Prof. Dr. phil. Stefan Handke

Professor of Public Management

 

Professorship

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The chair of Public Management is responsible for teaching in the administrative science areas of the degree programme "Administrative Informatics" (B.Sc.) and supports teaching in various economics degree programmes.

Public management is part of a transdisciplinary administrative science that provides scientific analyses and recommendations for action for the practice of public administration. In the teaching area of administrative management, questions of administrative practice are taken up and solutions to problems are developed on the basis of findings from empirical administrative research.

Prof. Dr. phil. Stefan Handke

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CV Stefan Handke

• since 2020 Professor of Public Management at HTW Dresden
• 2017 - 2019 Managing Director of the accreditation agency ACQUIN in Bayreuth and General Director of the TOO "KAZ-ACQUIN" in Almaty, Kazakhstan
• 2016/17 Interim professorship for the Chair of Politics and Public Administration (Prof. W. Seibel), University of Konstanz, Germany
• 2014 - 2016 Teaching positions at the University of Hannover, the Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen and the University for the Civil Service Hof
• 2012 - 2017 Head of the International Affairs Department and expert for programme and system accreditations of the accreditation agency ACQUIN, Bayreuth
• 2008 - 2012 Research assistant, Chair of Public Policy and Public Administration (Prof. M. Döhler), Leibniz University of Hannover; doctoral thesis "German financial market policy in the shadow of the crisis"
• 2007 - 2008 Research assistant, Chair of Public Policy and Public Administration (Prof. M. Döhler), FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
• 2002 - 2007 Degree in Political Science, Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg and University of Vienna

Academic self-administration

• Vice dean of the Faculty of Business Administration
• Examination Committee of the Faculty of Business Administration (deputy chair)
• Rector's Commission for Education and Degree Programme Development
• Faculty Council of the Faculty of Business Administration
• Study Commission Bachelor Industrial Engineering
• HTWD Extended Senate

Projects and Research Interests

The main research/interest areas of the professorship touch on the following topics:

• Digital transformation in public administration
• Administrative action in various policies
• Evaluation research in the public sector
• Non-profit organisations/Third Sector
• Higher education research and quality assurance

Current projects:

• Research group on human-centred digital services in urban and rural areas (SIGNAL), funded by the EU and the Free State of Saxony (together with Prof. Dr Jürgen Anke) 
• Project ID-Ideal in the BMWK programme "Schaufenster Sichere Digitale Identitäten" (Showcase for Secure Digital Identities) (together with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Anke)

Completed projects:

•  New Horizons in Nonprofit Research: Accreditation Agencies in the European Higher Education Area - Nonprofit Business Models, Competiton and Survivial
• "To-dos for Problem Based Learning" funded project in the scheme Förderfonds Innovative Lehrformen (together with Prof. Dr. Tim Pidun)

Memberships

Public Administration/Public Policy

• German Section of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS)

• International Public Policy Association (IPPA)

• Nationales E-Government Kompetenzzentrum (NEGZ)

• Section Policy-Analysis and Public Administration of the German Political Science Association (GPSA)
• Standing Group "Regulatory Governance", European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)

Quality Assurance

• Internal Accreditation Board of Hochschule Harz (AkAsHSH), Deputy Chair
• Appeals and Complaints Commission of the Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute (ACQUIN), Bayreuth, Chair

Transfer to practice

Digital Transformation

Prof Handke is a part of the Digital Transformation Initiative (EDiT) for the transfer of research findings into practice. The EDiT is an alliance of four professors at HTW Dresden who are working with partners from business and administration on the digital transformation of these organisations.