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

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.
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

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

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.
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.
November 20, 2024

Participatory evaluation of public organizational performance according to IEBs

di Maddalena Sanchietti - Dottoranda di ricerca in Public Management and Governance, Dipartimento di Management e Diritto, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
The study analyzes ways in which the Italian public administration conceives the regulatory innovations recently introduced in Italy on participatory evaluation of public performances and how it intends to implement them.
November 20, 2024

The sustainability reports of Italian public universities: circulation and state of the art

di Michela Soverchia - Università degli Studi di Macerata
The increasing interest of universities in issues concerning sustainability is demonstrated by the diffusion of strategies and activities related to environmental and social responsibility, as well as the adoption of accountability tools, as the sustainability reporting, which allow universities to communicate with their stakeholder about the sustainability development goals.
November 20, 2024

Digitalization and environmental information: an assessment of public administration information systems

di Lorenzo Zandonà - Master in Management e Politiche delle Pubbliche Amministrazioni – Luiss School of Government
The re-use of data held by the public sector is a cornerstone of the European Union’s development policies. This paper assesses the capability of public administrations to provide environmental data collected under Directive 2010/75/EU and Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 in a volume and format that meets users’ informational needs.