This fall, ERCIS members Alessio M. Braccini, Stefano Za and Tommaso Federici (associated with LUISS) and Øystein Sæbø (University of Agder, visiting Rome for seven weeks) are working together on several research projects in the e-government field. Main research topics include the role of sharing economy within public sector (in collaboration with Sara Hofmann, University of Bremen), and various research projects exploring the use of technology in the Five Star Movement, an Internet-born political movement that is now member of the Italian Government. So far in 2018, this collaboration has resulted in several workshop and conference presentations as well as three journal publications in the review process.