The absorbent digital welfare state: Silencing dissent, steering progress

MF Hjelholt - Journal of Sociology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper explores the intricate dynamics of digital welfare within the context of late-
capitalist welfare states, focusing on the advanced digitalisation initiatives of Denmark. It …

Welfare service centers: Maintenance, repair, and care at the analog interfaces of the digital welfare state

A Kaun, A Liminga - new media & society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Many public administrations advocate digital services that allow for the deployment of
algorithmic automation and the use of artificial intelligence. This shift has been discussed as …

Automated decision-making, discretion and public values: a case study of two municipalities and their case management of social assistance

A Ranerup, L Svensson - European Journal of Social Work, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Our aim is to increase knowledge about discretion and automated decision-making (ADM) in
social work based on an approach that brings forward the role of humans and technologies …

Automating social assistance: Exploring the use of robotic process automation in the Swedish personal social services

N Germundsson, H Stranz - International Journal of Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Many European countries employ Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in the
administration of public benefits. However, there is limited understanding of how RPA is …

Context matters—different entrepreneurial approaches among street‐level bureaucrats enhancing digital inclusion

E Wihlborg, H Iacobaeus - European Policy Analysis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Digital technology is frequently used in the delivery of public services. Since not everyone
has the skills or digital access required to use such digital services, street‐level bureaucrats …

Digital Government in Conditions of War: Governance Challenges and Revitalized Collaboration between Local Authorities and Civil Society in Provision of Public …

O Matveieva, T Mamatova, Y Borodin… - 2024 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine interrupted the processes of digital reformation of
the state which had been started after 2014 in favor of European integration and further …

Special issue guest editorial: Perspectives on sustainable learning and organizing, part one

A Svensson, U Lundh Snis, IC Bernhard - The Learning Organization, 2024 - emerald.com
Different perspectives on sustainable learning and organizing are of vital importance for the
contemporary society, not at least for organizations. Organizations face complex problems …

Saving time for activation or relationships? The legitimation and performance of automated decision-making for time efficiency in two street-level bureaucracies …

K Nordesjö, R Ulmestig… - Nordic Social Work …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In the last decade, digitalized automated decision-making (ADM) has been implemented in
many Swedish municipal social services to achieve values such as legal security, client …

Guest editorial: Learning capabilities for future work practices

A Svensson, U Lundh Snis, IC Bernhard - Journal of Workplace …, 2023 - emerald.com
Learning how to thrive in the new landscape of work and professional contexts, where
digitalization and sustainability are two main driving challenges for contemporary …

Guest editorial: Learning capabilities for future work practices: part two

A Svensson, U Lundh Snis, IC Bernhard - Journal of Workplace …, 2023 - emerald.com
Learning, knowledge and continuous development of workforce competencies are of vibrant
importance for a sustainable society. Work patterns and jobs will become more digital with a …