Publications Archives — FUTURESPACE

FutureSpace contributes to COMEST report on ethics of outer space exploration

June 9, 2026 | Publications

Click here for full report| The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) of UNESCO, recently published a new report entitled “The Ethics of Outer Space Exploration and Utilisation”, to which Nina Klimburg-Witjes contributed as an expert speaker at the Commission’s hearings. As COMEST’s previous report on the ethics of outer space dates from 2000, this new report provides timely insights…

‘For all Mankind’ and Europe’s non-representation in alternative history space race

September 6, 2024 | Publications

Philipp Kürten just published a piece in the recent edition of the Imaginary Papers, a quarterly newsletter curated by the Center for Science and the Imagination (CSI) at Arizona State University (ASU). Imaginary papers explores speculative futures, science fiction, worldbuilding, futures...

Forthcoming Publication: Europas Zukunft im Weltraum. Wie die Kontroversen um das Ariane-Programm Ideale und Spannungsfelder der europäischen Integration widerspiegeln

January 31, 2024 | Publications

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.

New Publication: Nina Klimburg-Witjes and Paul Trauttmansdorff (2023): Technopolitics and the Making of Europe. Infrastructures of Security. Routledge.

September 1, 2023 | Publications

This book explores the processes and practices of the securitization and de-securitization of European infrastructures, and how political institutions interact with security and insecurity. Expert contributors address distinct areas, from border politics and biosecurity to health governance and...