Thomas Balbach

Thomas Balbach

I am a PhD candidate at KU Leuven, supervised by Professor Steven Van de Walle. I study how government contracts for policy goals in Belgium, Germany, and the United States, using big procurement data and experiments.

Digital public administration and the 2021 German federal election

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In the run-up to the 2021 German federal election, public debate focused heavily on Germany’s public administration. In this contribution, Lana Bensiek and Thomas Balbach argue that public-sector digitalization will only succeed if it produces innovation—and that requires real room for maneuver within public administrations.

Key questions:

  • What do public authorities in Germany need to implement mandated digitalization in a meaningful way?
  • What matters most in the context of the federal election?

Speakers:

  • Lana Bensiek
  • Thomas Balbach

Moderator:

  • Lucas Volkmer