Sorin Dan (PhD, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2015) is Associate Professor of Public Governance in the School of Management at the University of Vaasa, Finland. He teaches in administrative sciences and conducts research on public governance and digital transformation and is a member of the Public Policy and Governance research group at the University of Vaasa. Docent of Tampere University in Administrative Studies, especially Public Management Reform and Digitalization. Associate editor of Information Polity and member of the editorial boards of European Management Journal and Public Performance & Management Review. Co-chair of the special interest group Agile and Digital Transformation of the Public Sector and the panel on Public Sector Reforms in Comparative Perspective at the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) annual conference. Sorin Dan is the co-editor of Artificial Intelligence and Power in Government: Law, Policy and Management (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026), co-author of Digital Talent Management: Insights from the Information Technology and Communication Industry (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) and author of The Coordination of European Public Hospital Systems: Interests, Cultures and Resistance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). He has offered consultancy services to the OECD and the European Commission and has authored over 30 scholarly publications. Sorin Dan’s research has appeared in public administration and management journals, including Public Management Review, R&D Management, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, International Journal of Public Sector Management, Public Policy and Administration and Public Performance & Management Review.