Her research interests centre on federalism, public policy and administration. In particular, her research probes questions of democracy and accountability in federal-provincial relations across a number of policy sectors. She is the co-editor (with L. White and P. Graefe) of Overpromising, Underperforming? Understanding and Evaluating New Intergovernmental Accountability Regimes (University of Toronto Press 2012). She is also the author of several book chapters and journal articles, including contributions to Canadian Federalism: Performance Effectiveness and Legitimacy (2012 and 2007, eds. Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad), Canada, the State of the Federation series of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations at Queen’s University, and publications of the Forum of Federations.