Over the past half-century, human societies have successfully conquered Space, turning it into a new territory.
This Chair explores the new cultural, geostrategic and environmental issues revolving around the notion of space as a territory or common good for humanity.
Three objectives
- Develop cutting-edge multidisciplinary research
- Raise public awareness
- Train future researchers and decision-makers
Three main areas of research
- Uses and representations of Space
- Reconciling space as a common good and space as a sovereignty issue
- What sustainable uses of space
News
“Ruins, debris, dismantling: the modes of existence of technical remains”, a colloquium co-organized by Fanny Valeyre, post-doc at the Space Chair.
What is a “rest” in the spatial domain, how do we define it, what is it made of? Is it
Closing Seminar for the Young Researchers Workshop on April 8, 2026
An afternoon of reflection and discussion on the work of Sebastian Grevsmühl (Center for Historical Research, CNRS/EHESS) with Célestine Rabouam
The Space Chair is hosting its first PSL Week
The theme: Space exploration: socio-cultural, geostrategic, economic, and environmental issues Human activities in outer space have grown significantly in recent
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26 March - 9 April - 28 May 2026
Future Space Talks
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7-8 July 2026
Les Assises du New Space
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