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Project description
With the increasing number of space investments and space activities, there is highly likely to be an increasing number of space disputes soon. This project plans to establish a dispute resolution centre specialising in resolving space disputes.
Primary participants
Principal Investigators:
Dr Can Eken, Durham Law School
Professor Martin Ward, Physics
Dr Carly Beckerman, School of Government and International Affairs
Dr James Osborn, Physics
The space industry is booming. Many space companies now exist, and countries are competing with each other to be a space hub for investment. A commission was established last year in London to make it a hub for space investment.
With the increasing number of investments and activities, it is likely tat there will be an increasing number of space disputes. This team plans to create a dispute resolution centre specialising in resolving space disputes.
This is an ambitious interdisciplinary project, in its early stages of development with the ultimate goal to develop a specialised space arbitration centre in Durham. The University has gained much momentum in the space industry with its incoming space centre, led by Dr James Osborn, and this project complements its drive.
Through IAS funding, the aim of this project is to expand the current network, and to bring together and connect relevant people.
A high-profile space disputes panel event will be organised in Durham Law School with invitations to stakeholders in the industry such as DLA Piper Aerospace counsels, who are representing Space X and other space companies, and members of the European Space Agency.