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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

(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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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-...

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

(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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

(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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

(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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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>>)

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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.

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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>>)

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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.

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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)

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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)

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Check out the previous FutureSpace Talks Spring 2024 programme below!

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The FutureSpace project investigates how practices of European integration shape Europe’s future in outer space and vice versa by focusing on the joint rocket Ariane. #EuropeanSpaceAgency #ESA #ArianeRocket

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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Welcome to our new FutureSpace account! 🎉 We are happy to report that we are currently 1 year into the 5-year ERC-funded FutureSpace research project at the #UniversityOfVienna! We are very happy with the research we have completed thus far & are excited for what’s to come! Stay tuned ;)

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