Our current focus
Space Pollution, Debris and Mining
In the vast expanse of space, space corporations and space-enabled nations are polluting our atmosphere and space, while venturing into astromining on celestial bodies like the Moon, asteroids, and Mars. The risk of their negligence becoming criminal, and thus state-corporate crime, increases with the growing astropolitical ambitions driving resource exploitation beyond our planet.
Space Conflict, Crime and Violence
Interpersonal dynamics take on a new dimension off-Earth. Space criminology analyzes the complexities of human interactions, conflict and crime in the extraterrestrial realm. From isolated space stations to long-duration missions, we examine the challenges posed by these environments by shedding light on the causes, consequences and possible solutions of conflicts among spacefaring communities and individuals.
Space Policing, Criminal Justice and Ethics
The cosmos may seem beyond the reach of Earthly laws, but policing, criminal justice and their ethics ought to persist in the vacuum of space. Our research has implications for a just and inclusive space policing and criminal justice system, by addressing possible issues of civil and human rights violations both in space and via space technologies. Hence, space criminology advocates for emancipated interplanetary justice and accountability, ensuring that the rights of all individuals, regardless of their location, are upheld and protected.
