My research agenda is space governance. The institutions and treaties at the core of space governance are Cold War remnants in dire need of reconceptualization and modern theoretical underpinnings. I aim to introduce to the discourse on space law and governance cutting-edge knowledge from international law, international relations, and political economy. My ultimate goal is to lay the foundations for a modern discourse on – and potentially a system of – space governance. This grand project includes the general part on the architecture of global space governance as well as accompanying studies on the governance of particular issue-areas – space warfare, and the utilization of space resources conducted at the McGill University Faculty of Law. It further includes research pointing to institutional innovation in global affairs and identifying standards for non-multilateral governance at the international level conducted at the New York University (NYU) School of Law. My current major research project studies corporate exercise of quasi-sovereign powers using the case study of space exploration corporations like SpaceX which endeavor to commercialize Earth orbit and establish space habitats. It aims to examine feasible ways to regulate such corporations and the exercise of quasi-sovereign powers that take into account the function of such corporations as what I call ‘corporate-sovereigns’. This research – Corporate Sovereigns: The Governance of Space Exploration Corporations – will be formally launched in a Workshop in August 2021 (see the Call for Papers here). In addition, I initiated and led two other research projects: the “Space – Cyber Governance” project, a cooperation of Laval University, CIGI, and Indiana University, Bloomington; and the Carnegie-funded project “Polycentric Multilateralism: Reimagining the Roles of International Institutions in Space Governance and Beyond” at the Ostrom Workshop, in cooperation with Laval University and MIT.
The research conducted at the NYU Institute for International Law and Justice focused on informal governance centers, including forums of experts and epistemic communities, that introduce soft law instruments that may be adopted by other actors in global affairs. The research concluded that global administrative law (GAL) sets standards for such governance centers and, by that, both constrain and legitimize them.
The research conducted at the McGill Institute of Air and Space Law employed, in addition to international law reasoning, also international relations, and political economy theories. This transdisciplinary research demonstrated that space governance is on track to become polycentric, as multiple, issue-specific, governance centers led by stakeholders and experts emerge to fill the gap left by the gridlock at the main multilateral institutions.Kamagra is the generic name of generic viagra prices . Erectile dysfunction is also one kind of medicine cialis from canadian pharmacy which was very costly and thus it was beyond the reach of general mass. So you can use Acai berry as healthy aphrodisiac to stimulate your cialis rx sexual desire. It is also cialis 25mg known to relieve pain and provide overall comfort to mind and body.
My previous research, conducted at China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing, China) (中国政法大学) focused on international cooperation as a structural principle of international law and on the Chinese policy and practice on international cooperation in general and in space activities in particular. Absent a global supreme authority, global governance is made by international cooperation and by (mutual) adjustments of the actors in global affairs. This research was therefore an invaluable preface to the research on space governance.