The institute is project partner of the DIGILOG project (Digital Transformation at the Local Tier of Government in Europe: Dynamics and Effects from a Cross-Countries and Over-Time Comparative Perspective). The aim of the project is to generate coherent data for a systematic comparison using methodological triangulation, i.e., quantitative and qualitative methods. This includes regular surveys of all local authorities in all member countries of the Council of Europe, application of web crawling and machine learning techniques, as well as case studies in selected European countries. In May 2023, the annual project meeting with researchers from Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the University of Potsdam was held at WU. Sessions of the two-day meeting included project updates and planning, as well as presentations and discussion of projects from PhD students funded by the project.