NIPAG Publications

Research project findings

The findings of the Institute's research are disseminated through a variety of channels, including academic journals, external publishing houses, and the Institute's own publication series.

This page provides an overview of the Institute's publications since 2016. For the full texts of these publications, as well as those from earlier years, please refer to the joint document and publication server (DoPuS) of the Research Institute and the University of Speyer.

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Publications (Mainly in German)

Veröffentlichte Jugend-Checks des Kompetenzzentrums Jugend-Check

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Kommunale Unternehmen im Regime des Datennutzungsgesetzes

Über 1.500 Unternehmen in Deutschland sind in kommunaler Hand. Sie hüten einen sehr werthaltigen Datenschatz.

2025-04-01 09:01:15 Further Publications In: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht - Online-Aufsatz, Heft 3/2025, S. 1-11.

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Publications (Mainly in German)

Kommunale Unternehmen im Regime des Datennutzungsgesetzes

Über 1.500 Unternehmen in Deutschland sind in kommunaler Hand. Sie hüten einen sehr werthaltigen Datenschatz.

2025-04-01 08:42:27 Further Publications In: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht: NVwZ, Heft 6/2025, S. 387-389.

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Publications (Mainly in German)

What does knowledge management in public administrations look like in practice?

The need for effective and targeted knowledge management in the public sector is growing in response to complex challenges, impending retirement waves, and digital transformation. However, knowledge management is often treated as a buzzword, without really understan-ding its scope.

2025-03-06 10:53:25 FÖV Discussion Papers

[Translate to English:] FÖV Discussion Paper 93

Publications (Mainly in German)

Resilienz und Vulnerabilität des freiheitlichen Verfassungsstaates:

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland steht auch 75 Jahre nach ihrer Gründung auf einem demokratischen Fundament und muss weder die Schrecken eines Bürgerkrieges noch einer Hyperinflation fürchten.

2025-02-13 10:13:57 Further Publications In: Der Staat: Zeitschrift für Staatslehre und Verfassungsgeschichte, deutsches und europäisches öffentliches Recht, Heft 4, S. 515-546.

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Publications (Mainly in German)

What drives trust in regulatory agencies?

Trust between constituent actors within the European Union (EU)'s multilevel regulatory re-gimes is decisive for regulatory success. Trust drives information flows, increases compliance, and improves cooperation within these regimes.

2025-02-10 14:08:24 Further Publications In: European Political Science Review: EPSR; a journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Heft 4/2024, S. 539-556.

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Publications (Mainly in German)

How do elite core actors assess trust in national and EU authorities?

In this paper, we position generalised trust as central to the debate on elites’ assessments of trust in EU multi-level governance. We leverage one of the most influential factors in explaining political trust in single-government studies to understand variations in trust towards political authorities at various levels.

2025-02-10 13:58:44 Further Publications In: Comparative European Politics: CEP, Online first 2024.

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Publications (Mainly in German)

Public-private partnerships caught in a trust-trap and the potential role of information:

Trust is known to be beneficial for cooperation, though remains underdeveloped in public-private partnerships (PPPs), which are caught in a trust trap due to the cooperative regime’s internal heterogeneity.

2025-02-10 13:52:31 Further Publications In: European Journal of Government and Economics: EJGE, Heft 1/2014, S. 5-28.

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Publications (Mainly in German)

Public values im öffentlichen Dienst

Der Begriff der public values hebt auf den gesellschaftlichen Mehrwert einer öffentlichen Organisation sowie auf ihre gesellschaftsstabilisierende Funktion ab. Er wird im vorliegenden Beitrag zunächst aus einer historischen und vergleichenden Perspektive erörtert.

2025-01-20 10:34:13 Further Publications In: Die öffentliche Verwaltung: DÖV, Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht und Verwaltungswissenschaft, Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, Heft 1, S. 1-8.

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Publications (Mainly in German)

Civil Service in Transition: Privatisation or Alignment of Employment Conditions?

The role of the State as an employer requires special regulation. Traditionally, the prototypical public employee has been the civil servant, whose employment relationship had specific public-law status.

2025-01-20 09:27:18 Further Publications In: The Civil Service in Europe: A Research Companion, Routledge: London, S. 423-441.

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More about our current projects

Our current projects

Projects

Development and Implementation of a Youth-Check for Berlin

The project engages with the development and introduction of a youth specific regulatory impact assessment tool (‘youth-check’) for the Federal State of Berlin. The project was introduced after the Berlin Senate passed a resolution in April of 2024 which approved the introduction and implementation of a youth-check for Berlin. The youth-check is a regulatory impact assessment tool that helps to raise awareness for the concerns of the young generation. The youth-check helps to visualise the effects of draft legislation on the young generation.

2024-09-01 13:08:00 Transformation of Public Administration Transformation of the administration | Duration: 01/09/2024 -31/07/2025 | Funding: Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family Berlin

People walking on Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany

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Cybersecurity And The New EU Legislation

The project "Cybersecurity And The New EU Legislation" investigates the recent and upcoming legislative acts by the EU, especially the NIS-2-Directive, the Cyberresilience Act and the EU Cyber Solidarity Act.

2024-08-01 09:49:00 Digital Transformation in the Rule of Law Duration: 01/08/2024 - 31/03/2026

[Translate to English:] Eine Waage und ein Dollarzeichen auf schwarzem Hintergrund

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Scientific evaluation of the "Second Collective Agreement on Measures to Accompany the Reorganisation of the Brandenburg State Administration" (TV Umbau II)

The National Institute for Public Administration Germany is conducting a scientific evaluation of the TV Umbau II on behalf of Ministry of the Interior and for Municipal Affairs.

2024-07-16 11:46:00 Transformation of Public Administration Duration: 16/07/2024 - 30/06/2025 | Funding: Ministry of the Interior and for Municipal Affairs Brandenburg

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AI Compliance? Regulations on the Use of AI in Public Administration

From June 30 to July 01, the workshop “AI Compliance? - Regulations on the use of AI in public administration” will take place on the premises of The National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) in Berlin under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jan Ziekow und Dr. Silke I. Keil.

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NIPAG represented with three projects at the 18th Child and Youth Welfare Day

The 18th German Child and Youth Welfare Day (DJHT), Europe's largest youth welfare summit, took place in Leipzig from 13 to 15 May 2025. The NIPAG was actively represented with three of its own projects: The Competence Centre Youth Check (ComYC), the Project Office Youth Check Thuringia (ProJCT) and the project ‘Implementation support KJSG: Conversion of administrative structures in the area of integration assistance’ (in short: KJSG project).

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The NIPAG invites you to a seminar on 'the civil service in transition' on 12 June 2025 in its conference rooms in Berlin. The event marks the launch of the handbook "The Civil Service in Europe – A Research Companion".

The National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) is hosting a seminar on the transformation of the civil service in its Berlin conference rooms on 12 June 2025. The event follows the publication of the book ‘The Civil Service in Europe’, which concludes a research project on the transformation of the civil service in Europe funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. Around 50 researchers from numerous European countries were involved in the project. Thanks to a grant from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the publication is also available as an open access edition.

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Dr Jonas Botta as an Expert on the Reform of the Public Safety and Order Act in the Saxony-Anhalt State Parliament

On 24th April 2025, Dr Jonas Botta, a Research Associate at the NIPAG, presented his opinion as a parliamentary expert before the Committee for Internal Affairs and Sport of the Saxony-Anhalt State Parliament regarding the proposed reform of the Public Safety and Order Act of Saxony-Anhalt (SOG LSA) (LT-Drs. 8/5018). The reform primarily focuses on the introduction of new digital powers for the police.

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New Work in Public Administration - Third workshop: "Satisfied with New Work? The effects of changing work on the health and satisfaction of employees"

The third workshop in the "New Work in Public Administration" series of events took place on April 2-3, 2025 with a focus on health and satisfaction in the context of New Work. The workshop was conducted by the NIPAG under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jan Ziekow and Dr. Silke I. Keil and in cooperation with the subcommittee "General Administrative Organization" (UA AV) of AK VI of the Conference of Interior Ministers in the conference rooms of the Berlin office of the NIPAG. The aim of the workshop was to get to know innovative working models in the context of New Work and to discuss their applicability, opportunities and challenges for public administration on the basis of the speakers' contributions.

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The Director of the Institute, Prof. Jan Ziekow, and the Managing Director, Dr. Silke I. Keil
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Focus on New Work in Public Administration

Presentation of the evaluation results of the New Work strategy of the Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs of the State of Brandenburg (MIK) on March 7, 2025. At this year's Knowledge Café of the Brandenburg Digital Agency on March 7, 2025, the MIK and the NIPAG were given the opportunity to present the implementation and evaluation of the ministry's New Work strategy to an expert audience from science and administrative practice.

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