Camilla Wanckel
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Camilla Wanckel has been a research associate at RIFS in Potsdam since March 2026, where she is part of the project “Link Urban Digital Twinning (LINK UDT)”. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), the project is part of the flagship programme “Accelerating planning for climate adaptation with urban digital twins” and examines how urban digital twins can support and simplify municipal planning processes in climate adaptation.
The project focuses on connecting the living laboratories of seven metropolitan regions in Germany, where urban digital twins are developed and tested for regional and municipal climate adaptation, as well as on developing shared approaches to data, interoperability, and digital sovereignty. Its aim is to consolidate insights and strengthen their transfer into practice.
Prior to joining the RIFS, Camilla Wanckel worked at the Chair for German Politics and Government at the University of Potsdam, where she completed her PhD on "the effect of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the policy-making process in governments" in 2025.
Her research focuses on public sector modernisation from the perspective of organisational capacity-building and institutional change, as well as on sustainability policy and the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into planning processes, for example through evaluation and impact assessments.
Camilla Wanckel is spokesperson of the "Public Administration" Working Group of the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval).
Groups
- Since March 2026 – Research Associate, Link Urban Digital Twinning (LINK UDT) project, RIFS Potsdam
- 2018–2026 – Research Associate, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Potsdam; PhD completed within the EU Horizon 2020 project TROPICO (Transforming into Open, Innovative and Collaborative Governments); from 2021 also part of the DFG project FISCAP (Building Fiscal Capacities); regular teaching
- 2017–2018 – Internship at Capgemini Consulting (Public Services)
- 2016–2017 – Student Assistant, Chair for Organisational Studies, University of Konstanz
- 2015–2017 – Master’s degree in Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz
- 2014 - 2015 - Student Assistant, Chair for Political Science, Public Administration and Organization, University of Potsdam
- 2012–2015 – Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration as well as Economics, University of Potsdam, including an exchange semester at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney (2014)
- Digitalisation and sustainability
- Sustainable urban development and urban climate adaptation
- Democratic governance and participation in sustainability transformations
- Public sector modernisation, capacity building, and institutional change
- Behavioural approaches to decision-making
Publications prior to joining the RIFS
- Fleischer, J., & Wanckel, C. (2024). Creativity in policy capacity: Organizational and individual determinants. Public Administration Review, 84(2), 218-232.
- Wanckel, C. (2024). Keep me posted, but don’t stress me out: how the positive effect of social networking services on civil servants’ information use and political capacities can be attenuated by social media stress. Policy Sciences, 57(3), 539-566.
- Fleischer, J., & Wanckel, C. (2024). Job satisfaction and the digital transformation of the public sector: The mediating role of job autonomy. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 44(3), 431-452.
- Wanckel, C. (2023). Introducing a digital tool for sustainability impact assessments within the German Federal Government: A neo-institutional perspective. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 89(2), 433-449.
- Wanckel, C. (2022). An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure–Building capacities for the use of big data algorithm systems (BDAS) in early crisis detection. Government Information Quarterly, 39(4), 101705.* Fleischer, J., & Wanckel, C. (2024). Creativity in policy capacity: Organizational and individual determinants. Public Administration Review, 84(2), 218-232.
- Wanckel, C. (2024). Keep me posted, but don’t stress me out: how the positive effect of social networking services on civil servants’ information use and political capacities can be attenuated by social media stress. Policy Sciences, 57(3), 539-566.
- Fleischer, J., & Wanckel, C. (2024). Job satisfaction and the digital transformation of the public sector: The mediating role of job autonomy. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 44(3), 431-452.
- Wanckel, C. (2023). Introducing a digital tool for sustainability impact assessments within the German Federal Government: A neo-institutional perspective. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 89(2), 433-449.
- Wanckel, C. (2022). An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure–Building capacities for the use of big data algorithm systems (BDAS) in early crisis detection. Government Information Quarterly, 39(4), 101705.