Assistant professor in the area of Public Administration and Digital Transformation

Contemporary processes of digital transformation are marked by the convergence of digital, biological and physical innovations that reshape society. Such processes are marked by disruptive and emerging technologies, which blur the boundary between digital and physical worlds and ignite new (and radical) administrative reforms needed for rethinking and redesigning public governance. We seek a talented new colleague with a background in the broad field of public administration and an interest in or experience with the study of contemporary challenges of digital transformation, such as algorithmic governance, cybersecurity, crisis management, digital surveillance or digitalization of public services. This position is an exciting opportunity for co-developing and contributing to innovative public administration research aimed at generating new understanding of governance, policy, and public management responses to today's contemporary challenges of digital transformation in the public domain, in interaction with stakeholders in the field. Next to developing research in the above-mentioned areas the position has teaching responsibilities in public administration, policy studies and/or (international) public governance in various educational programs of our faculty, including the BSc Management, Society & Technology, BSc Public Governance Across Borders, the MSc Public Administration and the MSc European Studies. Do you wish to be part of an exciting, newly developing department that researches and teaches on public administration, public policy and public governance in transforming societal and technological environments? Join our team and strive to have a significant and balanced impact on public administration research and society.

You contribute to research, teaching, and knowledge valorisation. You will:

• carry out research in the exciting field of public administration and governance, public policy, and public management in a transforming societal context, within the section of Public Administration;
• co-develop new research line that fits with multi-disciplinary (public administration, psychology and communication science) approach to transformations of the public domain;
• teach in bachelor and master programs of Public Administration (including European Studies), Communication Science and Psychology. For more information about the education programs, see https://www.utwente.nl/en/pa/ (Public Administration) and https://www.utwente.nl/en/es/ (European Studies); https://www.utwente.nl/en/com/ (Communication Science); https://www.utwente.nl/en/psy/ (Psychology);
• expand your network and acquire external research funding;
• contribute to our interdisciplinary research domains of resilience, emerging technologies and societal transformations, or health in the Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS);
• develop expertise in novel research methods.