Harriet Moynihan

Associate Fellow, International Law Programme

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Biography

Harriet Moynihan is an associate fellow in the International Law Programme at Chatham House, of which she was formerly acting director.

Harriet is a public international lawyer who focuses particularly on the application of international law and regulation to new technologies, including cyber operations, social media and AI. She regularly writes and speaks on these issues at Chatham House and beyond. Harriet is also a course director at the Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies, and a research affiliate at the AI Governance Initiative of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.


Prior to joining Chatham House, Harriet was a legal adviser at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, where she advised on a wide range of international law issues. Before that, Harriet trained and worked as a competition lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP in the firm’s London and Singapore offices.
 

Past experience

2021-22Acting director, International Law Programme, Chatham House
2020-21Senior research fellow, International Law Programme, Chatham House
2015-20Associate fellow, International Law Programme, Chatham House
2019Visiting fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford
2019Visiting research fellow, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
2013-15Masters in international human rights law, New College, University of Oxford
2004-12Assistant legal adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2003-04Postgraduate diploma in competition law, Kings College, London
2001-04Associate solicitor, Clifford Chance LLP
1994-97MA (Hons) classics, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge