Harriet Moynihan is Head of Accountability in International Law at the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice at the Blavatnik School of Government. Harriet’s work at the Institute looks at the application of international law to technology, including cyber operations and AI, with a particular focus on pathways for accountability and justice.

Harriet is also an Associate Fellow in the International Law Programme at Chatham House; a Research Affiliate at the Oxford AI Governance Initiative of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford; and a Course Director at the Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies. Harriet has been a Visiting Fellow at the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights at the University of Oxford and a Visiting Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford.

Harriet has over 20 years of experience as an international lawyer, including as a legal adviser in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, as an academic, and in private practice at the law firm Clifford Chance LLP. Harriet is also an expert in multistakeholder convening and engagement, having worked for over ten years at the think tank Chatham House, including as Director of the International Law Programme. Harriet has a Master’s degree in International Human Rights law from the University of Oxford (with Distinction) and a First Class degree in Classics from the University of Cambridge.