Peter Parycek is Full Professor for E-Governance; Head of the Department for E-Governance and Administration at the Danube University Krems and Head of the Competence Centre Public IT at Fraunhofer Fokus Berlin; funded by the Ministry of Interior. In August 2018 he has become a member of the Digital Council to advise the German government on strategic questions of digital transformation. As a lawyer and graduate of the Master's program Telematics; his work is at the intersection of legal; organizational and technological developments. His research interests focus on the effects of technology on state; society and economy as well as the necessary changes in strategies; policies and in both legal and organizational systems.