Research

Camilla Wanckel studies the effect of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the policy-making process inside governments. Moreover, her research interests include the organization of governments and administrative systems, the digitization of the public sector, behavioral public administration and public policy. 

Teaching

• Summer semester 2024: Thinking, feeling and behaviour in a political context (Master, Seminar)
• Summer semester 2024: Political counselling - actors and dynamics (Bachelor, Seminar)
• Winter semester 2021/22: Governing and consulting in the digital age (Bachelor, Seminar)
• Summer semester 2021: Algorithmic Governance in the Policy Cycle (Bachelor, Seminar)
• Summer semester 2020: Governance and consulting in the digital age (Bachelor, Seminar)
• Summer semester 2019: The ministerial administration in the political process (Bachelor, Seminar)

Publikationen

Wanckel, C. (2024). Keep me posted, but don’t stress me out: how the positive effect of social networking services on civil servants’ information use and political capacities can be attenuated by social media stress. Policy Sciences, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-024-09539-4

Fleischer, J., & Wanckel, C. (2024). Creativity in policy capacity: Organizational and individual determinants. Public Administration Review, 84(2), 218-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13676

Wanckel, C. (2023). Introducing a digital tool for sustainability impact assessments within the German Federal Government: A neo-institutional perspective. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 89(2), 433-449. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523211047093

Fleischer, J., & Wanckel, C. (2023). Job Satisfaction and the Digital Transformation of the Public Sector: The Mediating Role of Job Autonomy. Review of Public Personnel Administration. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X221148403

Wanckel, Camilla (2022). An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure – Building capacities for the use of big data algorithm systems (BDAS) in early crisis detection. Government Information Quarterly 39 (4),  101705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2022.101705

Wanckel, Camilla (2021). Introducing a digital tool for sustainability impact assessments within the German Federal Government: A neo-institutional perspective. International Review of Administrative Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523211047093

Conference contributions

(2020) Fleischer, J. & Wanckel, C.: “Too many strings attached? The detrimental effects of social media stress on creativity in policymaking.”, Conference Track: PSG VI: Governance of Public Sector Organizations,EGPA Annual Conference (E-Conference), 13. – 14. September 2020.

(2020) Wanckel, C.: „Building capacities for policy analytics in public administration. A case study on the use of predictive analytics for early crisis detection within the German Federal Government.”,  13. Jahrestagung des Forum Junge Staats-, Verwaltungs- und Policy-Forschung (FoJuS) „Zukunft der Verwaltung, Verwaltung der Zukunft“, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, Deutschland, 27. - 28. Februar 2020.

(2019) Wanckel, C.: “The electronic sustainability assessment tool eNAP - Increasing analytical capacities in sustainability impact assessments (SIAs)? A Case Study.” Tagung der Sektion "Policy-Analyse und Verwaltungswissenschaft" der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW), Speyer, Deutschland, 19. – 20. September 2019.

(2019) Wanckel, C.: “The use of information technologies in sustainability impact assessments - A neo-institutional perspective”, Conference Track: PSG VI: Governance of Public Sector Organizations,EGPA Annual Conference, Belfast, United Kingdom, 11. - 13. September 2019.