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Prof. Dr. Christian Geiger

Profile

Prof. Dr. Christian Geiger Fachgruppenleiter

Contact

Links

  • Contact hours Tuesday
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    Thursday
    Friday
  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Business School
    Institut Public Sector Transformation
    Brückenstrasse 73
    3005 Bern

Teaching

  • MSc in Digital Government (Program Director)

  • BSc in Business Administration

  • BSc in Digital Business & AI

  • BSc in International Business Administration

  • CAS Public Management & Transformation

  • CAS Public Management & Politics

  • Public Sector Trends (SDG1)

  • Public Innovation & Transformation (EPIT)

  • Business Case Studies (BCS/WPR2)

Research

  • Organizational Change & Organizational culture

  • Innovation and Administrative Modernization

  • Data Management & Open Data

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Open Government & Participation

  • Smart Government and E-Government

  • Smart City

CV

  • Christian Geiger holds a professorship in Digital Government, Innovation, and Transformation at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. Having served as Chief Digital Officer for the City of St. Gallen for many years (2017–2023), he has now transitioned from the public sector back to academia. At the Institute for Public Sector Transformation within the Department of Economics, Geiger conducts research and teaches on innovation in the public sector. His areas of focus include smart government and organizational change.
  • 2009-2013 research assistant Zeppelin University
  • 2013-2017 ulm 2.0 City of Ulm
  • 2017-2023 Chief Digital Officer (CDO) City of St.Gallen
  • 2003-2006 Politics and Administrative Science (B.A.) University of Constance
  • 2006-2009 Public Management and Governance (M.A.) Zeppelin University
  • 2011-2017 PhD (Dr. rer. soc.) Zeppelin University

Projects

  • Alliance for Digital Inclusion Switzerland - National Accessibility Monitoring Switzerland

  • Digital Government Switzerland - Future Strategic Monitoring

  • Digital Government Switzerland - Support for Strategic Monitoring

  • Canton of Bern - Support for the Artificial Intelligence Working Group

  • Gemeindeconnect Project Steering Committee

  • SmartCityHub Switzerland - Support for Management

Memberships

  • Public Sector Innovation Section

  • IPST Circle: Smart City and Smart Region

  • Smart City Hub Switzerland

  • German Informatics Society (GI) - Steering Committee on Informatics in Law and Public Administration (RVI)

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • German - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • Latin - Professional working proficiency
  • French - Elementary proficiency