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David Nowak is a Researcher at the University of Münster's School of Business and Economics within the Department of Management Information Systems. He serves in the Chair of Digital Innovation and the Public Sector under Prof. Brandt, focusing on digital transformation challenges in public administration and medium-sized municipalities. His work integrates technical and social dimensions of digital governance across multiple structural domains.
Nowak's research centers on trust dynamics during cyber crises, digital transformation in non-metropolitan areas, and smart city applications for towns of 20,000-100,000 inhabitants. He examines how civil society, administration, business, and cultural sectors adapt to digitalization, with particular emphasis on trust repair mechanisms following cyber incidents and developing practical digital tools for public sector resilience. His transdisciplinary approach bridges information systems theory with real-world municipal challenges.
His publication trajectory (2023-2025) reveals a concentrated focus on cyber crisis management in government contexts and the unique digitalization pathways of medium-sized towns. The research spans information systems, public administration, and urban studies, consistently addressing practical implementation challenges in non-metropolitan settings where digital infrastructure and community identity intersect.
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Nowak supervises bachelor's theses including "Digitalization in local government" (2024) and teaches specialized seminars on digital government trends, cyber defense, and research methodology. He secures significant research funding through two active German Research Foundation (DFG) projects: FOR 5393 "The Digital Medium-Sized Town of the Future" (2023-2026) and its subproject "Trust Management in the Digital Mid-Sized Town" (DI 2760/1-1), collectively examining digital transformation across civil society, administration, business, and education sectors.
As core personnel in the DFG-funded research group FOR 5393, Nowak contributes to developing transdisciplinary frameworks for digital tools that enhance quality of life in medium-sized towns. The team specifically targets municipalities outside metropolitan regions, addressing their unique challenges in civil society engagement, administrative modernization, business-energy integration, and cultural-educational digitalization through collaborative development of practical solutions.
