Anne Joseph O'Connell

During her time at CASBS, Anne Joseph O’Connell will work on her book, Stand-Ins: Causes and Consequences of Temporary Leadership. Using a range of sectors—including government, business, religion, and sports—and a range of materials—encompassing legal items, social science research, business and leadership studies, and historical examples, the book explores the drivers and effects of temporary leaders as well as the constraints under which they operate, how such leaders could be more effective, and when and how interim officials should become more permanent leaders.

O’Connell is the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic and Policy Research. Her research outside the book project focuses on administrative law and the federal bureaucracy, including agency rulemaking, the selection of agency leaders, the civil service and other forms of agency capacity, and bureaucratic organization (and reorganization). She is also a presidentially appointed member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States, an independent federal agency dedicated to improving regulatory procedures and frequently consults with congressional staff, nonprofit organizations, and others.

For more information, see: https://law.stanford.edu/anne-joseph-oconnell/