The Europaeum Technology Forum 2026 – Space Governance: The Fragile Frontier

Space has long been governed by a settled, if imperfect, international order. However, the rapid rise of commercial spaceflight, geopolitical turbulence, environmental risk, and regulatory fragmentation are placing that order under acute strain. Understanding how humanity governs our most fragile frontier has never been more urgent.

This Europaeum Seminar will bring master’s and doctoral researchers at Europaeum member universities together in Helsinki to examine the governance of space from an explicitly interdisciplinary perspective. Participants may come from a natural or applied sciences, law, philosophy, or a social science background. They will explore the intersecting challenges of space physics, international law, and political economy that together define humanity’s relationship with outer space.