CV

Since March 2022
Research Associate in the DFG project DIGILOG (Digital Transformation at the Local Tier of Government in Europe: Dynamics and Effects from a Cross-Countries and Over-Time Comparative Perspective)

Since November 2022 

Lecturer for the Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program of the University of Kassel

Since August 2019
Research Associate at the Chair for Political Science, Public Administration and Organisation at the University of Potsdam

2020
Temporary Lecturer in the study program Master of Public Administration (MPA), Berlin School of Economics and Law
Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences at the Babeș-Bolyai-University in Cluj, Romania (Erasmus+)

2018-2019
Research Assistant at the German Center for Higher Education and Science Studies

2018
Internship at Department of Research of the Governing Mayor of Berlin - Senate Chancellery

2016-2019
M.A. Public Policy & Management at the University of Potsdam and the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in Georgia

2015-2017
Research Assistant at the Chair for Political Science, Public Administration and Organisation and the Chair of Public and Nonprofit Management at the University of Potsdam

2015
Internship at the German Eastern Business Association

2012-2016
B.Sc. Business Administration, Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Potsdam and the University of Warsaw in Poland

Research interests

Street-level bureaucracy

Public servants, public service systems, and representative bureaucracy

Digital transformation of public administration

Comparative Public Administration, particularly Eastern Europe

Public Policy 

Publications

Marienfeldt, J. (2024): Does digital government hollow out the essence of street-level bureaucracy? A systematic literature review of how digital tools’ foster curtailment, enablement and continuation of street-level decision-making. Social Policy & Administration, 58(5), pp. 831–855. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12991

Marienfeldt, J., Wehmeier, L., & Kuhlmann, S. (02 July 2024): Top-down or bottom-up digital transformation? A comparison of institutional changes and outcomes. Public Money & Management, pp. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2365351

Marienfeldt, J., Kühler, J., Kuhlmann, S. & Proeller, I. (2024): Kommunale Verwaltungsdigitalisierung im föderalen Kontext: ein europäischer Ländervergleich. Der moderne Staat, 17(1), pp. 35–59. https://doi.org/10.3224/dms.v17i1.03

Marienfeldt, J. (2024): Digitalisierung und Automatisierung in der Sachbearbeitung. In Klenk, T., Nullmeier, F. & Weger, G. (Eds.), Handbuch Digitalisierung in Staat und Verwaltung, pp. 1–12. Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23669-4

Kuhlmann, S., Marienfeldt, J. (2023): Comparing Local Government Systems and Reforms in Europe: From New Public Management to Digital Era Governance? In: Teles, F. (ed.): Handbook on Local and Regional Governance, pp. 313–329. Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800371200.00033

Bogumil, J., Kuhlmann, S., Heuberger, M. und Marienfeldt, J. (2022): Bürgernahe Verwaltung Digital? I-Kfz und Digitaler Kombiantrag Elternleistungen im Praxistest. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. (PDF).

Marienfeldt, J. (2021): Three paths to e-service availability: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis among the EU member states. International Journal of Public Sector Management 34(7), pp. 783–798. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-12-2020-0325

Marienfeldt, J. (2018): Qualitätsmanagement in Nonprofit-Organisationen: Eine mikropolitische Analyse am Beispiel des Landesverbandes der Arbeiterwohlfahrt Berlin (Series of publications on Public and Nonprofit Management, Volume 22). Universitätsverlag Potsdam. (PDF)

Conferences and Workshops

Marienfeldt, J., Kuhlmann, S. & Ganz, F.: The digital transformation of local government: France, Germany and the UK from a comparative perspective.
Presented at the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Conference 2024 | Athens, Greece

Winkler, M., Marienfeldt, J. & Tepe, M.: Street-level bureaucrats’ role identity: self-conceptualization and associated challenges.
Presented at the 5^th Street-Level Bureaucracy Conference 2024 | Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark

Polzer, T., Kaiser, C. et al.: Digital transformation of local government services in Europe. A structured literature review.
Presented at the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Conference 2023 | Budapest, Hungary

Kühler, J., Marienfeldt, J., Proeller, I. & Kuhlmann, S.: Strategic types of local governments’ digital transformation: Findings from three cases in Continental European federal countries.
Presented at European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Conference 2023 | Zagreb, Croatia

Marienfeldt, J.: Serving a greater purpose? Perceived meaningfulness of digitalization and automation by street-level bureaucrats.
Presented at the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Conference 2024 | Tampere, Finland
Annual Conference of the Forum of Young Policy Studies and Public Administration Researchers (FoJuS) 2024 | Braunschweig, Germany
QCA Paper Development Workshop 2023 | Antwerp, Belgium
European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Conference 2023 | Zagreb, Croatia

Gräfe, P., Marienfeldt, J., Wehmeier, L. & Kuhlmann, S.: Phasing out the middle-level? The digitalization and automation of public administrative work.
Presented at the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Conference 2022 | Lisbon, Portugal

Research visits & trainings

02/2024 Research visit (YERUN Research Mobility Award) at University of Southern Denmark | Odense, Denmark

2023 Research Management & Leadership Programme | Potsdam Graduate School

PhD Summer School “AI & the Future of Work” Friedrich Ebert Foundation & Weizenbaum Institute | Berlin, Germany

Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshop (komex) “Introduction to Interpretive Research”

03/2021 Erasmus+ teaching mobility at Babeș-Bolyai-University | Cluj, Romania

Journal reviews 

Der moderne Staat (dms)

International Journal of Public Sector Management (IJPSM) 

Teaching

Summer term 2023 Digital transformation of public administration (Master/English)

Theories of administrative organization (Master/English) | University of Kassel

Winter term 2022/23 Representative bureaucracy (Master/English)

Theories of administrative organization (Master/English) | University of Kassel

Summer term 2022 Street-level bureaucracy (Bachelor/German)

Summer term 2021 Public servants – who they are and what they do (Master/English)

Winter term 2020/21 Introduction to scientific work in political and administrative science (Bachelor/German)

Summer term 2020 Understanding administration - theoretical foundations and empirical research (Bachelor/German)

Politics and Administration (Master/German) | Berlin School of Economics and Law

Winter term 2019/20 Introduction to scientific work in political and administrative science (Bachelor/German)
Digital government in Germany (Bachelor/English) | Babeș-Bolyai-University Cluj, Romania