Geoffrey McGovern
Senior Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology
- Posner Hall 382E
- 412-268-6837
Bio
Geoffrey McGovern is the Director of Intellectual Property and a senior political scientist at RAND, a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy, and a senior lecturer in the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST) at 麻豆村. His research has focused on matters of civil justice, statutory compliance, asbestos litigation, national defense, and homeland security. Past RAND research includes a series of studies of asbestos personal injury bankruptcy trusts; examinations of state judicial resourcing and management; and intellectual property considerations for homeland security.
A two-time Fulbright Scholar, McGovern previously researched the Finnish legal system at the University of Tampere, Finland, and will be studying technology and science collaboration in Australia in the spring of 2026 as the Fulbright-DeBats Distinguished Chair of Politics and Public Policy at Flinders University in Adelaide. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Binghamton University in New York and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
CMIST Course Offerings
- 84-104 Decision Processes in American Political Institutions
- 84-120 Introduction to US Constitutional Law
Publications
Aguirre, Jair, Geoffrey McGovern, John Davis, Benjamin Boudreaux, Jonathan Welburn, Cordaye Ogletree, and Michael Chase. Stateless Attribution: Toward International Accountability in Cyberspace. RAND Corporation (RR 2081MS) 2018.
Ahtchi, Badreddine, Geoffrey McGovern, Megan McKernan, Jessie Riposo and Douglas Shontz. Issues with Access to Acquisition Data and Information in the Department of Defense: Considerations for Implementing the Controlled Unclassified Information Reform Program. RAND Corporation (RR 2221OSD) 2018.
Bennett, Bart, Geoffrey McGovern, Lisa M. Harrington, Katharina Ley Best, David R. Frelinger, Paul W. Mayberry, Igor Mikolic-Torreira, Sebastian Joon Bae, Barbara Bicksler, Lisa Davis Steven Deane-Shinbrot, Joslyn Fleming, Benjamin Goirigolzarri, Russell Hanson, Connor P. Jackson, Kimberly Jackson, Sean Mann, Jenny Oberholtzer, Christina Panis, Alexander D. Rothenberg, Ricardo Sanchez, Matthew Sargent, Peter Schirmer, Hilary Reininger, Mitch Tuller. Realigning the Stars: A Methodology for Reviewing Active Component General and Flag Officer Requirements. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2018.
Dixon, L and Geoffrey McGovern. The Effect of Bankruptcy on Product Identification in Asbestos Personal Injury Cases. RAND Corporation (RR-907-ICJ) 2015.
Greenberg, M. and Geoffrey McGovern. Shining a Light on State Campaign Finance: An Evaluation of the Impact of the National Institute on Money in State Politics. RAND Corporation (RR-791-NIMSP) 2014.
Greenberg, M. and Geoffrey McGovern. Who Pays for Justice? Perspectives on State Court System Financing and Governance. RAND Corporation (RR-486-ICJ) 2014.