Professor Bohlander Addresses Media Reporting About SETI and UAP Research

In a letter to the Guardian published today, Professor Michael Bohlander - the Law School's Chair in Global Law and SETI Policy - criticised biased and superficial reporting about SETI and UAP research. Joined by two other highly critical letters, he argued that anything less than academically rigorous investigation of the entire field should be considered to be a thing of the past.

Referencing the international Symposium "Grounding the SETI and UAP Debate" held at Durham Law School on 24 April 2025, as well as recent publications in generalist peer-reviewed journals such as Global Policy and World Futures, he pointed to the fact that global policy developments present ample evidence that governments and mainstream academia are now taking the topic very seriously.

For more information on Professor Bohlander's professional and academic background as well as his research in the SETI and UAP environment, please visit his staff page.