Programme Committee

The Programme Committee of ICEGOV 2026 comprised 143 people from 36 different countries

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Raul ABRIL, European Commission, Belgium
Ibrahim Osman ADAM, University of Development Studies, Ghana
Oluwasegun Ishaya ADELAIYE, Bingham University, Nigeria
Ayman ALARABIAT, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Laura ALCAIDE MUÑOZ, University of Granada, Spain
Amira ALGHANIM, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Asmaa ALI, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Fatima ALSHANNAQ, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Omaia ALOMARI, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Najla ALTHUNIYAN, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Olukemi ALUKO, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Marzouki AMAL, University of Quebec à Rimouski, Canada
Luís AMARAL, University of Minho, Portugal
Xiaomi AN, Renmin University of China, China
Hazleen ARIS, Malasyia Board of Technologists, Saudi Arabia
Johanna AWOTWI, Independent Researcher, Ghana
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Cenay BABAOGLU, Omer Halisdemir University, Türkiye
Rehema BAGUMA, Makerere University, Uganda
Sundar BALAKRISHNA, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
Alexandre BARBOSA, Brazilian Network Information Center, Brazil
Luís Nuno BARBOSA, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Radomir BOLGOV, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
Aymen BOUDEBOUZ, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Mikhail BUNDIN, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Adil AL-BUSAIDI, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
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Joana CARVALHO, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
João Álvaro CARVALHO, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Alejandra CECHICH, Nacional del Comahue University, Argentina
Wojciech CELLARY, WSB University in Poznań, Poland
Meeyoung CHA, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, Germany
Yannis CHARALABIDIS, University of the Aegean, Greece
Tao CHEN, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Carlos CHESÑEVAR, Nacional del Sur University, Argentina
Sunil CHOENNI, Research and Documentation Centre, Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands
Andrei CHUGUNOV, ITMO University, Russia
Flávio CORRÊA DA SILVA, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Alexandra CUNHA, Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
Sandra CUNHA, Polytechnical Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal
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Sorin DAN, University of Vaasa, Finland
Rama Khrusna DAS, National Informatics Centre, India
Rahul DE’, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Vasiliki DIAMANTOPOULOU, University of the Aegean, Greece
Charmaine DISTOR, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Gayatri DOCTOR, CEPT University, India
Débora DUTRA, University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Yogesh DWIVEDI, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
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Noella EDELMANN, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
Elsa ESTEVEZ, National University of the South, Argentina
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Ramy Ahmed FATHY, National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, Egypt
Nuno F. DA CRUZ, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Pablo FILLOTTRANI, University Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Luis F. LUNA-REYES, University at Albany, United States
Catarina FONTES, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
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Maria GINTOVA, McMaster University, Canada
Hélder GOMES, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Yiwei GONG, Wuhan University, China
María Paula GONZÁLEZ, Nacional del Sur Univesity, Argentina
Stevan GOSTOJIĆ, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Dimitris GOUSCOS, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Rajan GUPTA, AI&I Lab, Tamaulipas Autonomous University, Mexico
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Bryan HO, University of Macau, China
Yefei HU, Fudan University, China
Omar HUJRAN, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
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Robert IFEONU, Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
Jun IIO, Chuo University, Japan
Tupokigwe ISAGAH, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Mona ISAZAD, University of Galway, Ireland
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Tomasz JANOWSKI, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Zoran JORDANOSKI, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
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Izabela KAPSA, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland
Arpan KAR, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Niyazi KARABULUT, Necmettin Erbakan University, Türkiye
Paul KARIUKI, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Muhammed Asmatullah KHAN, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Fernando KLEIMAN, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Ralf KLISCHEWSKI, German International University, Germany
Panagiotis KOKKINAKOS, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Arpine KOREKYAN, UNDESA, United States
Hiroko KUDO, Chuo University, Japan
Wai-Min KWOK, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United States
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Mariana LAMEIRAS, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Beatriz LANZA, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Eunmi LEE, Kookmin University, South Korea
Galbaatar LKHAGVASUREN, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia
Carolina LOPES, Columbia University, United States
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Marie Anne MACADAR, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lorenzo MADRID, Consultant, United States
Ana MAGUITMAN, Nacional del Sur University, Argentina
Debendra Kumar MAHALIK, Sambalpur University Jyoti Vihar, India
Mercy MAKPOR, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
João MARTINS, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Aleksei MARTYNOV, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Fábio MARQUES, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Cíntia MELCHIORI, Getulio Vargas Foundation – Sao Paulo School of Management, Brazil
Max MELQUÍADES, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Harekrishna MISRA, Institute of Rural Management Anand, India
Lilian MITROU, University of the Aegean, Greece
Catherine MKUDE, The Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
Francesco MUREDDU, Lisbon Council, Belgium
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Mijail NARANJO ZOLOTOV, NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
Niels NETTEN, Research and Data Centre, Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands
Ally NYAMAWE, UNU-CPR, United States
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Lizzy OFUSORI, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A.A OLOYEDE, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Sunny ORIKE, Rivers State University, Nigeria
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Theresa PARDO, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, United States
Dionysia PERPERIDOU, University of West Attica, Greece
Anna PICCO-SCHWENDENER, Svizzera Italiana University, Switzerland
Dmitry PROKUDIN, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
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Rui QUARESMA, University of Évora, Portugal
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Aleksandra REVINA, Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Manuella RIBEIRO, CETIC, Brazil
Benjamin ROSETH, Inter-American Development Bank, United States
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Tanzila SABA, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Jenny Marcela SÁNCHEZ-TORRES, Nacional de Colombia University, Colombia
Vítor SANTOS, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
Dimitrios SARANTIS, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Nur ŞAT, Hitit University, Türkiye
Mortaza S. BARGH, Research and Data Centre, Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands
Sven SCHADE, European Commission Joint Research Center, Spain
Biancca Nardelli SCHENATZ, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil
Khaled SELLAMI, Kaizen Consulting, Saudi Arabia
Ecem Buse SEVİNÇ ÇUBUK, Digital Transformation Office of the Presidency of Republic of Türkiye, Türkiye
Young SIK KIM, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
João Marco SILVA, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
João Paulo da SILVA, UNAMA, Brazil
Kerley SILVA, University of Porto, Portugal
Érica SIQUEIRA, Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
Delfina SOARES, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Luís SOARES BARBOSA, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Dada SUNDAY JOHN, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
Vera SPITZER, University of Koblenz, Germany
Kaoru SUNADA, International University of Japan, Japan
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Lucille TETLEY-BROWN, UNU-EGOV, Portugal
Moses TIMOTHY, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria
Quito TSUI, MERL Tech initiative and freelancing, United States
Manuel TUPIA, Pontificia Católica del Perú University, Peru
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Luiz VARGAS, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Costas VASSILAKIS, University of Peloponnese, Greece
Jayan VASUDEVAN, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India
Lyudmila VIDIASOVA, ITMO University, Russia
Gianluigi VISCUSI, Linköping University, Sweden
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Guilherme WIEDENHÖFT, Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil
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Nilay YAVUZ, Middle East Technical University, Türkiye
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Saleem ZOUGHBI, UNU-EGOV, Portugal