John Crowley

John Crowley explores the policy and technology interface between the formal humanitarian system and emerging technology communities like OpenStreetMap and Ushahidi, with the aim of improving coordination between actors in the humanitarian system. As a researcher at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, John was the lead author of the 2011 Disaster Response 2.0 study for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which proposed a framework for dialogue between the international humanitarian system and emerging technology communities. At the National Defense University, John coordinates the Camp Roberts RELIEF experiments in a partnership with the Naval Postgraduate School. John is an alumnus of the Kennedy School of Government's Mid-Career MPA program, where he was the Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Fellow in Science, Technology, and Public Policy. He holds an MA in History of Ideas from the University Professors at Boston University, and a MusB in Cello Performance and Music History & Literature from the Boston University School of Music.