Mailing address
John F. Kennedy School of Government / Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Website
Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Contact:
Telephone: (617)-496-7299
Email: viktor_mayer-schoenberger@harvard.edu
Website: http://www.vmsweb.net
Experience
Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger is Associate Professor of Public Policy, on leave in the fall of 2007. His research focuses on information and communication technology policy as well as European Union and transatlantic issues. In 1986, he founded Ikarus Software, a company focusing on data security. He was voted Top-5 Software Entrepreneur in Austria in 1991 and Person-of-the-Year for the State of Salzburg in 2000. He co-chairs the Rueschlikon Conference on Information Policy, the faculty group on information technology policy, and the governance of information seminar series. He is the cofounder of the SubTech conference and a member of the ABA/AALS National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists. He advises businesses, governments, and international organizations on regulatory and policy issues. He holds several law degrees, including one from Harvard, and an M.S. (Econ) from the London School of Economics. In his spare time, he likes to travel, go to the movies, and learn about architecture.
September 2007
Governance and Information Technology: From Electronic Government to Information Government
Book
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy and David Lazer
Developments in information and communication technology and networked computing over the past two decades have given rise to the notion of electronic government, most commonly used to refer to the delivery of public services over the Internet. This volume argues for a shift from the narrow focus of "electronic government" on technology and transactions to the broader perspective of information government—the information flows within the public sector, between the public sector and citizens, and among citizens....
Governance and Information Technology: From Electronic Government to Information Government is the result of a collaboration between the authors, the Dubai Initiative, and the Dubai School of Government (DSG). The original papers were presented at a DSG conference held in Dubai in May 2005.
September 2007
"From Electronic Government to Information Government"
Book Chapter
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy and David Lazer
"This chapter first lays out the current state of understanding of electronic government, because most of the attention to information and government in the last decade has come under this rubric. We then present our vision of an 'information government' paradigm, which focuses on the flow of information within, to, and from government. We conclude with an overview of the contributions to this edited volume."
September 2007
"'E-Government is an Outcome': Michael Armstrong and the Transformation of Des Moines"
Book Chapter
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy and David Lazer
September 2007
"Dubai's Electronic Government"
Book Chapter
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy and David Lazer
September 2007
"Protecting Privacy by Requesting Access: Marc Rotenberg and EPIC"
Book Chapter
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy and David Lazer
September 2007
"The Swiss E-Government Barometer: Kuno Schedler Feels the Temperature of E-Government Services"
Book Chapter
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy and David Lazer
September 2007
"Telecities: Sharing Knowledge among European Cities"
Book Chapter
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy and David Lazer
September 2007
"The Governing of Government Information"
Book Chapter
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy and David Lazer
April, 2007
Useful Void: The Art of Forgetting in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing
Working Paper
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy
May, 2006
Jefferson Rebuffed -- The United States and the Future of Internet Governance
Working Paper
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Associate Professor of Public Policy
