Benjamin M. Brunjes

Expertise: American political institutions and processes; Public administration – bureaucracy, management, organization theory, ethics; and Public finance and procurement – budgeting, tax policy, government contracting

Ben Brunjes is a public management specialist whose academic research is focused on managerial complexity, including networks, contracts, and grants. These issues have gained widespread attention over the past few decades. Under the rationale that more competition lowers costs and deters corruption, most research of these mechanisms occurs within a business context. Little work on public sector implications has been done to this point. Ultimately, Ben aims to provide government with research and information that improves how to use these tools so that managers can improve accountability, equity, and efficiency.