RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

This section presents my academic appointments and visits, selected publications, honors and awards, media contributions, and reports.

During my PhD in 2015, I spent 12 months at UC Berkeley as a Visiting Scholar. Later in 2024, I returned to the campus for a six-month research visit.

Selected Publications

Digital innovation strategies in the public sector

Guenduez, A. A., Demircioglu, M. A., Mueller, E. M., & Cinar, E., Research Policy, 2025

The Political Context of Public Sector Innovation: A Critical Interpretative Synthesis on Ukraine

Cinar, E., Prodius, O., Sokoly, I., Ozcan, S., & Guenduez, A. A., Research Policy, 2025

Innovation from the margins: policy entrepreneurship and public sector innovation in centralized contexts

Golstein-Galperin, R., Cinar, E., Cohen, N., & Guenduez, A. A., Public Management Review, 2026

Digital ethics: Global trends and divergent paths

Guenduez, A. A., Walker, N., & Demircioglu, M. A., Government Information Quarterly, 2025

Same same but different: How policies frame societal-level digital transformation

Mettler, T., Miscione, G., Jacobs, C. D., & Guenduez, A. A., Government Information Quarterly, 2024

Strategically Constructed Narratives on Artificial Intelligence: What Stories Are Told in Governmental AI Policies?

Guenduez, A. A., Mettler, T., Government Information Quarterly, 2023

Technological frames in public administration: What do public managers think of big data?

Guenduez, A. A., Mettler, T., & Schedler, K., Government Information Quarterly, 2020

When GenAI writes public foresight reports: Effects on convincing citizens

Zumbrunn, L., & Guenduez, A. A., Public Policy and Administration, 2026

Public Sector Innovation (Book Review)

Guenduez, A. A., 2025

AI in a Comparative Perspective: Linking Policy Formulation and Practice

Guenduez, A. A., Fuchs, S., & Demircioglu, M. A., Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 2025

Institutional work in smart cities: Interviews with smart city managers

Guenduez, A. A., Mergel, I., Schedler, K., Fuchs, S., & Douillet, C., Urban Governance, 2024

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FT50 Publication Success Recognition, University of St.Gallen

Burchfield Award for Best Book Review Article

Urban Governance Best Paper Award 2024

Among the top 10 most-cited articles published since January 2023

Books

Service Model Navigator. How to innovate in the public sector

Schedler, K., & Guenduez, A. A., 2023, Haupt.

International editions

The book is available in Turkish. Further editions in French, Arabic, Hungarian, and Italian are forthcoming.

Honors & Awards

2025

Burchfield Award for Best Book Review Article, Public Administration Review (PAR)

2025

FT50 Publication Success Recognition, University of St.Gallen

2025

FT50 Publication Success Recognition, University of St.Gallen

2025

Urban Governance Best Paper Award 2024

Media

Innovation und die Kultur des Scheiterns

Guenduez, A. A., 2026, NZZ.

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Warum wir den Schritt zur elektronischen Identität wagen können

Guenduez, A. A., 2019, NZZ.

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Selected Reports for Practitioners

2023 Fachkräftemangel im öffentlichen Sektor

2023 Trendradar 2023

Handlungsansätze für einen modernen öffentlichen Sektor in der Schweiz

2019 Smart government: a playbook for politicians and public managers

How politicians and public managers can foster smart government in Switzerland