Peter Chapman

Peter Chapman is Associate Director with the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) at Georgetown University. In this role, Peter works across KGI’s areas of focus, including technology platform regulation and design, artificial intelligence and public trust, and technology competition issues.

Peter has extensive responsible technology, human rights, and governance experience. Prior to joining KGI, he served as Associate Director and Technology & Human Rights Lead for Article One, a consultancy focused on business, human rights, and responsible innovation. Previously, Peter worked as Senior Legal Counsel with Twitter, where he co-led the development of Twitter’s Content Governance Initiative. Peter has worked on issues of human rights and accountability with a range of businesses, nonprofits and multilateral organizations, including Open Society Foundations where he co-led the Open Society Justice Initiative’s legal empowerment program. He has also worked with the World Bank and Carter Center. Peter has published on these topics in a variety of forums, including the OECD, World Bank, and Cambridge University Press.

Peter is an attorney, holding a J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University. He has a M.A. in international affairs from the School of International Service, American University and a B.A. in peace studies and political science from Colgate University. Peter is a Non-Resident Fellow at NYU’s Center on International Cooperation.