Dr. Achim Lang

Projects

• Evaluation of the implementation status of the cantonal digital strategy / Deputy project leader / completed
• Regulatory impact assessment of FINMA Circulars / Project leader / completed
• Analysis of Inter-Municipal Collaboration in Service Delivery in the Austrian Federal State Vorarlberg / Co-project leader / completed
• Co-development pf a participation platform, innovation network and living lab for the digital transformation of a canton / region / Team member / completed
• Analysis of Service Delivery of Albaniane Municipalities (Scoping Mission) / Project leader / completed
• Annual Capacity and Performance Assessment of Kenian County Governments / Project leader / completed
• Evaluation of Stakeholder-Collaboration in Developing an eGovernmant Application / Project leader / completed
• The digital revolution in public administration / Team member / completed
• Electronic health dossier / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Mertes, A., & Lang, A. (2025). User profiles and personas of electronic participation in public discourse. Telematics and Informatics Reports, 19(100241). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teler.2025.100241
• Hegele, Y., Karakaçi, V., Lang, A., & Mushani, A. (2024). Compliance with national standards of decentralized public services : the case of preschool services in Albania. Public Administration and Development, 44(2), 75–90. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2037
• Möckli, M., Vetsch, M., & Lang, A. (2023). Leistungserbringung in kleinen Gemeinden : Eigenerstellung oder Auslagerung? Swiss Yearbook of Administrative Sciences, 14(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.5334/ssas.175
• Teucher, M., & Lang, A. (2020). Die Digitalisierung von Verwaltungsleistungen : die Auswirkungen auf die Bearbeitungszeit am Beispiel des eUmzugCH. Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Verwaltungswissenschaften, 11(1), 94–107. https://doi.org/10.5334/ssas.142
• Lang, A., & Brüesch, C. (2019). Collaborative governance in program Implementation : the development of e-relocation notification in the Swiss canton of Zurich. International Journal of Public Administration, 43(12), 1083–1095. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2019.1665681
• Tosun, J., & Lang, A. (2017). Policy integration : mapping the different concepts. Policy Studies, 38(6), 553–570. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2017.1339239
• Lang, A. (2016). Collaborative governance in health and technology policy : the use and effects of procedural policy instruments. Administration & Society, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399716664163
• Deleye, C., & Lang, A. (2014). Maternal health development programs : comparing priorities of bilateral and private donors. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 14(31). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12914-014-0031-x
• Lang, A. (2014). Government capacities and stakeholders : what facilitates ehealth legislation? Globalization and Health, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-10-4

Books, peer-reviewed

Lang, A., & Murphy, H. (2014). Business and sustainability : between government pressure and self-regulation. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07239-5

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Lang, A. (2025). Agiles Geschäftsprozessmanagement im öffentlichen Sektor. In Y. Hegele & A. Stoll (eds.), Agiles Arbeiten im öffentlichen Sektor : Erfahrungen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (pp. 119–139). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-48296-1_6
• Menzi, C., Lang, A., & Mertes, A. (2025). Digitale Transformation der Schweiz. In T. Klenk, F. Nullmeier, & G. Wewer (eds.), Handbuch Digitalisierung in Staat und Verwaltung (pp. 1045–1056). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37373-3_98
• Menzi, C., Lang, A., & Mertes, A. (2023). Digitale Transformation der Schweiz. In T. Klenk, F. Nullmeier, & G. Wewer (eds.), Handbuch Digitalisierung in Staat und Verwaltung. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23669-4_98-1
• Hegele, Y., & Lang, A. (2022). Wie können kollaborative E-Government Projekte gelingen? : Lessons Learned aus zwei Projekten im Kanton Zürich. In L. E. Pleger & A. Mertes (eds.), Digitale Transformation der öffentlichen Verwaltung in der Schweiz : Stand, Entwicklungslinien und Praxisbeispiele (pp. 195–217). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36591-2_9
• Lang, A. (2020). Technologieakzeptanz und nachhaltiges Verbraucherverhalten : ein experimentelles Design zum Einfluss von sozialen Strukturen. In M. Nagel, P. Kenis, P. Leifeld, & H.-J. Schmedes (eds.), Politische Komplexität, Governance von Innovationen und Policy-Netzwerke (pp. 153–159). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30914-5_18
• Tosun, J., & Lang, A. (2016). The politics of hydraulic fracturing in Germany : party competition at different levels of government. In C. M. Weible, T. Heikkila, K. Ingold, & M. Fischer (Eds.), Policy debates on hydraulic fracturing (pp. 177–200). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59574-4_7

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Lang, A., & Mertes, A. (2025, August 28). Support of digital public services in Switzerland : differences between citizens and civil servants. EGPA Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 26-29 August 2025.
• Andermatt, K. C., & Lang, A. (2025, February 7). Public perception of mission-oriented innovation policy at the local level in Switzerland. 7th Innovation in Public Services and Public Policy Conference (PUBSIC), Utrecht, the Netherlands, 5-7 February 2025.
• Brüesch, C., Fuhrimann, S., Lang, A., & Popova, V. (2016). Ownership strategies and stakeholder relations of state-owned enterprises : taking stock of current practice in Swiss cantons. 20th Annual International Research Society on Public Management IRSPM Conference, Hong Kong, 13-15 April 2016. http://programme.exordo.com/irspm2016/delegates/presentation/298/

Other publications

• Andermatt, K., Stoll, A., & Lang, A. (2022). Mission-oriented innovation systems for sustainable development : a governance design approach. IRSPM Conference 2022, Online, 19-22 April 2022.
• Lang, A. (2022). The need to understand and integrate procedural and substantive tools. In M. Howlett (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Policy Tools (pp. 47–58). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003163954
• Kaiser, C., Machljankin, J., & Lang, A. (2022). Zusammenarbeit der Gemeinden im Suhrental. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33889
• Lang, A., Kaiser, C., & Machljankin, J. (2021). Prüfbericht Gemeindefusion Bubikon – Dürnten – Rüti. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33890
• Brüesch, C., Fischer, D., & Lang, A. (2020). Bevölkerungsumfrage in der Schweiz, Deutschland und Österreich zur nationalen Contact Tracing-App : eine Studie des Instituts für Verwaltungsmanagement der ZHAW. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22545
• Githae, P., Matengo, M., Lang, A., Horni, P., & Frener, A. (2017). County annual capacity & performance assessment (ACPA) : synthesis report. Matengo Githae & Associates.
• Lang, A. (2015). Germany. In K. Fierlbeck & H. A. Palley (Eds.), Comparative health care federalism (pp. 29–47). Ashgate.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Stoll, A., & Lang, A. (2023). Innovation capabilities in public sector innovation labs. IRSPM Conference 2023, Budapest, Hungary, 3-5 April 2023.
• Mertes, A., & Lang, A. (2023, September 8). User profiles of electronic participation in public policymaking and policy implementation. EGPA Annual Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 5-8 September 2023.
• Lang, A., & Brüesch, C. (2018). Collaborative governance and co-production : the development of the e-relocation-notification in the Canton Zurich in Switzerland. XXII IRSPM Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 11-13 April 2018. http://programme.exordo.com/irspm2018/delegates/presentation/342/
• Lang, A. (2017). Public corporate governance at the municipality level : how transparent are government owned organizations in Switzerland? 21st Annual International Research Society on Public Management IRSPM Conference, Budapest, 19-21 April 2017.
• Lang, A., Malang, T., & Schneider, V. (2013). International Congress on Public Policy, Grenoble, France, 26-28 June 2013. International Congress on Public Policy, Grenoble, France, 26-28 June 2013.

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