‘I haven’t worked with this much focus before’: Teaching public administration with virtual reality scenarios

Pia Ende, Jens Weiss, Department of Automation and Computer Science, Harz University of Applied Sciences, Department of Public Management, Harz University of Applied Sciences

Teaching Public Administration

Published online on February 25, 2026

Abstract

Teaching Public Administration, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 129-145, June 2026.
Virtual reality (VR) offers immersive, interactive environments for experience-based learning, yet its role in public administration (PA) education is understudied. We analysed data from a project that developed and tested three VR scenarios with students ...