Leif Sundberg

Forskare|Researcher

Professional title: Researcher
Academic title: Researcher
Other title: PhD
Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428838
Email: leif.sundberg@miun.se
Room number: Ej Angivet
Location: Sundsvall
- Employed at the subject:
- Informatics
- Research centers:
- Risk and Crisis Research Centre
- Department:
- Department of Communication, Quality Management and Information Systems (KKI)

I have a broad range of research interests in the information systems (IS) field.

I've published several articles in scientific journals (e.g., Safety Science and Journal of Strategic Information Systems).

I have an educational background within philosophy and media communication from Umeå University. After receiving bachelor degrees in these subjects, I used them as a basis for a teaching degree at Mid Sweden University.

In 2019 I received my PhD in information systems at Mid Sweden University.

Background

- Bachelor in philosophy, and media communication.
- Master of education.
- Degree of Licentiate in Information Systems.
- PhD in Information Systems.

Area of interest

- Digital government / e-Government
- Risk society studies

Research

I am currently working as a part time researcher at Mid Sweden University. This involves performing research and acting as a secondary PhD student supervisor in the e-Government / digital government area. The research is conducted within the Forum for digitalization (FODI) and Risk and Crisis Research Centre (RCR) research groups. I am also an associate professor (docent) at Umeå University.

Extra contact information

Leif Sundberg at Google Scholar.

Leif Sundberg at Umeå University

Research projects

Finished

Digital services - from policy to end users

Digitalization, measurability and value realisation

Dimensions of e-participation: A review of the literature and current practices in the Swedish digital government

Enterprise Architecture in small municipalities

Risk- and decision making in large-scale e-Government projects

Publications

Articles in journals
Articles, reviews/surveys
Chapters in books
Conference papers
Conference proceedings (editor)
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
Licentiate theses, comprehensive summaries
Manuscripts
Reports

Articles in journals

Karlström, D. , Lidén, G. & Sundberg, L. (2023). Explaining variations in the implementation and use of e-petitions in local government. Information Polity, vol. 28: 4, pp. 503-521.

Heidlund, M. & Sundberg, L. (2023). What is the value of digitalization? Strategic narratives in local government. Information Polity, vol. 28: 4, pp. 523-539.

Heidlund, M. & Sundberg, L. (2022). Evaluating e-Government : Themes, trends, and directions for future research. First Monday, vol. 27: 12

Gidlund, K. L. & Sundberg, L. (2022). Unveiling 100 years of digitalization as a scholarly object. First Monday, vol. 27: 8

Gidlund, K. L. & Sundberg, L. (2021). Undisclosed creators of digitalization : A critical analysis of representational practices. Information Polity, vol. 26: 1, pp. 3-20.

Sundberg, L. (2019). Electronic government : Towards e-democracy or democracy at risk?. Safety Science, vol. 118, pp. 22-32.

Sundberg, L. (2019). Value Positions and Relationships in the Swedish Digital Government. Administrative Sciences, vol. 9: 1

Sundberg, L. & Larsson, A. (2017). The Impact of Formal Decision Processes on e-Government Projects. Administrative Sciences, vol. 7: 2

Sundberg, L. (2016). Risk and Decision in Collaborative e-Government: An Objectives-Oriented Approach. Electronic Journal of e-Government, vol. 14: 1, pp. 35-46.

Articles, reviews/surveys

Sundberg, L. (2024). Towards the Digital Risk Society : A Review. Human Affairs, vol. 34: 1, pp. 151-164.

Chapters in books

Große, C. , Nyman, M. & Sundberg, L. (2020). Information Technology Consulting Firms’ Readiness for Managing Information Security Incidents. In Information Systems Security and Privacy. Springer Publishing Company (Communications in Computer and Information Science). pp. 48-73.

Sundberg, L. & Olsson, A. (2017). Mitt - Ditt - Vårt universitet. In Mitt, ditt och vårt universitet : Att förstå något gemensamt. Sundsvall / Östersund : Mid Sweden University. pp. 17-30.

Conference papers

Sundberg, L. & Gidlund, K. L. (2024). From Digital Hopes to Governance Gaps : The Double-Edged Sword of Public Service Ecosystems. In Electronic Government. EGOV 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Sundberg, L. , Florén, H. & Sundberg, H. (2023). Enterprise architecture adoption in government : a public value perspective. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, September 2023.. pp. 254--262.

Rizk, A. , Toll, D. , Sundberg, L. & Heidlund, M. (2023). The Evolution of Government Strategies from IT to Digitalization : A Comparative Study of Two Time Periods in Swedish Local Governments. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 14130).. pp. 431--445.

Sundberg, L. & Gidlund, K. L. (2022). Dimensions of e-Participation : Levels of Participation and Citizen Configurations. In ICEGOV 2022 : 15th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Guimarães Portugal.. pp. 173--179.

Heidlund, M. & Sundberg, L. (2021). How is Digitalization Legitimised in Government Welfare Policies? : An Objectives-Oriented Approach. In CEUR Workshop Proceedings.. pp. 199--207.

Sundberg, L. (2020). Diffusion of E-services : Data from Seven Swedish Municipalities. In EGOV-CeDEM-ePart Conference, Proceedings of Ongoing Research, Practitioners, Workshops, Posters, and Projects of the InternationalConference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020.. pp. 185--193.

Strömberg, J. , Sundberg, L. & Hasselblad, A. (2020). Digital maturity in theory and practice : A case study of a swedish smart-built environment firm. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM).. pp. 1344--1348.

Åhag, P. , Hsu, Y. J. , Olsson, L. & Sundberg, L. (2020). The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on Engineering Education : Student Perceptions from Three Countries. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM).. pp. 1266--1270.

Hasselblad, A. & Sundberg, L. (2020). When Worlds Collide : Comparing the Logic of the Industrial and Welfare Societies. In EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020 : Proceedings of Ongoing Research, Practitioners,Workshops, Posters, and Projects of the InternationalConference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020.. pp. 317--326.

Samstad, A. , Sundberg, L. & Larsson, A. (2019). Assessing Stakeholder Preferences in Urban Planning : A Multi-Attribute Utility Approach. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM).. pp. 1417--1421.

Sundberg, L. (2019). Digitalization: Rise of the (Mega)machines. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM).. pp. 114--118.

Sundberg, L. (2019). From Automatic Data Processing to Digitalization : What is Past is Prologue. In Electronic Government : 18th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EGOV 2019, San Benedetto Del Tronto, Italy, September 2–4, 2019, Proceedings. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). pp. 31--42.

Sundberg, L. (2019). If Digitalization is the Solution, What is the Problem?. In Abstracts of Papers presented at the 19th European Conference on Digital Government ECDG 2019.. pp. 136--143.

Sundberg, L. (2019). Teaching Fundamental Concepts of Industrial Engineering and Management by Using Examples from the Video Game Industry. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM).. pp. 911--915.

Sundberg, L. , Gidlund, K. L. & Olsson, L. (2019). Towards Industry 4.0? : Digital Maturity of the Manufacturing Industry in a Swedish Region. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM).. pp. 731--735.

Sundberg, L. & Larsson, A. (2019). What is the value of digital services? : Data from a Swedish municipality. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Digital Government, ECDG.. pp. 258--263.

Sundberg, L. (2018). Enablers for Interoperability in Decentralized e-Government Settings. In Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Governance in the Data Age (dgo '18), Delft, Netherlands..

Sundberg, L. (2018). Shaping up e-Participation Evaluation : A Multi-criteria Analysis. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) : 10th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2018, Krems, Austria, September 3-5, 2018.. pp. 3--12.

Sundberg, L. & Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2017). Value-Based Decision Making : Decision Theory Meets e-Government. In Electronic Government: Lecture Notes in Computer Science : 16th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EGOV 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 4-7, 2017, Proceedings.. pp. 351--358.

Sundberg, L. (2016). Decision Making and Value Realization in Multi-Actor e-Government Contexts. In The IOS conference proceedings for the Dual IFIP EGOV and ePart 2016.. pp. 147--154.

Conference proceedings (editor)

Ahlin, K. (ed.) , Mozelius, P. (ed.) & Sundberg, L. (ed.) (2020). Proceedings of the 11th Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems (SCIS2020) : Digitalization in times of transition. Association for Information Systems

Doctoral theses

Sundberg, L. (2019). The Relation Between Digital Technology and Values : Thinking Through Multiple Technologies. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Sundsvall : Mid Sweden University, 2019 (Mid Sweden University doctoral thesis : 308)

Licentiate theses, comprehensive summaries

Sundberg, L. (2017). Public Values and Decision Making in the Swedish e-Government Context. Lic. (Comprehensive summary) Sundsvall : Mid Sweden University, 2017 (Mid Sweden University licentiate thesis : 130)

Manuscripts

Gidlund, K. L. & Sundberg, L. Undisclosed Practices of Digitalization - A critical analysis of representational practice and power.

Reports

Sundberg, L. & Gidlund, K. L. (2022). Digitalt deltagande i offentlig sektor : En kritisk granskning. Naturvårdsverket

Sundberg, L. , Gidlund, K. L. , Larsson, A. & Nyhlén, S. (2020). Digitala tjänster : från policy till slutanvändare. Sundsvall : Mid Sweden University