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.

In the first week of December, the NIPAG welcomed Prof. Dr Angela Ferrari Zumbini, guest researcher from the Università Federico II di Napoli (Italy). Her visit culminated in a lecture as part of an internal seminar. In her capacity as Principal Investigator, the lawyer presented an international project funded by the European Union as part of NextGenerationEU and classified by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research as a research project of considerable national interest. The aim of the project is to identify the current opportunities and risks associated with automated administrative decisions. Adj. Prof. Dr Cristina Fraenkel-Haeberle from the NIPAG contributed to this comparative project, which includes 21 countries from Western and Eastern Europe. as well as China and the United States, with an analysis of Germany.

In her presentation entitled 'Comparative Lens: Automated Administrative Decisions between Efficiency and Due Process“, Ferrari Zumbini gave a comprehensive overview of the research project, including its structure, the composition of the research team, the legal systems covered and the expected results. In particular, she explained that, in addition to answering general questions, a second component of the project would deal with the resolution of practical cases. The speaker provided an interim report on the progress of the research, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

Prof. Dr David Roth-Isigkeit explained the different regulatory frameworks for partially or fully automated administrative acts, as well as the different areas of application of AI in decision preparation and decision-making. This was followed by a lively discussion in which Ferrari Zumbini answered questions from the audience.