Davide Maffei is a researcher at the Institute for Public Management of Eurac Research in Bolzano, South Tyrol and a PhD student in Management at the University of Innsbruck, Tyrol. His research focuses primarily on public administration digitalization, public expenditure, and place identity management. He is originally from Trentino but completed his bachelor studies in Political Science and in Management and Economics as well as the master program Management, Communication & IT in Innsbruck. It is no wonder that he is often defined as a “child of the Euregio”.