Chrystie Flournoy Swiney

Chrystie F. Swiney, JD, MPhil, MA, is an international lawyer, political scientist, and scholar of international law, human rights, and comparative law. She holds degrees from Harvard Law School (JD), Georgetown (MA), Oxford University (MPhil), and the College of William and Mary (BA). She currently serves as a legal adviser and Associate Director for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health program at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator. Swiney has held legal positions at the...See more

Chrystie F. Swiney, JD, MPhil, MA, is an international lawyer, political scientist, and scholar of international law, human rights, and comparative law. She holds degrees from Harvard Law School (JD), Georgetown (MA), Oxford University (MPhil), and the College of William and Mary (BA). She currently serves as a legal adviser and Associate Director for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health program at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator. Swiney has held legal positions at the International Center for Not- for-Profit Law (ICNL), the US State Department, and the Constitution Project. She has also served as a Legal Fellow at Georgetown Law Center, Editor-in-Chief of 'Global Trends in NGO Law' (published by ICNL), a Visiting Scholar at the College of William and Mary, and a consulting editor for Oxford University Press. Swiney has published numerous law review articles and co-edited 'The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations', which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021. Swiney also frequently publishes in the popular press, and recently authored pieces in the Lancet, 'Washington Post's Monkey Cage', 'The Conversation', the 'Atlantic's CityLab', and 'OpenGlobalRights', among others. See less