Reflections from Asilata Karandikar (Dg.o 2026 Travel Grant Awardee Ph.D. Candidate, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, India)
This was my first participation in the Digital Government Research conference and it was an excellent learning experience. I presented my paper titled, “The Institutional Underpinnings of Data Privacy: A Comparison of India and the European Union” in the Law, Technology, and Innovation Track. This work is part of my doctoral research under the supervision […]
Reflections from Robert Ifeonu (Dg.o 2026 Travel Grant Awardee, Professional from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN))
First time’s the charm When I finished writing my manuscript for dg.o 2026, I had a clear sense of what I was trying to argue but genuine uncertainty about how its positioning within the wider digital government research and practice. The paper introduced Transformation Velocity, a framework for thinking about how the pace of […]
Reflections from Kingsley Ofosu-Ampong (Dg.o 2026 Travel Grant Awardee – Scientist at Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, Ghana)
The 27th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2026), held from 1–4 June 2026 at the University of Nebraska Omaha, USA, brought together scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and digital innovation leaders to reflect on the future of governance in an increasingly digital and AI-enabled world. Under the theme “Collaborative Digital Transformation for Public Value […]
Reflections from Douglas Bernardes Silva (2026 dg.o Travel Grant Awardee, Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil)
From Tax Fraud Detection to Responsible AI: Reflections on my First dg.o Conference This was my first time attending dg.o, and it was a remarkable experience both academically and personally. I came to Omaha to present my paper, “Multi-Aspect Ensemble Learning for Detecting Structured Fraud in Goods and Services Trading,” developed with Nadia F. […]
Reflections from Eduardo Castro (2026 dg.o Travel Grant Awardee, Ph.D. Student at University of Brasília, Brazil)
This was my first time attending to dg.o and I went to present my research “Low-Code for Institutional Capacity and Collaborative Digital Government in Brazil”, developed during my Master’s in Applied Computing at the University of Brasília under the advisory of Prof. Rejane Figueiredo. The paper looks at how Brazilian public organizations adopted Low-Code Development […]
Reflections from Nicolau Jofilsan (2026 dg.o Travel Grant Awardee, Ph.D. Student at the Universidade de Pernambuco UPE, Brazil)
From Norms to Action: Reflections on dg.o 2026 The Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2026) is a vital global forum where academic research directly shapes better international public policies and digital services. At this year’s event, I had the honor of presenting the paper “From Norms to Action: Operationalizing Digital Accessibility in […]