Volume 6 – Number 2 – 2023

 

December 23, 2025

Editorial

di Luigi Fiorentino - Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
e Elisa Pintus - Università della Valle d’Aosta


Artificial intelligence (Ai) is emerging as the most powerful lever for transforming public institutions since the advent of administrative It.

Volume 6 - Number 2 - 2023

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December 23, 2025

Editorial

di Luigi Fiorentino - Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
e Elisa Pintus - Università della Valle d’Aosta


Artificial intelligence (Ai) is emerging as the most powerful lever for transforming public institutions since the advent of administrative It.

SPECIAL FOCUS

Will artificial intelligence be the most powerful accelerator of innovation in public institutions?
December 23, 2025

Innovation, Digitalization, and Artificial Intelligence: The Use of New Technologies to Support Public Administration, with a focus on the Cap

di Emanuela Lombardo - Regione Lombardia
The modus operandi of the public administration is changing considerably, and it is likely that in a few years’ time the architecture of administrative service delivery will have a predominantly digital footprint, marked also by the use of technologies such as artificial intelligence (Ai).
December 23, 2025

The challenge of artificial intelligence in the new Public Contracts Code: between advantages and risks in the use of algorithms and the human element in automated procedures

di Michela Giachetti Fantini - Enea – Agenzia per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile
The paper analyses the innovations introduced by the article 30 of Legislative Decree 36/2023, concerning the application of automated procedures in the life cycle of public contracts, through technological solutions, including the Artificial Intelligence, evaluating the effects on the italian administrative system and the future perspectives.

DIALOGUES

December 23, 2025

Social Innovation for a Competent Local Public Administration

di Mariella Stella - Corso di Dottorato di Ricerca di Interesse nazionale in Risorse per la Pa: persone e dati (XXXIX ciclo) – Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca
What training challenges lie ahead for local public administration? How can public employees change their social impact, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services, and build a new alliance with citizens and the Third Sector? Social innovation could be the answer, but only if it can be integrated systematically into public administration.
December 23, 2025

Strategic Personnel Planning in Public Administrations

di Caterina Cossiga - Master interateneo in Diritto amministrativo (MIDA) – Sapienza Università di Roma e Master of Studies –European Public Law Organization (EPLO)
The paper traces the evolution of strategic planning for human resources within public administrations, highlighting the persistent challenges associated with implementing effective personnel planning mechanisms.
December 23, 2025

Research Manager and Administrator: A New Role in Research Support for Italian Universities

di Daniele Bruschi - Master in Management e Innovazione delle pubbliche amministrazioni centrali (MIPAC) – ALTIS Graduate School of Sustainable Management
Following the intense competition for funding for research and innovation and the increasing size and complexity of the funded projects, a new professional figure has emerged, both internationally and in Italy: the Research Manager and Administrator (Rma).
December 23, 2025

Digital Public Infrastructure in the Eu and the Creation of Public Value

di Massimiliano Gambardella - Head of University Relation, PagoPa Adjunct Professor di Economia del Lavoro e innovazione digitale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope
Cristiano Zagari - Head of European and International Affairs, PagoPa Docente FiveG Academy – Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
For years, experts in European institutions have argued that crises often serve as catalysts for the evolution of European policies and institutions. The Covid-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to the European union (Eu), restricting free movement and physical interactions, while revealing the importance of digital tools and infrastructures.