Donald Moynihan

Donald Moynihan is the Ford School’s J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy. Previously he served as Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy Chair of Public Policy and the director of the La Follette School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Moynihan’s research seeks to improve how government works by studying the administrative burdens people encounter in their interactions with the government. He co-directs the Better Government Lab, which looks for technology and other types of interventions to help government improve access to the social safety net and blogs at Can We Still Govern?

He is past president of the Public Management Research Association, and a member of the National Academy of Public Administration. He is the President-elect of the Association of Public Policy and Management.