Tomasz Janowski is the Head of the Department of Informatics in Management, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland; Invited Professor at the Department for E-Governance and Administration, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria; and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Government Information Quarterly, Elsevier. 

Previously, he was the founder and head of the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) in Portugal; Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the UNU International Institute on Software Technology (UNU-IIST) in Macau SAR, China; Invited Professor at the University of Minho in Portugal and Università Della Svizzera Italiana in Switzerland; co-chair of the e-Government Interest Group at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C); member of two evaluation panels of the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) serving as the rapporteur for Digital Europe and Innovative Europe; chief jury of the Saudi e-Government Award; chief jury of the Omani Sultan Qaboos Award for Excellence in e-Government; member of the UN expert group on the e-Government Survey; founder of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV) and co-chair of the first ten editions of this conference series in Macao, Cairo, Bogota, Beijing, Tallinn, Albany, Seoul, Guimarães, Montevideo, and New Delhi.

His research interests include digital government, sustainable digital transformation, and digital transformation for sustainability. He is an author or co-author of over 270 academic publications and project or policy reports. He served as an expert and project lead for various government and international organizations, including CTO, European Commission, IADB, IDRC, ITU, OSCE, UNDP, UNESCO, the World Bank. He led projects in various developing and post-conflict countries, e.g. Afghanistan – building a digital government strategy and implementation capacity for the Afghan government, funded by the World Bank; Colombia – establishing the Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO) function and the GCIO training programs for Colombian government, funded by UNDP; Vanuatu – building the mobile government strategy and a toolkit for Small Island Developing States, funded by the Commonwealth Secretariat, etc. He holds Habilitation in Management Sciences (equivalent), Gdańsk University of Technology; Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK; and MSc in Mathematics, University of Gdańsk, Poland.

Research Interests

• digital government
• smart sustainable cities
• sustainable digital transformation
• digital transformation for sustainability

Courses taught

• Global Digital Transformation
• Enterprise Information Systems

Diploma theses topics

Master or doctoral studies, theses written in English:

• Features and dynamics of digital transformation around the world and over time
• Results and impact of digital transformation on cities, countries and the world
• Technological, institutional, cultural and other factors influencing digital transformation
• Benefits of digital transformation - efficiency, equity, transparency, engagement, etc.
• Threats of digital transformation - inequality, exclusion, cybercrime, surveillance, etc.
• Controlling digital transformation - policies, institutions, projects, capacities, etc.
• Digital transformation helping countries meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Digital transformation helping build societal resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Benchmarking digital transformation in Poland/EU against other countries/regions
• Multi-disciplinary digital transformation research and its impact on policy and practice

Consultation hours

Earlier reservation by email to tomasz.janowski@pg.edu.pl