Interdisciplinary Summer School of Digital Transformation in Public Administration
On the first day, presentations and discussions were held with leading researchers based on sociological, psychological, political science, economic and managerial approaches to the analysis and study of digital transformation in public administration. 
With his speech "Digital Transformation of Public Administration as a problem field for interdisciplinary scientific research", the event was opened by Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, PhD in Social Sciences. He spoke about the current goals and objectives of the digital transformation of public administration for Russia, about the scientific methodology and its role in the study and understanding of this process used in the Laboratory.
Olga Gulevich, Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Head of the Scientific and Educational Laboratory of Political and Psychological Research, made an online report "Perceived justice in public administration: psychological aspects in the context of digital transformation." She spoke about the psychological needs of citizens, which must be taken into account in the context of public administration, about the procedures and mechanisms of perceived justice. Interesting questions were raised about what perceived justice looks like in the digital environment, how it differs from the "analog" world, as well as how the perception of procedural justice in Russia differs from global trends.
A member of the Network of CT Researchers at the State University, Anna Mikhailova, PhD, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Geopolitical and Regional Studies of the I. Kant BFU, made a presentation on the first day of the Summer School "Spatial effects of the digital transformation of Russian society". The report focused on cyberspace as an object of public research; The issues of the coincidence of the boundaries of cyberspace and real state borders, as well as the sovereignty and enforcement of state laws in the domain cyberspace, as opposed to the dictates of large IT giants and the regulation of content in the domain space, were considered. Special attention was paid to the problem of cybersecurity, which should be dealt with by a responsible state, as well as the issue of managing the bridging of the digital divide in territorial and other dimensions.
Oleg Samolyanov, Chief expert of the Laboratory of Human-Centricity and Leadership Practices at the Higher School of Economics, made a report on the Relevance of a sense-centric approach to Leadership in the context of digital transformation, which caused an active discussion. The speaker told how the research conducted in Russia made it possible to identify three aspects of human-centered leadership and the complexity of conceptualizing the concepts of "human" and "digital transformation". He put forward seven principles of a meaningful life and urged the audience to ask how digital technologies can help in their implementation, because digital transformation should be carried out only where it makes sense.
On the second day of the summer school, Leading Research Fellow, Associate Professor Anna Sanina gave a lecture "Implementation of digital transformation projects to achieve sustainable Development Goals". The speaker explained how digital transformation differs from digitalization and digitization as large-scale processes in the public administration system, conducted a dialogue with the audience about the applicability of modern digital technologies to achieve sustainable development goals. Anna Sanina spoke about the results of a series of expert interviews within the framework of the project "Digital Transformation and Sustainable Development", demonstrated their significant fragments in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Next, a Business game was successfully held in which students consolidated their knowledge, developing skills in solving cases of digital transformation in the field of public administration using examples based on real cases collected in ten countries of the world, taking into account the achievement of sustainable development goals. During the game, students developed teamwork skills; debated and defended their opinions based on the results of case analysis, and used inter-team activities. The members of the winning team received valuable prizes.
In the second part of the game, students were able to try themselves in different roles – developers of digital solutions for socially significant tasks and the role of the administration, which had to evaluate and choose the best project. The experts – E.Styrin, A. Mikhailova, O. Samolyanov – commented on the debate and, in particular, how realistic the requirements of the administration were, whether the development teams showed themselves convincingly.