Evgeny M. Styrin

Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the HSE University attended the International Forum held in Wuhan, Hubei, China, at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in late July.

Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the HSE University, spoke at the session "World's Best Practices of interaction between municipal employees with citizens and business: implementing a human-centered approach in municipal management" within the framework of the International Municipal Forum of the BRICS Countries.

From July 2 to July 3, 2024, the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration for the first time held a summer school for the training and development of specialists in the field of public administration in the context of digital transformation at the Training Center for Leadership Training (Kochubey Center) Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg. The summer school was devoted to interdisciplinary aspects of studying the problems of digital transformation in public administration. The selected students successfully completed the classes and received certificates.

The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration organized round table “New directions in the study of digital transformation in governance” in 26 June 2024. The Academic Supervisor of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Professor Eran Vigoda-Gadot and the Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Associate Professor, PhD Evgeny Styrin acted as moderators. The round table brought together 20 experts from Russia, Israel, Brazil and the USA.

Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, became a member of the Technical Program Committee of the International Conference on Democracy and E-Government (ICEDEG) 2024.

There was a meeting of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the topic "Digital transformation of public administration: problems and solutions". The Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration of HSE University, Evgeny Styrin, and the laboratory’s collaborate, the head of the Center for Research on Public Administration Problems of the Institute of Economics RAS, Irina Smotritskaya participated in it.

Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, took part in a round table on the topic "Theories and methods of public Administration research: current trends", organized by the journal "Issues of Public and Municipal Administration", including its editor-in-chief, Vice President of the Higher School of Economics L.I. Yakobson.

Dr. Evgeny Styrin took part in The First Meeting of the BRICS Network of Scientific Research institutes of labor organized by All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Labor of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation. The meeting brought together researchers and practitioners from BRICS countries studying the employment issues by means of digital platforms and other means of distant work.

Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the Higher School of Economics, made a presentation at the conference "Flexible Public Administration – Iterativity in achieving the goals of state-owned companies, entities and the state." Within the framework of the report, the phenomenon of digital trust of citizens in the state when using and interacting with digital solutions had special attention.

Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, HSE University Evgeny Styrin believes that the new requirements may force shareholders and the state to evaluate R&D investments and their quality more carefully.

Experts in the field of research on current trends and standards of a client-oriented approach and their application in public institutions shared their knowledge and experience. Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the Higher School of Economics moderated the seminar. Gennady Stryuk, Deputy Head of the Laboratory for Research on Leadership Practices and Client-Centricity, was invited as a debater.

Professor Svetlana Golovanova made an online presentation at the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration. Co-authors of the presented study: Associate Professor of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro, Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Styrin, Research Assistant at the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration Ivan Makarov.

On 12-13 October, the digital forum "Digital Bridge 2023" was held in Astana (Republic of Kazakhstan), within the framework of which the Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Styrin and Research Fellow Pavel Suvorkov held a meeting with the head of the "Digital Government Support Center" of the Republic of Kazakhstan Rustem Bigari.

On October 6, 2023 the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration held a seminar "Actual problems of regulation of Internet platforms: Russian and Foreign experience". The Leading Research Fellow Evgeny Diskin was reporting.

On October 3, 2023, the Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Evgeny Styrin, gave an expert comment on the creation of a single bank of contactless service.

The article was published in HSE’s “Public Administration Issues” journal which includes two employees of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration – Ilya Stepanov and Ivan Makarov – among its co-authors. The article examines the studies that were presented in October 2022 on The Fifth International Symposium on Development and Governance in the BRICS.

This year, HSE University held the Mirror Laboratories project contest for the fourth time. A total of 19 applications were submitted to the contest from 16 HSE University research departments partnered with 16 organisations from 14 Russian regions. Following the contest results, 10 research projects received support.

In the conference employees of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration of the Higher School of Economics E.M. Styrin, A.G. Sanina, Ya.A. Rybushkina took part with a report. Also, E.M. Styrin held the international part of the seminar "E-Governance 2023". At the event, issues of algorithmic management, citizens' readiness to use digital services, electronic participation, and therole of social networks in digital public administration were discussed.

On June 15-16, 2023, the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration held an online conference on the topic "Digital Management and Public Administration: results of interdisciplinary research". Research projects on interdisciplinary perspectives of digital governance transformation in the field of public administration were presented. The co-chairs were the Scientific Director of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration of the Higher School of Economics, Professor of the School of Public Administration and Political Sciences of the University of HaifaEran Vigoda-Gadot and the head of the laboratoryEvgeny Styrin.

Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Styrin was an invited lecturer at the College of Public Administration, Huazhong University at the invitation of Professor Tao Chen as part of the course "E-government Frontiers", attended by university students, civil servants of African countries.

Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Styrin participated in the seminar "Implementation of Digital Services and Notary Services on a Single Portal of State and Municipal Services".

The International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration held online round table. The Chairman was Eran Vigoda-Gadot, Professor of the Department of Public Administration and Politics at the School of Political Sciences of the University of Haifa.

The Center for Digital Transformation of Public Administration of the Lomonosov Moscow State University held an international round table. Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration (Institute for Public Administration and Governance of the HSE University) Evgeny Styrin, made a presentation on "Data-based Public Administration: Effects, Risks, Barriers".

At the Yasin (April) HSE University conference, a round table was held on the possibilities of knowledge exchange between Russia and Africa in the field of digitalization of public administration. Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public AdministrationEvgeny Styrin delivered a report «Digital Transformation in Russian Public Sector: Digital Solutions Development and Experience Transfer».

The development of document flow in the departments is heterogeneous. Evgeny Styrin commented on the research on digitalization of data conducted by the Polylog agency for the Kommersant.

The functionality of state information systems, the quality of data have reached maturity, the accumulation stage is replaced by the stage of developing system solutions. The role of digital transformation in modern public administration was discussed at the joint scientific seminar "Data-centric public administration: effects, risks, barriers", which was held within the framework of the strategic project "Digital Transformation: technologies, effects, efficiency". Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the IPAG HSE, made a presentation on "Data-based Public Administration: Key Barriers and Development Prospects".

On March 3, 2023, the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration held a workshop on data-driven public administration. The discussion was moderated by the Head of the laboratory Evgeny Styrin and the junior researcher of the Laboratory Ilya Stepanov.

On December 15 2022, HSE Center for African Studies in partnership with the company Innopraktika held the round table « Russia-Africa: Digital Transformation of Public Administration » and presented there the concept of the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Hub for Africa. The experts discussed suggestions regarding the contents of the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Programme and presented reports on the prospects of cooperation with African countries in the digital markets.

How can the metaverse help to improve public administration? Can gamification change attitudes to data? And how can governments create ethical data policies? On June 29–30 2022, the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration held an online conference dedicated to these questions and more. The conference was organised and moderated by Laboratory Head Evgeny Styrin and Leading Research Fellow Anna Sanina.

The second issue of 2021 presents interviews about knowledge production and exchange from various angles.

On April 16, 2021, the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the IPAG held a round table «Digital Transformation of Public Administration» within the framework of the XXII April International Scientific Conference of the Higher School of Economics.

Over the next ten years, Russia is expected to undertake a massive digitalization of its public services. The President has repeatedly talked about the need to actively implement artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analysis technologies. On January 11, the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration opened at the HSE Institute for Public Administration and Governance. Below, Laboratory Head Evgeny Styrin discusses what the implementation of digital resources means for citizens, how the government, society, and the business community are working together, and what some bad examples of digitalization are and how to fix them.

This year’s HSE competition for the creation of international laboratories which considered proposals for the period of January 1, 2021 – December 21, 2023, was conducted from June 15 to December 15, 2020.

On June 2^nd the double degree master’s programme of the HSE Faculty of Public Administration and the London Metropolitan University Department of Law, Governance and International Relations was validated. Elena Guseletova, Head of this project and Head of the HSE International Educational and Research Center of Public Administration Department of International Cooperation, told us about this process and the new programme.