Can We Still Govern?

Guggenheim Fellow, Professor of Public Policy, Ford School, University of Michigan. Immigrant. Researches and teaches about state capacity, tech in government, administrative burdens, and politicization.

There's no rule that says you can't rewrite the rules

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is a Columbia University professor who studies the political economy of the United States, with an emphasis on labor and workers, the politics of organized interests, and social policy.

Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law

Alex Snider is the author of Sometimes You Should Be Late. He draws on a 15 year career in public service and a decade of practicing and facilitating meditation and group processes. He writes the Substack Slow Mindfulness.

Professor of public administration at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

I am a literary historian who has spent the last two decades working for preservation and access to cultural heritage and public data through technological innovation.

Pamela Herd is the Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy and faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research.

Ashley Splawinski is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She examines how administrative burdens and stakeholder competition shape policymaking. Her work has appeared in Policy Options and CBC Radio.

Associate Professor of Political Science at Marquette University

Sam formerly served as Associate Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget and as Director of Strategic Operations and Policy for the White House COVID-19 Response Team.

Sophie Jacobson is a political scientist at Columbia University who studies the political economy of the United States, with an emphasis on the political consequences of economic insecurity and social inequality in Americans' everyday lives.