Summary

About

The 15th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance – ICEGOV 2021 was held in Guimarães, Portugal, from 4 to 7 October 2022.

Under the theme Digital Governance for Social, Economic, and Environmental Prosperity, the 15th edition of ICEGOV aims at contributing to the debate, reflection, knowledge generation, and systematisation and sharing on how digital technologies can be effectively harnessed to foster prosperity and development. At the same time, the conference will contribute towards a more inclusive, just, resilient and trustworthy world where no one is left behind, in a tight and proper alignment with the discussions and actions that have been instigated and promoted by the UN Secretary-General and Member-States.

Call for Papers

Two Call for Papers were issued: the regular Call for Papers (24 January – 1 May) and an Extended Call for Papers (2 – 15 May). In response to both calls, the conference received a total of 178 papers written by 405 authors from 48 countries. Of these, 88 were research papers (49%), 61 were ongoing research papers (34%), and 29 were short papers (16%). Subsequently, a double-blind peer-review process was carried out by the 163 Programme Committee Members from 46 different countries. This process resulted in 342 reviews.

Published as part of the conference proceedings are 91 papers, of which 47 are research papers (52%), 26 are ongoing research papers (28%), and 18 are short papers (20%). Three of these papers were further selected by the Awards Committee and received the respective Best Paper award, as listed below. The acceptance rate for ICEGOV 2021 is 41%.

Best Paper Awards

The winning papers in each category are shown below. The choices were carried by the Awards Committee.

Best Research Paper: Introducing the digipart-index: mapping and explaining digital political participation on the subnational level in Switzerland (Uwe Serdült, Gabriel Hoffmann, Costa Vayenas)

Best Ongoing Research Paper: Measuring the effects of using digital innovation contests as policy tools: towards an assessment instrument (Gustaf Juell-Skielse, Anders Hjalmarsson Jordanius)

Best Short Paper: Multimodal intelligent assistants for automating the patient intake process and primary care (Anna Chizhik, Michil Egorov)

Statistics

Attendance: 

• Total participants: 243
• Local participants: 173
• International participants: 70
• Total countries: 43
• Developed countries: 25
• Emerging countries: 18
• Participants from developed countries: 172
• Participants from emerging countries: 71
• Gender balance (M/F): 115/95
• Participants from academia: 108
• Participants from government: 59
• Participants from industry: 11
• Participants from international organisations / NGOs: 55
• Participants from civil society / other: 10

Papers and Authors

• Papers submitted: 178
• Papers published: 91
• Acceptance rate: 41%*
• Authors: 405
• Authors from developed countries: 200
• Authors from emerging countries: 205

*the acceptance rate includes only full and short papers; poster papers, workshops or invited talks are not considered.

Programme Committee (reviewers)

• Total people: 163
• Reviews done: 343
• Total countries: 46
• PC Members from developed countries: 91
• PC Members from emerging countries: 72

UNU-EGOV Scholarships

• Scholarships awarded: 19
• Gender balance (M/F): 13/6
• Awarded to students: 15
• Awarded to non-students: 4
• Awarded to people from developed countries: 2
• Awarded to people from emerging countries: 17

Publications

# Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2022); Luís AMARAL, Delfina SOARES, Lei ZHENG

Information
Editors: Luís AMARAL, Delfina SOARES, Lei ZHENG
Conference ICEGOV 2022
URL ACM Digital Library

Institutions

Patron

• His Excellency, the President of the Portuguese Republic
• Portuguese Administrative Modernization Agency

Organisers

• Universidade do Minho
• United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV)

Committees

Conference Committee

Amandeep SINGH GILL, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology • Conference Chair
António CUNHA, Norte Regional Development and Coordination Commission • Conference Chair

Luís AMARAL, University of Minho, Portugal • Programme Committee Chair
Delfina SOARES, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal • Programme Committee Chair
Lei ZHENG, Fudan University, China • Programme Committee Chair

Zoran JORDANOSKI, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal • Roundtable Sessions Coordinator
Mário PEIXOTO, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal • Communications Chair
Eliane TORRES, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal • Workshops Coordinator
Elisabete SIMÕES, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal • UNU Organisation Chair

ICEGOV Steering Committee (2022)

Elsa ESTEVEZ, National University of the South, Argentina • Chair
Theresa A. PARDO, State University of New York, United States
João Álvaro CARVALHO, University of Minho, Portugal
Wojciech CELLARY, WSB University in Poznań, Poland
Paul HECTOR, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab States, Egypt
Tomasz JANOWSKI, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
Marijn JANSSEN, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Euripidis LOUKIS, University of the Aegean, Greece
Marie Anne MACADAR, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Morten MEYERHOFF NIELSEN, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Peter PARYCEK, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
Miguel PORRÚA, Digital Government Specialist, Portugal
Delfina SOARES, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Luís SOARES BARBOSA, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Barbara UBALDI, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France

Organising Committee

Nuno BARBOSA, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Cristina BRAGA, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Joana CARVALHO, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
José FARIA, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Mário MEIRA, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal

Maria DIAS, Portugal
Catarina LEITE, Portugal
Maria Rosa MELO, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Rita MIRANDA, Portugal
Ricardo RIBEIRO, Portugal
Ana Margarida VALE, Portugal

Vicky DENAXA, CONVIN S.A., Greece
Kristiana MESINI, CONVIN S.A., Greece
Filippos MILIONIS, CONVIN S.A., Greece
Alkis POLYRAKIS, CONVIN S.A., Greece

Awards Committee

Tomasz JANOWSKI, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland • Chair
Soon Ae CHUN, City University of New York, United States
Rahul DÉ, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Mary FEENEY, Arizona State University, United States

Programme Committee

Maria A. WIMMER, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Raul ABRIL, European Commission, Belgium
Adil AL-BUSAIDI, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Ayman ALARABIAT, Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan
Olukemi ALUKO, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Luis ÁLVAREZ-SABUCEDO, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Luís AMARAL, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Xiaomi AN, Renmin University of China, China
Wagner ARAÚJO, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Johanna AWOTWI, Independent Researcher, Ghana
Judy BACKHOUSE, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Rehema BAGUMA, Makerere University, Uganda
Alexandre BARBOSA, Brazilian Network Information Center, Brazil
Soumaya BEN DHAOU, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Nitesh BHAROSA, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Radomir BOLGOV, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
Mikhail BUNDIN, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Luís CAMARINHA-MATOS, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Joana CARVALHO, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
João Álvaro CARVALHO, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Alejandra CECHICH, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina
Wojciech CELLARY, WSB University in Poznań, Poland
Yannis CHARALABIDIS, University of the Aegean, Greece
Geoffrey CHEMWA, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Tao CHEN, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Carlos CHESÑEVAR, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Sunil CHOENNI, Research and Documentation Centre, Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands
Andrei CHUGUNOV, ITMO University, Russia
Soon CHUN, City University of New York, United States
Flávio CORRÊA DA SILVA, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Maria Alexandra CUNHA, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil
Sandra CUNHA, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
Nuno F. DA CRUZ, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Kayode Sunday John DADA, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
Rahul DE’, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Bettina DISTEL, Universität Münster, Germany
Gayatri DOCTOR, CEPT University, India
Pietro DOLCI, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Luisa DOMINGUES, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
António DOS REIS, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Débora DUTRA, Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Yogesh DWIVEDI, Swansea University, United Kingdom
Elsa ESTEVEZ, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Bram FABER, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Isabel FERREIRA, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
Olga FILATOVA, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
Pablo FILLOTTRANI, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Maria GINTOVA, McMaster University, Canada
Hélder GOMES, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Yiwei GONG, Wuhan University, China
María Paula GONZÁLEZ, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Stevan GOSTOJIĆ, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Dimitris GOUSCOS, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Alexandre GRAEML, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Manmohan GUPTA, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Rajan GUPTA, Analyttica Datalab Inc., India
Smita GUPTA, Delhi Metropolitan Education, India
Karim HAMZA, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Moreen HEINE, Universität zu Lübeck, Germany
Bryan HO, University of Macau, China
Sara HOFMANN, University of Agder, Norway
Yefei HU, Fudan University, China
Omar HUJRAN, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Jun IIO, Chuo University, Japan
Tupokigwe ISAGAH, Mzumbe University, Tanzania
Tomasz JANOWSKI, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
Marijn JANSSEN, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Zoran JORDANOSKI, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Izabela KAPSA, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland
Arpan KAR, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Paul KARIUKI, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Ralf KLISCHEWSKI, German University in Cairo, Egypt
Robert KRIMMER, University of Tartu, Estonia
Milena KRUMOVA, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Wai-Min KWOK, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United States
Mariana LAMEIRAS, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Thomas LAMPOLTSHAMMER, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
Beatriz Barreto Brasileiro LANZA, University at Albany (SUNY), United States
Ida LINDGREN, Linköping University, Sweden
Zheng LING, Nankai University, China
Xinping LIU, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
Galbaatar LKHAGVASUREN, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia
Edimara LUCIANO, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Luis F. LUNA-REYES, University at Albany (SUNY), United States
Marie Anne MACADAR, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Javiera F. M. MACAYA, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil
Lorenzo MADRID, Consultant, United States
Johan MAGNUSSON, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Ana MAGUITMAN, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Mercy Erhi MAKPOR, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Fábio MARQUES, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Sofia MARQUES DA SILVA, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
João MARTINS, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Aleksei MARTYNOV, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Keegan MCBRIDE, Hertie School Centre for Digital Governance, Germany
Rony MEDAGLIA, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Mohammad MEHRAEEN, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Omenogo Veronica MEJABI, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Sehl MELLOULI, Laval University, Canada
Morten MEYERHOFF NIELSEN, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Harekrishna MISRA, Institute of Rural Management Anand, India
Gianluca MISURACA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Francesco MUREDDU, Lisbon Council, Belgium
Mijail NARANJO ZOLOTOV, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Niels NETTEN, Research and Documentation Centre, Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands
Henrique O’NEILL, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
Lizzy OFUSORI, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Adegboyega OJO, Maynooth University, Ireland
Verónica ORELLANA-NAVARRETE, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
Victor OSEI KWADWO, United Nations University (UNU-MERIT), Netherlands
Christian ØSTERGAARD MADSEN, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Gonçalo PAIVA DIAS, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Ilias PAPPAS, University of Agder, Norway
Anna PICCO-SCHWENDENER, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
Fernando PINTO, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vicente PITOGO, Caraga State University, Philippines
Dmitry PROKUDIN, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
Erico PRZEYBILOVICZ, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil
Rui QUARESMA, Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Christine Diane RAMOS, De La Salle University, Philippines
Manuel Pedro RODRÍGUEZ BOLÍVAR, University of Granada, Spain
Joanna RUDAWSKA, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Poland
Mortaza S. BARGH, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Aurora SÁNCHEZ, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile
Jenny Marcela SÁNCHEZ-TORRES, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Rodrigo SANDOVAL-ALMAZÁN, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico
Vítor SANTOS, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Dimitrios SARANTIS, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Biancca Nardelli SCHENATZ, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil
Hendrik SCHOLTA, Universität Münster, Germany
Ecem Buse SEVİNÇ ÇUBUK, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Turkey
João Marco SILVA, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Rodrigo SILVA, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
Érica SIQUEIRA, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil
Delfina SOARES, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Ralf-Martin SOE, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Kaoru SUNADA, International University of Japan, Japan
Leif SUNDBERG, Umeå University, Sweden
Deniz SUSAR, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United States
Efthimios TAMBOURIS, University of Macedonia, Greece
António TAVARES, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Lucille TETLEY-BROWN, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Lörinc THURNAY, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
Dmitrii TRUTNEV, ITMO University, Russia
Manuel TUPIA ANTICONA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
Sélinde VAN ENGELENBURG, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Colin VAN NOORDT, Technical University of Tallinn, Estonia
Costas VASSILAKIS, University of Peloponnese, Greece
Jayan VASUDEVAN, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India
Gabriela VIALE PEREIRA, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
Lyudmila VIDIASOVA, ITMO University, Russia
Shefali VIRKAR, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
Fashuo WANG, East China Normal University, China
Nosheen WARRAICH, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Ronny WEINKAUF, University of Applied Sciences Merseburg, Germany
Guilherme WIEDENHÖFT, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
Tung-Mou YANG, National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei
Mika YASUOKA-JENSEN, Roskilde University, Denmark
Mete YILDIZ, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Turkey
Moinul ZABER, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
Dimitris ZEGINIS, University of Macedonia, Greece
Nan ZHANG, Tsinghua University, China
Lei ZHENG, Fudan University, China

Programme

Sessions

ICEGOV 2022, much like its 14 past editions , featured a rich programme over 4 days that consisted of 6 Keynote Lectures, 4 High-Level Panels, 16 Paper Sessions, and 6 Roundtable Sessions. The Doctoral Colloquium and 7 Workshops were held on the last day of the conference. All sessions were based on submitted or invited contributions by researchers, experts, policy-makers, and practitioners from around the world.