” series of events will take place from April 2 to 3. As in previous years, the event will be organized by the National Intsitute for Public Administration (NIPAG) and held in cooperation with the subcommittee “General Administrative Organization” (UA AV) of AK VI of the Conference of Interior Ministers under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jan Ziekow and Dr. Silke I. Keil.

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    Discussion Paper „What does knowledge management in public administrations look like in practice? Development of KM criteria on the basis of case study reviews" is published

    The recently published discussion paper “What does knowledge management in public administrations look like in practice? Development of KM criteria on the basis of case study reviews.” analyses and clarifies the sometimes elusive concept of knowledge management using a series of international case studies. The author Stella Hill examines over 100 instances where knowledge management has been implemented in the public sector, deriving a set of criteria that empirically define knowledge management.

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    Artificial intelligence in administration: reducing bureaucracy à la Musk - Prof. Dr Jan Ziekow and Dr Silke I. Keil from the NIPAG in dialogue with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

    The ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE), an organisation initiated by Elon Musk and created by decree, is streamlining public administration in the USA by using AI, among other things. In this context, Prof Dr Jan Ziekow and Dr Silke Keil from the National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) discuss the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence in public administration in Germany.

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    The handbook "The Civil Service in Europe: A Research Companion" has been published

    Over 50 experts from various European countries analyse the changes and reform needs of the civil service in Europe comparatively in about thousand pages. The handbook aims to establish civil service law as part of European constitutional and administrative law and promote a European public administration perspective.

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    Lecture hosted at the NIPAG on the international research project 'Opportunities and risks associated with automated administrative decisions,' with the participation of the NIPAG.

    On 3 December 2024, guest researcher Prof. Angela Ferrari Zumbini (Universita Federico II, Naples, Italy) gave a lecture at the National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) on the application of artificial intelligence in administrative decision-making.

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