Arild Johan Jansen

• Ølnes, Svein & Jansen, Arild J. (2021). Blockchain Technology as Information Infrastructure in the Public Sector. In Reddick, Christopher; Rodriguez-Bolivar, Manuel Pedro & Scholl, Hans Jochen (Ed.), Blockchain and the Public Sector. Springer Nature. ISSN 978-3-030-55746-1. p. 19–46. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-55746-1_2.
• Ølnes, Svein & Jansen, Arild J. (2018). Blockchain technology as infrastructure in public sector: an analytical framework. In Zuiderwijk, Anneke & Hinnant, Charles (Ed.), dgo '18, Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Governance in the Data Age, Delft, The Netherlands — May 30 - June 01, 2018. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ISSN 978-1-4503-6526-0. doi: 10.1145/3209281.3209293. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The blockchain technology has evolved beyond traditional payment solutions in the finance sector and offers a potential for transforming many sectors including the public sector. The novel integration of technology and economy that open public block-chains have brought represents both challenges to and opportunities for enhancing digital public services. So far, the public sector has lagged behind other sectors in both research and exploration of this technology, but pilot cases show that there is a great potential for reforming and even transforming public service delivery. We argue that the open blockchain technology is best understood as a possible information infrastructure, given its universal, evolving, open and transparent nature. A comparison with Internet is meaningful despite obvious differences between the two. Based on some case studies, we have developed an analytical framework for better understanding the potential benefits as well as the existing challenges when introducing blockchain technology in the public sector.

• Ølnes, Svein & Jansen, Arild J. (2017). Blockchain technology as s support infrastructure in e-Government. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). ISSN 0302-9743. 10428 LNCS, p. 215–227. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64677-0_18. Full text in Research Archive
• Jansen, Arild J.; Berger, Jesper B. & Goldkuhl, Gøran (2016). SECURE DIGITAL POST IN THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES Differences in policies, design strategies and effects. NOKOBIT: Norsk konferanse for organisasjoners bruk av informasjonsteknologi. ISSN 1892-0748. 24(1). Show summary

  Digitization of communication between public administration and citizens seems to be a global trend in societies’ developments. The effects of such e-government initiatives depend, however on each countries particular policy and design decisions. The aim of this paper is to compare the enactment of particular policies in supposedly similar contexts. The comparative case constitutes digital communication between public sector and citizens in the Scandinavian countries. From a grounded approach, we have described the policy, design and effects elements of the three case settings. Our study indicates that apparently similar solutions in comparable contexts may be enacted in rather different ways and have quite different effects. We find that the three countries operate on a scale of coercion from mandatory (Denmark), over nudging (Norway) to voluntary (Sweden). Keywords: e-government, digital communication, policy, design, effect

• Jansen, Arild J. & Ølnes, Svein (2016). The nature of public e-services and their quality dimensions. Government Information Quarterly: an international journal of information technology management, policies, and practices. ISSN 0740-624X. 33(4), p. 647–657. doi: 10.1016/j.giq.2016.08.005.
• Jansen, Arild J.; Berger, Jesper B. & Goldkuhl, Gøran (2015). Differences in Secure Digital Post in the Scandinavian countries . In Tambouris, Efthimios; Scholl, Hans Jochen; Janssen, Marijn; Wimmer, Maria A.; Tarabanis, Konstantinos; Gascó, Mila; Klievink, Bram; Lindgren, ida; Milano, Michela; Panagiotopoulos, Panos; Pardo, Theresa; Parycek, Peter & Sæbø, Øystein (Ed.), Electronic Government and Electronic Participation. IOS Press. ISSN 978-1-61499-569-2. p. 110–121.

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• Schartum, Dag Wiese; Jansen, Arild J. & Tranvik, Tommy (2017). Digital forvaltning - en innføring. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 978-82-450-2234-6. 222 p.

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• Jansen, Arild J.; Berger, Jesper B. & Goldkuhl, Gøran (2016). SECURE DIGITAL POST IN THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES Differences in policies, design strategies and effects.
• Jansen, Arild J.; Berger, Jesper B. & Goldkuhl, Gøran (2016). FIRST CHOICE, FREE CHOICE OR NO CHOICE Differences in Secure Digital Post in the Scandinavian countries .
• Jansen, Arild J. (2015). Innovation in Norwegian eGovernment Information Infrastructure. Show summary

  Although many governments are developing digital Government Information Infrastructures (eGovII), it seems to be little understanding of eGovII governance approaches and strategies other than those applied for traditional information systems. In a Norwegian context, there is being put much effort into designing a common ICT architecture, including a number of common components and services. This paper discusses in what ways such national ICT architectures may stimulate innovations in service provision. Three cases, which are core components of the ICT architecture are analysed to see if and how they may support innovations. More general, the paper aims at explore what type of governance approaches for eGovII may be most appropriate for supporting innovations?

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