Skills and Work in the Emerging Digital Public Service: project team

This project is led by two public administration and public policy scholars (Justin Longo and Evert Lindquist), supported by three graduate student positions. The research team leaders each have significant relevant expertise and experience in the thematic areas of digital-era public sector management, digital public service delivery, and governance in the digital era, and bring extensive combined prior experience in knowledge mobilization activities. 

The lead applicant is Justin Longo, an associate professor in the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School (JSGS) of Public Policy at the University of Regina. He was a co-applicant on a workshop grant that lead to a SSHRC-funded book A Subtle Balance: Expertise, Evidence, and Democracy in Public Policy & Governance, 1970-2010 (Parson, 2015), was the co-editor of the proceedings from the 2007 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (Longo & Brace, 2007), was co-author of a recent report on “Ontario’s Public Service and the Challenges of Digital Governance” (Craft, Lindquist, Longo, & Millar, 2019). He has published numerous academic articles and book chapters, and has authored inter alia a recent article for public consumption on the issue of 5G wireless in Canada (Longo, 2019) and the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Canada’s digital divide (Longo & Camillo, 2020).

The Co-applicant is Evert Lindquist, Professor and former Director of the University of Victoria’s School of Public Administration (1998-2015). He is the editor of the journal Canadian Public Administration and has contributed to knowledge mobilization including as co-editor of a special issue of Canadian Public Administration on the topic of “Understanding governance in the digital era: An agenda for public administration research in Canada” (Clarke, Lindquist & Roy, 2017), as a co-author on a report on digital initiatives in the Government of Ontario (Craft, Lindquist, Longo, & Millar, 2019), and as editor of Government Restructuring and Career Public Service in Canada (2000).

Assisting Drs. Longo and Lindquist in this project is Ms. Elizabeth Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olaniyi, a doctorate candidate in JSGS. Tosin holds a master's degree in e-governance from Tallinn University of Estonia, and a bachelor’s in Intelligence and Security Studies from Afe Babalola University of Nigeria. Her research interests are in e-governance, environmental governance, and citizen engagement.