FutureSpace Research Project
@futurespaceproject.bsky.social
FutureSpace investigates how practices of European integration shape Europe’s future in outer space and vice versa. FutureSpace is a 5-year ERC-funded research project at the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Vienna.
Thank you for the wonderful experience and for organising such a fantastic symposium Xiao-Shan Yap, Ori Morales Hernández, Blake Harvey, #EuropeanResearchCouncil (ERC) 🚀 🚀 🚀
#ERC #EarthSpaceGovernance #SpacePolicy #EuropeanSpacePolicy #UtrechtUniversity #STS #SSOS
#ERC #EarthSpaceGovernance #SpacePolicy #EuropeanSpacePolicy #UtrechtUniversity #STS #SSOS
November 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Thank you for the wonderful experience and for organising such a fantastic symposium Xiao-Shan Yap, Ori Morales Hernández, Blake Harvey, #EuropeanResearchCouncil (ERC) 🚀 🚀 🚀
#ERC #EarthSpaceGovernance #SpacePolicy #EuropeanSpacePolicy #UtrechtUniversity #STS #SSOS
#ERC #EarthSpaceGovernance #SpacePolicy #EuropeanSpacePolicy #UtrechtUniversity #STS #SSOS
(cont'd) We gave a presentation on Futuring Practices and Conflicting Temporalities in European Space Policy-Making and gave a short, yet insightful Foresight Workshop on the futures of Earth-Space-Governance. (more>>)
#EuropeanSpacePolicy #Europe #SpacePolicy #UtrechtUniversity #STS #SSOS
#EuropeanSpacePolicy #Europe #SpacePolicy #UtrechtUniversity #STS #SSOS
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 PM
(cont'd) We gave a presentation on Futuring Practices and Conflicting Temporalities in European Space Policy-Making and gave a short, yet insightful Foresight Workshop on the futures of Earth-Space-Governance. (more>>)
#EuropeanSpacePolicy #Europe #SpacePolicy #UtrechtUniversity #STS #SSOS
#EuropeanSpacePolicy #Europe #SpacePolicy #UtrechtUniversity #STS #SSOS
Last week, FutureSpace team members Nina Klimburg-Witjes & Philipp Kürten were in Utrecht at the 2024 Earth-Space Symposium, organised by the wonderful Planet Stewards Project! (more>>)
#EuropeanResearchCouncil #ERC #UtrechtUniversity #Sustainability #STS #SSOS #EarthSpaceGovernance
#EuropeanResearchCouncil #ERC #UtrechtUniversity #Sustainability #STS #SSOS #EarthSpaceGovernance
November 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Last week, FutureSpace team members Nina Klimburg-Witjes & Philipp Kürten were in Utrecht at the 2024 Earth-Space Symposium, organised by the wonderful Planet Stewards Project! (more>>)
#EuropeanResearchCouncil #ERC #UtrechtUniversity #Sustainability #STS #SSOS #EarthSpaceGovernance
#EuropeanResearchCouncil #ERC #UtrechtUniversity #Sustainability #STS #SSOS #EarthSpaceGovernance
Exciting news and more info to come soon! 🚀
We are happy to share that the next Ethnographies of Outer Space (EOS) conference will be hosted by ourselves at the University of Vienna!
#EthnographiesOfOuterSpace #EOS #STS #SSOS #UniversityOfVienna #OuterSpace
We are happy to share that the next Ethnographies of Outer Space (EOS) conference will be hosted by ourselves at the University of Vienna!
#EthnographiesOfOuterSpace #EOS #STS #SSOS #UniversityOfVienna #OuterSpace
November 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Exciting news and more info to come soon! 🚀
We are happy to share that the next Ethnographies of Outer Space (EOS) conference will be hosted by ourselves at the University of Vienna!
#EthnographiesOfOuterSpace #EOS #STS #SSOS #UniversityOfVienna #OuterSpace
We are happy to share that the next Ethnographies of Outer Space (EOS) conference will be hosted by ourselves at the University of Vienna!
#EthnographiesOfOuterSpace #EOS #STS #SSOS #UniversityOfVienna #OuterSpace
We warmly welcome you to join our next online FutureSpace Talk on Wednesday December 11th, with guest speakers Eleanor S. Armstrong (University of Leicester) and Réka P. Gál (Technical University of Munich).
Register here: futurespace-project.eu/futurespace-...
Register here: futurespace-project.eu/futurespace-...
November 22, 2024 at 1:47 PM
We warmly welcome you to join our next online FutureSpace Talk on Wednesday December 11th, with guest speakers Eleanor S. Armstrong (University of Leicester) and Réka P. Gál (Technical University of Munich).
Register here: futurespace-project.eu/futurespace-...
Register here: futurespace-project.eu/futurespace-...
What a first year it’s been! Thank you to the #EuropeanResearchCouncil and the #UniversityOfVienna for all the support. Looking forward to the remaining 4 years of the FutureSpace research project 🎉
#STS #SSOS #SpacePolicy #Europe #ERC #ESA #OuterSpace
#STS #SSOS #SpacePolicy #Europe #ERC #ESA #OuterSpace
November 22, 2024 at 1:43 PM
What a first year it’s been! Thank you to the #EuropeanResearchCouncil and the #UniversityOfVienna for all the support. Looking forward to the remaining 4 years of the FutureSpace research project 🎉
#STS #SSOS #SpacePolicy #Europe #ERC #ESA #OuterSpace
#STS #SSOS #SpacePolicy #Europe #ERC #ESA #OuterSpace
(cont'd) It was a wonderful event and we truly enjoyed the chance to spend two days exchanging with peers in the social and cultural studies of outer space!
We are also happy to share that the next EOS conference will be hosted by ourselves at the #UniversityOfVienna. Stay tuned!
#STS #SSOS #EOS
We are also happy to share that the next EOS conference will be hosted by ourselves at the #UniversityOfVienna. Stay tuned!
#STS #SSOS #EOS
November 22, 2024 at 1:40 PM
(cont'd) It was a wonderful event and we truly enjoyed the chance to spend two days exchanging with peers in the social and cultural studies of outer space!
We are also happy to share that the next EOS conference will be hosted by ourselves at the #UniversityOfVienna. Stay tuned!
#STS #SSOS #EOS
We are also happy to share that the next EOS conference will be hosted by ourselves at the #UniversityOfVienna. Stay tuned!
#STS #SSOS #EOS
This September, we participated at the annual Ethnographies of Outer Space (EOS) conference, presenting our work on topographies of Earth-space relations. This year was hosted by the ARIES team at #JagiellonianUniversity in Krakow. (more>>)
#EthnographiesOfOuterSpace #EOS #STS #SSOS
#EthnographiesOfOuterSpace #EOS #STS #SSOS
November 22, 2024 at 1:39 PM
This September, we participated at the annual Ethnographies of Outer Space (EOS) conference, presenting our work on topographies of Earth-space relations. This year was hosted by the ARIES team at #JagiellonianUniversity in Krakow. (more>>)
#EthnographiesOfOuterSpace #EOS #STS #SSOS
#EthnographiesOfOuterSpace #EOS #STS #SSOS
(cont'd) Through a Causal Layered Analysis, 13 participants explored in-depth the challenges and opportunities in Europe’s space future.
We’re so grateful to all who contributed, laying the foundation for further research and dialogue on Europe’s strategic space autonomy.
#ESA #ESPI #STS #SSOS
We’re so grateful to all who contributed, laying the foundation for further research and dialogue on Europe’s strategic space autonomy.
#ESA #ESPI #STS #SSOS
November 22, 2024 at 1:37 PM
In September we held our first Strategic Foresight Workshop, focusing on the Future(s) of European Launchers and Strategic Autonomy. #ESPI Director Hermann Ludwig Moeller delivered a keynote, setting the stage for insightful discussions. (more>>)
#Europe #ESA #StrategicAutonomy #STS #SSOS
#Europe #ESA #StrategicAutonomy #STS #SSOS
November 22, 2024 at 1:37 PM
(cont'd) Philipp reflects on how this European absence in For All Mankind mirrors real concerns about Europe's space autonomy, aligning with observations from the FutureSpace project’s research on European stakeholders’ fears of lagging behind.
#Europe #OuterSpace #EuropeanSpacePolicy #STS #SSOS
#Europe #OuterSpace #EuropeanSpacePolicy #STS #SSOS
November 22, 2024 at 1:36 PM
(cont'd) Philipp reflects on how this European absence in For All Mankind mirrors real concerns about Europe's space autonomy, aligning with observations from the FutureSpace project’s research on European stakeholders’ fears of lagging behind.
#Europe #OuterSpace #EuropeanSpacePolicy #STS #SSOS
#Europe #OuterSpace #EuropeanSpacePolicy #STS #SSOS
In September, in an article published in Imaginary Papers, a newsletter by the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, FutureSpace member Philipp Kürten analyzed the TV series For All Mankind, focusing on Europe's absence in its alternate-history space race. (more>>)
November 22, 2024 at 1:34 PM
In September, in an article published in Imaginary Papers, a newsletter by the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, FutureSpace member Philipp Kürten analyzed the TV series For All Mankind, focusing on Europe's absence in its alternate-history space race. (more>>)
In June, FutureSpace researcher Joseph Popper joined Reinhard Tlustos (Austrian Space Forum) in an open conversation at Galerie RAUMINHALT in Vienna. They shared and explored different methods and approaches to creating space simulations and staging Mars on Earth. (more>>)
#AustrianSpaceForum
#AustrianSpaceForum
November 22, 2024 at 1:33 PM
In June, FutureSpace researcher Joseph Popper joined Reinhard Tlustos (Austrian Space Forum) in an open conversation at Galerie RAUMINHALT in Vienna. They shared and explored different methods and approaches to creating space simulations and staging Mars on Earth. (more>>)
#AustrianSpaceForum
#AustrianSpaceForum
In June, our researchers, as members of the #UN affiliated Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) that represents university students and young professionals, collaborated to write a summary for the SGAC newsletter about the FutureSpace Project and its ambitions. (more>>)
#SGAC
#SGAC
November 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM
In May, Nina Klimburg-Witjes was invited to the Expert Hearing for the #UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology (COMEST), Working Group on the Ethics of Astro-biological Research and Human Expansion in Outer Space. (more>>)
#OuterSpace #COMEST #Astrobiology
#OuterSpace #COMEST #Astrobiology
November 22, 2024 at 1:26 PM
In May, Nina Klimburg-Witjes was invited to the Expert Hearing for the #UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology (COMEST), Working Group on the Ethics of Astro-biological Research and Human Expansion in Outer Space. (more>>)
#OuterSpace #COMEST #Astrobiology
#OuterSpace #COMEST #Astrobiology
In May, FutureSpace went to Oslo for a 2-day workshop with colleagues from the ERC funded project CoFUTURES to present and discuss our interests, methodologies and potential synergies to explore multiple futures in the making!
#FutureSpace #CoFUTURES #ERC
#FutureSpace #CoFUTURES #ERC
November 22, 2024 at 1:23 PM
In May, FutureSpace went to Oslo for a 2-day workshop with colleagues from the ERC funded project CoFUTURES to present and discuss our interests, methodologies and potential synergies to explore multiple futures in the making!
#FutureSpace #CoFUTURES #ERC
#FutureSpace #CoFUTURES #ERC
In May, team leader Nina Klimburg-Witjes introduced the FutureSpace project in a keynote talk at a Doctoral Colloquium of the #TechnicalUniversityOfMunich, presenting interests, themes, and experiences from the team’s ongoing research at that time, as well as personal reflections on academic life.
November 22, 2024 at 1:22 PM
In May, team leader Nina Klimburg-Witjes introduced the FutureSpace project in a keynote talk at a Doctoral Colloquium of the #TechnicalUniversityOfMunich, presenting interests, themes, and experiences from the team’s ongoing research at that time, as well as personal reflections on academic life.
In April, Nina Klimburg-Witjes, along with Xiao Shan Yap (EPFL) and Claudia Röösli (University of Zurich), addressed the challenges of near-Earth space congestion at “The Future of Near-Earth Space” conference hosted by the Istituto Svizzero. (more>>)
#NearEarthSpace #STS #SSOS
#NearEarthSpace #STS #SSOS
November 22, 2024 at 1:18 PM
In April, Nina Klimburg-Witjes, along with Xiao Shan Yap (EPFL) and Claudia Röösli (University of Zurich), addressed the challenges of near-Earth space congestion at “The Future of Near-Earth Space” conference hosted by the Istituto Svizzero. (more>>)
#NearEarthSpace #STS #SSOS
#NearEarthSpace #STS #SSOS
In the Junge-Akademie-Blog of Der Standard, team members Nina, Philipp, and Kai provided an overview of the European space industry's current state. With a new global space race underway, driven by commercial and state actors, geostrategic considerations are central. (more>>)
November 22, 2024 at 1:16 PM
In the Junge-Akademie-Blog of Der Standard, team members Nina, Philipp, and Kai provided an overview of the European space industry's current state. With a new global space race underway, driven by commercial and state actors, geostrategic considerations are central. (more>>)
Alongside esteemed colleagues, team members Nina and Joseph hosted the panel "Outer Space: Imaginaries, Infrastructures, and Interventions." We are proud to report that the panel was one of the largest at the #EASST conference, highlighting diverse perspectives on outer space research.
November 22, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Alongside esteemed colleagues, team members Nina and Joseph hosted the panel "Outer Space: Imaginaries, Infrastructures, and Interventions." We are proud to report that the panel was one of the largest at the #EASST conference, highlighting diverse perspectives on outer space research.
Here are some more interesting topics from past FutureSpace talks, including talks by:
- Juan Francisco Salazar (Western Sydney University)
- David Valentine (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
- Julie Michelle Klinger (University of Delaware)
- Juan Francisco Salazar (Western Sydney University)
- David Valentine (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
- Julie Michelle Klinger (University of Delaware)
November 22, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Here are some more interesting topics from past FutureSpace talks, including talks by:
- Juan Francisco Salazar (Western Sydney University)
- David Valentine (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
- Julie Michelle Klinger (University of Delaware)
- Juan Francisco Salazar (Western Sydney University)
- David Valentine (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
- Julie Michelle Klinger (University of Delaware)
Check out our interesting and varied topics from past FutureSpace talks, including talks by:
- The FutureSpace Team (PI: Nina Klimburg-Witjes (University of Vienna)
- Oliver Dunnett (Queen’s University Belfast)
- Lauren Reid (Free University Berlin)
- Anna Szolucha (Jageillonian University Kraków)
- The FutureSpace Team (PI: Nina Klimburg-Witjes (University of Vienna)
- Oliver Dunnett (Queen’s University Belfast)
- Lauren Reid (Free University Berlin)
- Anna Szolucha (Jageillonian University Kraków)
November 22, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Check out our interesting and varied topics from past FutureSpace talks, including talks by:
- The FutureSpace Team (PI: Nina Klimburg-Witjes (University of Vienna)
- Oliver Dunnett (Queen’s University Belfast)
- Lauren Reid (Free University Berlin)
- Anna Szolucha (Jageillonian University Kraków)
- The FutureSpace Team (PI: Nina Klimburg-Witjes (University of Vienna)
- Oliver Dunnett (Queen’s University Belfast)
- Lauren Reid (Free University Berlin)
- Anna Szolucha (Jageillonian University Kraków)
Our Winter 2024 programme of the FutureSpace Talks is also packed with equally exciting speakers and topics. Have a look below!
Thank you for participating & we look forward to seeing more of you at the next FutureSpace talks!
#STS #SSOS #UniversityOfVienna
Thank you for participating & we look forward to seeing more of you at the next FutureSpace talks!
#STS #SSOS #UniversityOfVienna
November 22, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Our Winter 2024 programme of the FutureSpace Talks is also packed with equally exciting speakers and topics. Have a look below!
Thank you for participating & we look forward to seeing more of you at the next FutureSpace talks!
#STS #SSOS #UniversityOfVienna
Thank you for participating & we look forward to seeing more of you at the next FutureSpace talks!
#STS #SSOS #UniversityOfVienna
Check out the previous FutureSpace Talks Spring 2024 programme below!
November 22, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Check out the previous FutureSpace Talks Spring 2024 programme below!
It explores how European integration, values and tensions inform European outer space activities – and how imagined space futures influence socio-political practices on Earth.
#EuropeanSpaceAgency #ESA #ArianeRocket #STS
#EuropeanSpaceAgency #ESA #ArianeRocket #STS
November 22, 2024 at 12:40 PM
It explores how European integration, values and tensions inform European outer space activities – and how imagined space futures influence socio-political practices on Earth.
#EuropeanSpaceAgency #ESA #ArianeRocket #STS
#EuropeanSpaceAgency #ESA #ArianeRocket #STS