Regulating Outer Space: the Role of International Law and Why It Matters for Us

This lecture provides an overview of the international treaties governing the activities of States in outer space. It examines how the latest trends in scientific and commercial uses of outer space directly contribute to the development of international law, also redefining the way we benefit from those activities on Earth.

Rossana is the first University of Leicester’s Professor of International Space Law. She holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Law from the University of Cagliari (Italy), a PhD from Brunel University London and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. Her research interests fall within the area of public international law, in particular international space law, United Nations law and general theory of international law. Rossana currently serves as the Co-Director of the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation and is a member of the Institute for Space, where she acts as the co-lead for the Life in Space research theme. She is also the founder and convenor of the Institute's Humanising Space working group.