What drives artificial intelligence adoption (AI) in the public sector? What are the governance practices for AI? How can blockchain revolutionise public administrations? What GovTech initiatives are shaping the future? These questions - and their answers - are at the heart of four recent reports released by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Public Sector Tech Watch Observatory (PSTW), part of the Interoperable Europe Initiative of DG DIGIT.
The reports are distilling insights from over a year of research conducted in collaboration with leading experts. Here’s a closer look at what each report offers:
1.Competences and governance practices for AI in the public sector
Co-authored with Rony Medaglia (Copenhagen Business School) and Patrick Mikalef (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), this report focuses on the competences and governance practices around AI needed to enable value creation. Watch the video and read the full report.
2. What factors influence perceived Artificial Intelligence adoption by public managers?
Based on a survey of 576 public managers in seven EU countries, this report explores the drivers and barriers to AI adoption in the public sector. Co-authored with Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen (Utrecht University), it sheds light on the challenges public managers face when integrating AI technologies. Watch the video and read the full report.
3. GovTech: Influencing factors, common requirements, and recommendations
Co-authored with Björn Niehaves and Gerhard Klassen (University of Bremen), this report identifies the barriers and opportunities for adopting cross-border GovTech solutions, offering actionable recommendations for EU-wide deployment. Watch the video and read the full report.
4. Public Sector Tech Watch: Adoption of AI, Blockchain, and other emerging technologies
This comprehensive report maps 1,617 documented cases of emerging technology adoption in European public administrations, covering AI, Blockchain, augmented and virtual reality, and quantum computing. Access the full report here.
We invite all policymakers, researchers, and public administrations, aiming to drive innovation and public value through emerging technologies, to read these publications and use the resources in them.
Stay tuned for upcoming insights, including an in-depth exploration of generative AI in the public sector by keeping an eye at the Science for Innovations in Public Governance collection and the Public Sector Tech Watch (PSTW) page.