Our people

Information about the Digital Government team and their work.

Professor Miriam Lips, Chair in Digital Government

Miriam Lips is the inaugural Professor of Digital Government at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

Miriam holds a MSc and a PhD from Erasmus University Rotterdam and an EMPA from Erasmus University, Leiden University and the Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften, Speyer. She has held academic positions at the University of Oxford and Tilburg University.

• Professor Miriam Lips' CV pdf232KB

Digital Government researchers

Karl Löfgren

Karl Löfgren is an Associate Professor for the School of Government and a collaborator for Digital Government research projects. He was previously Associate Professor with Roskilde University in Denmark.

For the past 15 years Karl has been involved in Scandinavian and European research projects on public policy and governance of ICT, the regulation and governance of privacy in ICT, new institutional models of democracy and networked governance, and public sector reforms.

Elizabeth Eppel

Elizabeth Eppel has a PhD from the School of Government. She is working for the Chair as a senior research fellow on two research projects: 'Using Social Media for Effective Public Engagement' and 'Kiwis Online Identity Management'.

Elizabeth also does work for the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies as a senior research associate.