Leif Skiftenes Flak is professor of Information Systems in the Department of Information Systems, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. He was chair of the same department from 2013 to 2018. After resigning as department chair, he was the Director of the multi-disciplinary research center CeDiT - Centre for Digital Transformation from 2018-2022. When he stepped down as director, CeDiT counted more than 30 faculty in permanent positions and 19 PhD students. On January 1st 2024, he starts his service as Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Agder.
Leif over 20 years of experience with research on information systems in general and digitalization in the public sector in particular. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Aalborg University, Denmark.
Flak´s work have been published in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Communications of the AIS, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Government Information Quarterly, Information Polity, eService Journal and Transforming Government: People, Process & Policy. Three of his publications have been honored with best paper awards.
Throughout his academic career, Leif has worked closely with practice. He regularly publishes chronicles and opinion articles in newspapers and practice-oriented outlets and is a popular speaker regionally and nationally in Norway.
He has extensive national and international project experience and has served on a variety of reference groups and expert committees in organizations such as the Ministry of Commerce and Fishery, the Norwegian Health Directorate, the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management and the Norwegian Auditor General. He is currently board member of Digin, Norway´s largest IT industry cluster.
Flak is also a co- founder and active board member of GoForIT—Norway ́s arena for knowledge development at the intersection between digitalization and sustainability. This network counts 12 academic institutions, around 40 IT companies (including global companies like Microsoft, IBM and Accenture) and a number of Labour Unions. GoForIT has grown exponentially over the past years and is currently in the process of onboarding public sector organizations.
The project aims to the establish Government 3.0 as a vivid scientific domain, encompassing Electronic Government, ICT-enabled Governance and Digital Government and decision support for public value creation.
GOV 3.0 is funded by the EU as an Erasmus + Knowledge alliance. The project includes 8 partners from 7 countries.
TELMA is an R&D project co-funded by the Norwegian Research Council and the 6 partners: Kristiansand kommune, Farsund kommune og Risør kommune, Sørlandets sykehus, UiA og Siemens Healthcare/Open Tele.
The project will contribute to the development of a telemedicine central in the Agder region of Norway to support patients with varius chronic deseases.
Establishing Modern Master-level Studies in Information Systems (MASTIS) is supported by the EU to contribute to the development of state-of-the-art master programs in information systems.
User driven innovation project with support from Research council Norway. The project focus on R&D related to interoperability in eGovernment efforts.
Addme (2009-2011)
PSP CIP aiming at including disadvantaged groups in the eSociety.
Ressursnettverk for eForvaltning (2007-2010)
Network project with support from Research council Norway.
Videreføring av eDemokrati og eForvaltning (2007-2010)
Project to develop eDemocracy and eGovernment capabilities at UiA. The project is supported by the Competence Fund of Southern Norway.?
Engvall, T. S., Flak, L. S., & Sæbø, Ø. (2023). The role of digital technologies in global climate negotiations. Government Information Quarterly, 40(4), 101867.
Flak, L. S., Solli-Sæther, H., & Straub, D. W. (2022). A THEORY OF MULTI-REALIZATION OF IT VALUE: TOWARD CONSTRUCT CLARITY IN THE CO-DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE PLATFORMS. MIS Quarterly, 46(3).
Rose, J., Flak, L. S., & Sæbø, Ø. (2018). Stakeholder theory for the E-government context: Framing a value-oriented normative core. Government Information Quarterly, 35(3), 362-374.
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