• Institutional and environmental theories for researching e-government
• Inter-organizational collaboration and information integration
• Theoretical linkages between organization theory, public management, and information science
• Government information management and policy
• Quantitative and multi-method research approaches

Dr. Gil-Garcia is the research director at CTG. He has primary responsibility for developing and managing the Center’s research portfolio. Dr. Gil-Garcia also is responsible for helping maintain and expand the Center’s network with research sponsors, partners, and major stakeholders. He leads the development of research and other project proposals resulting in grant funding and contracts and serves as a Principal Investigator and a member of multi-disciplinary, multi-investigator research teams.

Previously, he was an associate professor in the Division of Public Administration and the director of the Data Center for Applied Research in Social Sciences at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City. Dr. Gil-Garcia is also a member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico and, in 2009, was considered the most prolific author in the field of digital government research worldwide. He is a former Fulbright Scholar and is currently a Faculty Affiliate at the National Center for Digital Government, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Dr. Gil-Garcia began working at CTG as a research assistant in 2002 and, prior to his current position, was post-doctoral fellow for two years. One of his major contributions has been his focus on inter-organizational collaboration and information integration in complex multi-jurisdictional policy domains such as public health and criminal justice. In addition, he has contributed to other important topics such as the use of XML for Web site content management, the use of GIS in emergency response, the use of mobile technologies in social services, and the development of evaluation frameworks for e-government.

Dr. Gil-Garcia is the author or co-author of articles inThe International Public Management Journal, Government Information Quarterly, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, European Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Electronic Government Research, International Journal of Electronic Governance, Reforma y Democracia, Gestión y Política Pública, Convergencia, and Espacios Públicos, among other prestigious academic journals. Some of his publications are among the most cited in the field of digital government research worldwide. His research interests include collaborative electronic government, inter-organizational information integration, adoption and implementation of emergent technologies, information technologies and organizations, digital divide policies, new public management, public policy evaluation, and multi-method research approaches.

Dr. Gil-Garcia has been on the faculty of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and has been an adjunct professor in the Department of Management Science and Information Systems at the School of Business and at the School of Information Science and Policy at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He has lectured on topics such as Public Management, Policy Analysis, Organization Theory, Database Applications, Statistics, Web Development, Quantitative Analysis and Modeling, Research Methods, Public Administration Theory, Local Government Management, and Information Technologies in the Public Sector, among others. Prior to his academic positions, he worked as a systems analyst and the director's executive assistant at the General Direction of Rural Development, Secretary of Agricultural Development of the State of Mexico. Dr. Gil-Garcia also has experience as a consultant for federal, state, and local public organizations. He has been a volunteer in several non-profit organizations and is an active member of professional associations in fields such as Public Administration, Information Systems, and Political Science.

Link to Curriculum Vita

Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon. (2012). Enacting Electronic Government Success: An Integrative Study of Government-wide Websites, Organizational Capabilities, and Institutions. New York, NY: Springer.

Luna-Reyes, Luis F. and J. Ramon Gil-Garcia. (2011). Using Institutional Theory and Dynamic Simulation to Understand Complex e-Government Phenomena. Government Information Quarterly, 28 (3): 329-345.

Gil-Garcia J. Ramon, Soon Ae Chun and Marijn Janssen. (2009). Government Information Sharing and Integration: Combining the Social and the Technical. Information Polity, 14 (1 and 2): 1-10.

Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon, Indushobha Chengalur-Smith and Peter Duchessi. (2007). Collaborative E-Government: Impediments and Benefits of Information Sharing Projects in the Public Sector. European Journal of Information Systems, 16(2): 121-133.

Gil-García, J. Ramón and Theresa A. Pardo. (2005). E-Government Success Factors: Mapping Practical Tools to Theoretical Foundations. Government Information Quarterly, 22 (2): 187–216.

• Ph.D., Public Administration and Policy, 2005, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, SUNY.
• M.S., Public Administration and Policy, 1999, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics.
• Graduate Certificate, Government Information Management, 2001, National Institute of Public Administration.
• B.S., Political Science and Public Administration, 1997, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico.