{"id":10014,"date":"2025-11-03T16:30:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/?page_id=10014"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:22:00","slug":"special-issues-and-best-paper-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/egov-2026\/special-issues-and-best-paper-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Issues and Best Paper Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;141&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Special Issues<\/h3>\n<p>For EGOV2026, we have two special issues planned:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A conference specific Special Issue in <strong>Government Information Quarterly<\/strong>. The research papers of highest quality and potential will be invited to this special issues.<\/li>\n<li>Fast-track publication in <strong>eJournal of e-Democracy and Open Government (JeDEM)<\/strong>, for full research papers of high quality and practical importance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Past Special Issues<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>Papers from the conference are included in the following issues of JeDEM:<\/p>\n<p>2022:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjedem.org%2Findex.php%2Fjedem%2Fissue%2Fview%2F61&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cida.lindgren%40liu.se%7C1c207b80208a48b495b808dce91f61dd%7C913f18ec7f264c5fa816784fe9a58edd%7C0%7C0%7C638641568227689048%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Be0y8KrmhdcwNMU2pjDjipaWhMVq6Nt%2FStuxrC3FT4o%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/jedem.org\/index.php\/jedem\/issue\/view\/61<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2021:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjedem.org%2Findex.php%2Fjedem%2Fissue%2Fview%2F60&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cida.lindgren%40liu.se%7C1c207b80208a48b495b808dce91f61dd%7C913f18ec7f264c5fa816784fe9a58edd%7C0%7C0%7C638641568227726951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yq5y0K6De52g%2F2gsR7l%2BgnmBpNhycUpGpDUelGsDMDw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/jedem.org\/index.php\/jedem\/issue\/view\/60<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2020:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjedem.org%2Findex.php%2Fjedem%2Fissue%2Fview%2F57&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cida.lindgren%40liu.se%7C1c207b80208a48b495b808dce91f61dd%7C913f18ec7f264c5fa816784fe9a58edd%7C0%7C0%7C638641568227759846%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kGQ3KJMkz95%2FlsaG32WG9R7DMMbTX2Y23u8FEWVbbRs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/jedem.org\/index.php\/jedem\/issue\/view\/57<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2019:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jedem.org\/index.php\/jedem\/issue\/view\/55\">https:\/\/jedem.org\/index.php\/jedem\/issue\/view\/55<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2018:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jedem.org\/index.php\/jedem\/issue\/view\/52\">https:\/\/jedem.org\/index.php\/jedem\/issue\/view\/52<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Best Paper Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Three types of <strong>paper awards<\/strong> are awarded:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Category 1<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0\u2013 The most innovative research contribution or case study. Awards the paper with the most out-\u00adof<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u2010<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">the<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u2010<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">box and forward-looking idea and concept. Relevance is more important than rigor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Category 2<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> \u2013 The most compelling, critical research reflection. Awards the paper with the most compelling critical reflection on and discussion of a relevant research topic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Category 3<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> \u2013 The most promising practical concept. Awards the paper delivering a concept or solution with the highest potential to have a high impact in e-government implementations and applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nominations<\/strong> are made by the track chairs, based on the reviews. The Best Paper Awards is <strong>organized by a committee<\/strong>, consisting of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manuel Pedro Rodr\u00edguez Bol\u00edvar, University of Granada, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Noella Edelmann, University for Continuing Education, Austria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>2024 Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<footer>\n<div id=\"bottom-nav\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Category 1 (research contribution\/case study): Getting Rid of It: An Unlearning Perspective on Digital Government Competences. Michael Koddebusch, Bettina Distel, Marco Di Maria, Paul Br\u00fctzke and J\u00f6rg Becker<\/li>\n<li>Category 2 (critical reflection): Automated Decision-making in the Public Sector: A multidisciplinary literature review. Aya Rizk and Ida Lindgren.<\/li>\n<li>Category 3 (practical concept): Theory Development in Digital Government Research: Status and Ways Forward. Peter Andr\u00e9 Busch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2023 Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Category 1 (research contribution\/case study): Robot colleagues in Swedish municipalities: How RPA affects the work situation of employees. Daniel Toll, Maria Booth and Ida Lindgren<\/li>\n<li>Category 2 (critical reflection): The Human Likeness of Government Chatbots \u2013 an Empirical Study from Norwegian Municipalities. Asbj\u00f8rn F\u00f8lstad, Anna G. Larsen and Nina Bjerkreim-Hanssen<\/li>\n<li>Category 3 (practical concept): The Maturity of Knowledge-based Management in Finnish Central-Government Organizations: The Need for Managing the Knowledge-based Management. Emma Partanen, Pasi Raatikainen, Pasi Hellsten and Jussi Myll\u00e4rniemi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2022 Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Category 1 (research contribution\/case study): Dismantling digital cages: Examining design process practices for public algorithmic system design \u2013 Sem Nouws, Marijn Janssen and Roel Dobbe<\/li>\n<li>Category 2 (critical reflection): Sharing, Cooperation or Collective Action? A Research Agenda for Online Interaction in Digital Global Governance \u2013 Tove Engvall, Leif Skiftenes Flak and \u00d8ystein S\u00e6b\u00f8<\/li>\n<li>Category 3 (practical concept): A Methodology for Aligning Categories from Open Government Data Portals to a Comprehensive Set of Categories \u2013 Higor Pinto, Raissa Barcellos, Flavia Bernardini and Jose Viterbo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2021 Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Category 1 (research contribution\/case study): Elisabeth Gebka and Annick Castiaux: A Typology of Municipalities\u2019 Roles and Expected User\u2019s Roles in Open Government Data Release and Reuse<\/li>\n<li>Category 2 (critical reflection): Iikka Pietil\u00e4, Jenni Kallio, Jari Varsaluoma and Kaisa V\u00e4\u00e4n\u00e4nen: Youths\u2019 digital participation in the early phases of COVID-19 lockdown<\/li>\n<li>Category 3 (practical concept): Dian Balta, Mahdi Sellami, Peter Kuhn, Ulrich Sch\u00f6pp, Matthias Buchinger, Nathalie Baracaldo, Ali Anwar, Mathieu Sinn, Mark Purcell and Bashar Altakrouri: Accountable Federated Machine Learning in Government: Engineering and Management Insights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2020 Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leif Skiftenes Flak and Sara Hofmann \u2013\u00a0The impact of smart city initiatives on human rights<\/li>\n<li>Mecati Mariachiara, Flavio Emanuele Cannav\u00f2, Antonio Vetr\u00f2 and Marco Torchiano \u2013\u00a0Evaluating Risk of Discrimination in Automated Decision Making Systems with Measures of Disproportion<\/li>\n<li>Devin Diran and Anne Fleur van Veenstra \u2013\u00a0Barriers to Data-driven Policy Making for the Municipal Energy Transition in the Netherlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;141&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text] Special Issues For EGOV2026, we have two special issues planned: A conference specific Special Issue in Government Information Quarterly. The research papers of highest quality and potential will be invited to this special issues. 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