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Professor Jenna Bednar specializes in political science with a focus on institutions and their theoretical underpinnings, particularly in the context of federal states. Her recent publication, 'The Robust Federation', explores how complementary institutions can maintain and adjust the distribution of authority between national and state governments. This work contributes significantly to the understanding of federalism and its design, highlighting how distributions suggested by constitutions can lead governments to inefficiently abide by intergovernmental retaliation. Bednar's research further investigates the stability of federations and the role courts play in adjudicating federalism disputes, questioning whether they may exhibit biases favoring the government. She is also interested in constitutional design and its impact on the behavior of heterogeneous populations within decentralized governmental structures.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science