Donald Moynihan
Co-Director
Better Government Lab
Donald Moynihan is a professor of public policy at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and Co-Director of the Better Government Lab. Moynihan’s research seeks to improve how the government works by studying the administrative burdens people encounter in their interactions with the government. Moynihan has presented his research to policymakers at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the United Nations, OECD, the Government Accountability Office, as well as governments around the world. His writing and research have been cited in President Obama’s and President Biden's budget proposals, OMB policy guidance under President Biden, and media such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, and other publications.