Introducing FutureSpace Talks! An exciting new online talk series hosted by FutureSpace that features researchers whose work critically engages with Earth-Space relations and explores possible futures on and-off planet. More information regarding event registrations coming...
How to get started with a PhD project? How to find your topic and stay true to your interests and values through the highs and lows of independent research? How do you find your own voice as a scholar? And, perhaps most importantly, how to make sure you enjoy the PhD journey despite the challenges...
As part of the programme booklet for the new production of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "The Physicists" at the Landestheater Niederösterreich, Julia Engelmayer conducted an interview with Nina Klimburg-Witjes on the question "What visions of the future is our research based on?". Enjoy the read!
It is our pleasure to invite you to the second edition of the FutureSpace Talks series! On Thursday 18th April (16:00–17:00) we are delighted to host Anna Szolucha of Jagiellonian University in Kraków, who will present her research that examines the social roles of space exploration...
On April 12th, Nina Klimburg-Witjes, along with her colleagues Xiao Shan Yap (EPFL) and Claudia Röösli (University of Zurich), will address the challenges confronting the global space community due to the growing congestion of near-Earth space. This discussion is part of the “The Future of Near-Earth Space” conference hosted by the Istituto Svizzero.
Click here for article | As part of the “Junge-Akademie-Blog” of the Der Standard Newspaper Nina Klimburg-Witjes, Philipp Kürten and Kai Strycker give an overview of the current situation of the European Space Industry, especially in the light of the ongoing new Space Race.
It is our pleasure to invite you to the very first edition of the FutureSpace Talks series! In this online talk, titled “Following the Rocket Around”, we will introduce the ERC-funded research project “FutureSpace” (2023-2028); presenting interests, themes and experiences from our ongoing...
Click here for article | Rudolphina journalists Hanna Möller and Petra Schiefer sat down with Nina Klimburg-Witjes and discussed the new global space race and its implications for the European space industry.
Click here for article | In a conversation with journalist Florian Baranyi writing for ORF-TOPOS Nina Klimburg-Witjes sheds light on the concerning issue of space debris and the challenges we face in addressing this dilemma in a comprehensive manner.
In the soon to be released volume "Strategischer Wettbewerb im Weltraum: Politik, Recht, Sicherheit und Wirtschaft im All" Nina Klimburg-Witjes and Kilian Weißer discuss the tensions and ideals of European integration in a chapter analyzing the controversies surrounding the Ariane program.