Projects Institute Public Sector Transformation

We initiate, plan and carry out various types of research and development projects. In all our professional undertakings, we seek to achieve a healthy variety with regard to scope, disciplines involved, duration and approach. Our projects have one thing in common: professional management and a motivated team, committed to providing the parties involved with new knowledge and adding value.

Current projects of the institute

Sustainable public procurement in Switzerland: revision of the law

How environmental and social public procurement influences the transformation of sustainability in the public and private sectors:
The role of the revision of public procurement law in Switzerland.
Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation
Institute for Sustainable Business

Research unit(s) Public Procurement

Head of project Rika Koch
Tobias Stucki
- See research project
Real Versus Digital (ReVerDi): sustainability optimisation in national libraries

Digitalization enables national libraries to share their collections with a worldwide audience. However, costs and emissions of digital and physical infrastructures are rising. The ReVerDI project addresses...
Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Data and Infrastructure

Head of project Jan Bieser
- See research project
Democracy Lab Basel

With ten concrete reform approaches addressing specific challenges, the project "Democracy Lab Basel" (Verein Demokratie Labor/BFH) aims to contribute to the modernization of Switzerland's democratic...
Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Digital Democracy

Head of project Daniel Schwarz
- See research project
Smart Urban Heatmap Bern

Urban heat is an ever-growing problem, also in the city and region of Bern. In order to develop intelligent and sustainable solutions, a comprehensive and open data foundation is required.
Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Data and Infrastructure

Head of project Jurek Nicolai Müller
- See research project
Sufficency and Politics

Sufficiency is one of the three pillars of sustainable development. In this project, we ask ourselves where measures are most necessary and effective, how they could be designed and what the chances of...
Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Digital Democracy

Head of project Jan Fivaz
- See research project
Energy data platform Canton of Berne

The energy and climate data platform of the Canton of Bern visualises energy and climate data in the cantonal territory and supports the decarbonisation of the heating sector.
Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Digital Sustainability Lab

Head of project Jasmin Myriam Nussbaumer
- See research project

Projects of the Institute Public Sector Transformation

Sustainable public procurement in Switzerland: revision of the law
How environmental and social public procurement influences the transformation of sustainability in the public and private sectors:
The role of the revision of public procurement law in Switzerland.

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation
Institute for Sustainable Business

Research unit(s) Public Procurement

Head of project Rika Koch
Tobias Stucki
- See research project
Real Versus Digital (ReVerDi): sustainability optimisation in national libraries
Digitalization enables national libraries to share their collections with a worldwide audience. However, costs and emissions of digital and physical infrastructures are rising. The ReVerDI project addresses...

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Data and Infrastructure

Head of project Jan Bieser
- See research project
IntelliProcure API and AI
The Innosuisse project is investigating artificial intelligence in public procurement.

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Head of project Jennifer Maria De Capitani
Eliane Patricia Wurmser
- See research project
eGov Monitoring
The project eGov Monitoring promotes the constant knowledge extension and dissemination in areas of E-Government and IT for business and administration.

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Public Sector Innovation

Head of project Annique Lombard
- See research project
Innovation Booster Swiss Smart Cities
The Innovation Booster Swiss Smart Cities promotes radical solution ideas that create public value for smart cities and regions throughout Switzerland.
Innovation needs courage and a spirit of discovery!

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Data and Infrastructure

Head of project Stephan Haller
- See research project
Development of an RDF schema for public affairs
As part of this project, an RDF schema is being created for the Federal Chancellery in order to model public affairs with the help of structured data in RDF.

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Data and Infrastructure

Head of project Benedikt Simon Hitz
- See research project
Democracy Lab Basel
With ten concrete reform approaches addressing specific challenges, the project "Democracy Lab Basel" (Verein Demokratie Labor/BFH) aims to contribute to the modernization of Switzerland's democratic...

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Digital Democracy

Head of project Daniel Schwarz
- See research project
Smart Urban Heatmap Bern
Urban heat is an ever-growing problem, also in the city and region of Bern. In order to develop intelligent and sustainable solutions, a comprehensive and open data foundation is required.

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Data and Infrastructure

Head of project Jurek Nicolai Müller
- See research project
ESG success factors for physical, hybrid and virtual shareholders' meetings
Are virtual shareholders' meetings more sustainable than a hybrid or physical format? A short study identified the ESG success factors for shareholders' meetings and compared the event formats.

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Data and Infrastructure

Head of project Jan Bieser
- See research project
Visualisation Sustainable Real Estate Management
The Digital Sustainability Lab was commissioned by the Sustainable Real Estate Management Department of the City of Bern to implement a tool for managing the department's properties.

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Digital Sustainability Lab

Head of project Livia Hochstrasser
- See research project
Sufficency and Politics
Sufficiency is one of the three pillars of sustainable development. In this project, we ask ourselves where measures are most necessary and effective, how they could be designed and what the chances of...

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Digital Democracy

Head of project Jan Fivaz
- See research project
Digitization Monitor 2023
The Digitization Monitor 2023 records and visualizes the digital policy profiles of the candidates before the federal elections with the aim of giving more attention to issues of digital policy and digital...

Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation

Research unit(s) Digital Democracy

Head of project Daniel Schwarz
- See research project

Projects

Current projects of the institute

Sustainable public procurement in Switzerland: revision of the law

Real Versus Digital (ReVerDi): sustainability optimisation in national libraries

Democracy Lab Basel

Smart Urban Heatmap Bern

Sufficency and Politics

Energy data platform Canton of Berne

Sustainable public procurement in Switzerland: revision of the law

Real Versus Digital (ReVerDi): sustainability optimisation in national libraries

Democracy Lab Basel

Smart Urban Heatmap Bern

Sufficency and Politics

Energy data platform Canton of Berne

Projects of the Institute Public Sector Transformation

Sustainable public procurement in Switzerland: revision of the law

Real Versus Digital (ReVerDi): sustainability optimisation in national libraries

IntelliProcure API and AI

eGov Monitoring

Innovation Booster Swiss Smart Cities

Development of an RDF schema for public affairs

Democracy Lab Basel

Smart Urban Heatmap Bern

ESG success factors for physical, hybrid and virtual shareholders' meetings

Visualisation Sustainable Real Estate Management

Sufficency and Politics

Digitization Monitor 2023