Biography
Harriet is an associate fellow in the International Law Programme at Chatham House, of which she was formerly acting director. She has worked on international law issues for over 20 years in a number of capacities, including as an academic, in government, and in private practice.
Harriet’s work focuses on the application of international law to new technology, including cyber operations, social media and AI. Harriet also works on China’s approach to the international legal order, and on business and human rights. She has researched and published widely at Chatham House, particularly on technology governance, on which topic she has given evidence to the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. Harriet also designs and delivers capacity-building exercises on the application of international law to cyberspace, and is a consultant at the Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies. Additionally, she is a director of the charity Duchenne UK.
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
2021-22 | Acting director, International Law Programme, Chatham House |
2020-21 | Senior research fellow, International Law Programme, Chatham House |
2015-20 | Associate fellow, International Law Programme, Chatham House |
2019 | Visiting fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford |
2019 | Visiting research fellow, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford |
2013-15 | Masters in international human rights law, New College, University of Oxford |
2004-12 | Assistant legal adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office |
2003-04 | Postgraduate diploma in competition law, Kings College, London |
2001-04 | Associate solicitor, Clifford Chance LLP |
1994-97 | MA (Hons) classics, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge |