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12.05.2022

The 128th STIG PoP Seminar “Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours with Almudena Azcárate Ortega, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)


Title
Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours

Guest Speaker
Almudena Azcárate Ortega, Associate Researcher, Space Security and WMD Programmes, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Moderator
Quentin Verspieren, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo

Date/time
13 December 2022, 12:00 – 13:30

Venue
Online, registration required

Language
English (no Japanese interpretation available)

Host
Science, Technology and Innovation Governance (STIG) Program
Organized in conjunction with the Governance of Space Activities and Space Development and Public Policy courses

Registration
https://forms.gle/NHrKxgakToVNXaVG8

About the Speaker


Almudena Azcárate Ortega is an Associate Researcher in the Space Security and WMD Programmes at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Her research focuses on space security and missiles, and she is currently leading UNIDIR’s participation in the Open-Ended Working Group on Reducing Space Threats created under UNGA Resolution 76/231. Prior to joining UNIDIR, Almudena was a Research Assistant at Georgetown University Law Center, where she is currently an S.J.D. (Ph.D equivalent) candidate. She also holds an LL.M. in National Security Law from the same institution, where she was the recipient of Georgetown’s Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Prize for the most distinguished academic performance in the programme. Almudena received her LL.B. from the University of Navarra. She is admitted to practice law in Spain, and prior to her studies at Georgetown, she was a practicing attorney at Spanish law firm Uría Menéndez, where she specialized in international arbitration and litigation.She speaks English, Spanish, French and German.

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Contact:
Science, Technology, and Innovation Governance (STIG) Program
Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
STIG@pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp