2024 Earth-Space Symposium on ‘Sustainability, Governance, Futures’
Utrecht, The Netherlands | 12-13 November 2024
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
SYMPOSIUM TRACKS
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RULES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
Research gaps and challenges in existing space law, governance, and institutions; the connections between space governance and other planetary governance, e.g. earth system law, earth system governance, and global governance; what sort of reforms or transformation would be needed?
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN SPACE
Concepts to be considered for better environmental and resource management in Earth’s orbit or other celestial bodies; burden and benefit sharing; resource access and distribution; global commons approaches; implications on Earth and in space.
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HISTORY, CULTURE, AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF SPACE
In what ways can we learn from the history, culture, and Indigenous knowledge of space when confronting challenges arising from space activities; what are the impacts of space activities on the history and culture of space as well as on Indigenous people?
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ETHICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES
Which ethical and philosophical perspectives to consider for space governance; what are their relations with Earth sustainability; in what ways does space development require a revisit of the existing ethical and philosophical perspectives?
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POWER DYNAMICS IN SPACE
How do geo- or astropolitics in space unfold and what are their impact on space activities; what are their connections with terrestrial politics and vice versa; who gets to shape space activities, at whose expense, and who to be empowered; which societies are the most vulnerable to the consequences of space activities?
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SPACE IN FUTURE MAKING
How do space activities shape and alter the futures of the earth systems, planetary and Earth sustainability, the social dimension, and more? What sort of discourses, politics, and imaginaries mobilized; what are the future implications including intergenerational equity; what could be the solutions for these challenges in the near- and long term?