Bordering Space: Governance, Knowledge and Authority Beyond Earth
Bordering Space: Governance, Knowledge and Authority Beyond Earth
Name of applicant
Annika Pohl Harrisson
Title
Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution
University of Southern Denmark
Amount
DKK 80,000
Year
2026
Type of grant
Conferences
Summary
Outer space is increasingly becoming a site of governance, commercial competition and geopolitical contestation as states and private companies expand beyond Earth. This international workshop brings together leading scholars and early-career researchers to examine how borders are transformed when questions of access, authority, jurisdiction and knowledge move into extraterrestrial environments.