Space is no longer the exclusive domain of national space agencies. Private companies, start-ups, defence organisations, and international partnerships are playing an increasingly significant role in the space sector. However, the development of effective regulation, oversight, and enforcement is struggling to keep pace with this rapid expansion.
This creates new challenges related to risk management, compliance, cybersecurity, liability, and international cooperation. Organisations that depend on space infrastructure can no longer afford to overlook these developments.
During this masterclass, participants gain insight into the legal, governance, technological, and societal issues surrounding crime and security in outer space. The programme equips professionals to identify emerging risks, analyse future scenarios, and address governance challenges from multiple perspectives.
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Locatie
Thema
8 March
VU Amsterdam
Introduction and fundamentals
9 March
Law, governance and jurisdiction
10 March
University of Twente
Criminology and surveillance
11 March
Human behavior and XR simulation
12 March
Risks, crises and future scenarios
16 March
Governance/ policy design, ethics and responsibility
17 March
Integration and structure of the final assignment
Vorm
Onderwerp
22 March
Online
Selection of subject and problem statement
23 March
Draft note and feedback
24 March
Analysis and development
30 March
Individual guidance
31 March
In-depth analysis and recommendations
5 April
Peer feedback and conclusion
6 April
Final presentations, submission, and closing
He is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His work connects criminology with governance, security and policing studies, with a growing focus on space criminology and how crime, harm, policing, and regulation emerge beyond Earth. He studies issues such as space resource extraction, astrocapitalism, and new forms of planetary-scale inequality and control, including prospective analyses of astrocide. He co-edited the Routledge volume Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space, developing space criminology as a distinct research area.
She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Twente. Her work is focused on creating safe societies, both on earth as well as in outer space. She studies how and when people make safety decisions (such as when to intervene in a crime), with a particular focus on employing technology such as virtual reality to do so. She has contributed to the Routledge volume Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space.