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Building Digital Governments
Independent reading in July
Online session during 1st week 1-5 August
On-site week in Tartu during 2nd week 8-12 August
The course will provide an overview of one of the key trends in democratic development - digital democracy – and its counterpart in modern governance - digital government.
The objective will be to expose the latest trends that will be important for democracy and governance over the coming decades. The programme is explicitly focused on e-government solutions and applications such as cloud-based services, predictive services, blockchain, e-voting but also covers the normative challenges that these present.
The programme is designed to familiarize the building blocks of successful digital governance. The course focuses on the main key trends in democratic development.
You will learn basic knowledge of digital democracy and key electronic elements. You will become aware of how both e-democracy and e-government can be applied in modern governance situations.
| Focus area: | Political Studies | Coordinating unit at UT |
Johan Skytte institute of Political Studies |
| Study Field: | Politics and Governance in the Digital Age | Course Leader | Prof Robert Krimmer, Professor of E-governance |
| Format | Blended Intensive programme | Location | Tartu, Estonia |
| Course dates: | 1 - 12 August 2022 | Apply by: | 19 June 2022 |
| ECTS: | 4 | Fee: | 600 € |
| Study group | MA/PhD and advanced BA | Language | English |
Application period has ended. See you in 2023!
Lecturers:
- Prof Robert Krimmer, University of Tartu
- Dr Mihkel Solvak, University of Tartu
- Ines Mergel, University of Konstanz
- Joep Crompvoets, KU Leuven
- Vincent Homburg, Erasmus University of Rotterdam
- Tom Steinberg, mySociety NGO, Digital Society, and Oxford University
- David Eaves, Harvard University
Independent reading in July:
Students will have material to individually read before the online part of the school.
August 1-5, 2022 online (with the possibility to spent the first week in Tartu)
Online sessions during 1st week (1 – 5 August 2022), independent/group learning component (group assignments in online):
Based on independent readings an online seminar will be held, participants will be separated into groups with group assignment that is presented at the end of day. They will be expected to ask questions from the other teams and will be hosted as a Zoom meeting with breakout rooms, moderated by ECePS junior researchers.
1st week cultural part will be organized on-site in Tartu.
Monday, 1. August 2022
13.00 - 13.10 Welcome and opening of the Summer School. Prof Robert Krimmer
13.10 - 13.45 Setting the stage: Introduction of lecturers, course agenda, expectations/assessment
13.45 - 14.30 How to design research questions, final presentations & posters?
15.00 Online exam based on the reading materials.
Tuesday, 2 August
13.00 - 14.15 - Presentation of group projects' topics
14.30 - 15.45 - Dividing the students into groups (Prof Ines Mergel)Prepare working on group assignments: Good/bad experiences working on teams, how to solve group conflict; What tools to use?
16.00 - 19.00 - Government as a platform & Exercise on Agile governance with David Eaves
Wednesday, 3 August
10.00 - 11.30 Local level digital transformation. Prof Robert Krimmer
11.30 - 12.30 Meet the City of Tartu, Discussion: Why does the City need future civil servants.
Afternoon: Working in groups
Thursday, 4 August
10:00 - 11:00 Lecture: Nature and usability of registry, streaming and log data. Mihkel Solvak
11:00 - 11:30 Team work: How to construct valid measurements from secondary datasets
12:00 - 13:00 Lecture: Building data driven services and automating service impact assessment using autogene-rated data from a data science perspective. Mihkel Solvak
13:00 - 13:30 Team work: Constructing a theory of change and covering it with indicators for a service impact assessment model
13:30 - 14:00 Reflection on team work with the lecturer
Afternoon: Work on group assignment and blogging.
Friday, 5 August
10.00 - 11.30 Lecture: Security and Privacy of citizens. Prof Robert Krimmer
12.00 - 13.00 Seminar with Practitioner from Cybernetica/IT (lecture plus discussion)
Afternoon: Work on group assignment and blogging.
Sunday, 7 August
17.00 - 19.00 Welcoming arriving students and discussion on building blocks of Estonian digital society. Led by Prof Robert Krimmer.
At the end of week 1, there will be an exam based on online reading. They will provide a 1-page summary and questions for one paper. Material that will be discussed during these four days can be read before week 1. All the materials will be avaliable in Moodle.
8 – 12 August 2022, In-person component in Tartu, Estonia:
Monday, 8 August
10.00 Welcome on site - intro to the week
10.30 - 12.00 Iteration and user-centered design. Tom Steinberg & Prof Ines MergelDesigning digital services/Iteration. Tom Steinberg & Prof Ines MergelWallet exercise. Tom Steinberg & Prof Ines Mergel
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
Afternoon: Work on group assignment and blogging.
18.00 Siim Sikkut, former government CIO of Estonia + social event
Tuesday, 9 August
9.00 - 10.30 Managing change during digital transition. Prof Vincent Homburg
10.30 - 10.45 Break
10.45-12.30 Digital era policy making. Prof Vincent Homburg
Lunch 12.30 - 13.30
Afternoon: Work on group assignment
18.00 Fire-side talk with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, one of forerunners of Estonian digital transformation
Wednesday, 10 August
Field trip to Tallinn to meet with the relevant e-governance stakeholders
11.00 - 12.30 E-Estonia briefing centre (Valukoja 8)
12.30-13.30 Lunch and brief talk by Mr Daniel Schaer @ Restaurant Mona, Ülemiste City
13.30 - 15.00 e-Governance Academy (Rotermanni 8)
15.30 - 16.30 Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (Suur-Ameerika 1)
Thursday, 11 August
9.00 - 10.45 Good governance for the smart world. Joep Crompvoets
10.45 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.00 Good governance for the smart world continues
Lunch 12.00 - 13.00
Afternoon: Students work in groups to prepare final presentations/posters
Afternoon and evening: Students work in groups to prepare final presentations/posters
Friday
10.00 - 11.45 Presentation of student assignments - public event with city representatives participating
11.45 - 12.00 Break
12.00 - 13.00 Discussion: Moving digital governance forward
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.00 Debriefing: Feedback & Extra credit instructions
16.00 Closing of the Summer School
Lecturers:
Prof Robert Krimmer, University of Tartu
Dr Mihkel Solvak, University of Tartu
Prof Ines Mergel, University of Konstanz
Prof Joep Crompvoets, KU Leuven» Prof Vincent Homburg, Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Tom Steinberg, mySociety NGO, Digital Society, and Oxford University
David Eaves, Harvard University
Entry requirements:
- Online application form
- Motivation letter (up to 1.5 pages) that demonstrates the applicant’s motivation to participate, his/her expectations about the programme, how participation in the summer programme relates to his/her studies and interests, and how the applicant plans to use the gained experience and knowledge in the future.
- Transcript of academic records
- Copy of passport
PS: Only complete applications including all annexes submitted by the deadline will be considered for selection.
Students completing the course will:
- Understand the essential normative and empirical dimensions of electronic democracy
- Have an overview of key electronic means for political participation and inclusion
- Be familiar with the essential structures and platforms of e-government
- Be aware of how both e-democracy and e-government can be applied in modern governance situations.
Examination format: Group exercise (pass/fail);
In addition, we offer a voluntary personal assignment to get additional 2 ECTS to fill the requirements for a 6 ECTS course on e-governance led by Robert Krimmer (SHRG.02.024)
Two weeks prior to the start of the programme an information file will be sent to all participants. This file contains the daily schedule and relevant contact information of the programme managers.
The students will engage in seminars, group-works and individual assignments under the guidance of our best professors.
Students are responsible for their travel, accommodation and travel insurance (visa arrangements if needed) from their home country to Tartu and back to their home country. It is recommended to visit the Tartu Welcome Centre website and arrival and housing section to find accommodation opportunities.
The University of Tartu will offer 20 tuition waivers (scholarships) altogether for citizens of Ukraine for all summer courses. It will cover the course fee and cultural programme. Accommodation and daily expenses are not included.
The selection process is going to be based on the motivation letter. In order to apply for the scholarship please submit your application to the summer course and upload a motivation letter (no longer than approx 1 A4 page).