The Team

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Sheila Foster, Director of LabGov Georgetown

Professor of Public Policy and Law
The McCourt School of Public PolicyThe Georgetown Law Center See Foster’s WebsiteCV, and Many Publications.

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Christian Iaione, Co-Director of LabGov Georgetown

Associate Professor of Public LawLUISS Guido Carli University See Iaione’s WebsiteCV, and Many Publications.

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Chrystie F. Swiney, Doctoral Fellow, PhD Candidate, JD, MPhil, MA

Georgetown University, Government Department

See Swiney’s WebsiteCV, and publications here.

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Elena DeNichtolis, Doctoral Fellow & PhD Candidate

LUISS Guido Carli University School of Political Science

See DeNichtolis’ CV


co- city fellow

Manohar “Manny” Patole, Co-City Fellow for the Baton Rouge Co-City Project 

Master of Urban Planning from NYU Wagner; UNESCO’s Institute for Water Education and University of Dundee’s Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy with a LLm/ME specializing in Water Governance and Conflict Resolution and Water Conflict Management

Bellagio retreat participants and attendees

Meet LabGov’s many Collaborators and Friends.

Co-City cycle

Learn about the LabGov Team’s MethodologyMission, and Affiliated Projects

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Review the Co-Directors’ Research & Publications.

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Check Out our Upcoming and Past Events.