Consultant Specialising in – Space Security – Space Law – International Law – Women in Peace and Security
Teaching
Law
Masters Intensive in International Criminal Law, University of Adelaide, 2016 and 2019
Advanced Civil Law Obligations, McGill Faculty of Law, 2017
Legal Research Design and Methods, University of Amsterdam, 2014
Criminal Law, University of Amsterdam, 2008-2014
Criminal Procedure, University of Amsterdam, 2009-2013
Comparative Criminal Law, University of Amsterdam, 2013
Legal Research Methods, University of Amsterdam, 2012
Introduction to International Humanitarian Law, University of Amsterdam, 2012
Conflict Resolution and Legal Sociology, University of Amsterdam, 2007
Law and Legal Processes, University of Amsterdam, 2006
Political Science
International Relations and Political Theory, McGill Department of Political Science, 2016
Law and Courts in Europe, McGill Department of Political Science, 2016
Seminars and Presentations
A New Framework for Proactive Space Deterrence, UNIDIR event for UN First and Fourth Committee Delegates, “Navigating Space: charting a Course for a Sustainable Space Environment”, New York, 28 October 2019
New Entrants in the Space Sector, Conference on the Future of Space Governance, Dean Rusk International Law Center, Georgia U.S.A. (remote presentation) 28 October 2019
The Province of Humankind – A Feminist Analysis of Space Law, Women in Space Forum, University of Adelaide Law School, Adelaide (remote presentation) 27 September 2019
The Risk of Legitimizing Space Warfare, Space, War and Ethics Conference, International Society for Military Ethics, Colorado Springs, 29 June 2019
Proactive Space Deterrence, Prague Security Studies Institute 5th Space Security Conference, Prague, panelist, 11 June 2019 (video of panel available here)
Space Traffic Management, Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, UNSW Canberra, panelist, 30 April 2019, (audio recording available here)
Cybersecurity and Space Security, Cybersecurity and International Affairs Workshop, Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, panelist, 18 January 2019
Military Space Operations and International Space Law, Women With Peace Fellowship for the Halifax International Security Forum, co-presenter with Lt. Cdr Heather Fogo, Canadian Judge Advocate General’s Office, Ottawa, 14 November 2018
Military Space Operations Roundtable, International Law Association’s International Law Weekend, Fordham Law School, panelist, 19 October 2018
Warfighting and Law in Outer Space, Penn Law Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law keynote event, moderator, 5 April 2018 (video of keynote event available here)
The Application of International Humanitarian Law to Outer Space, Harvard International Law Journal Symposium “Frontiers of International Law’, panelist, 31 March 2018
Women in International Security and Resolution 1325, lecture, McGill Department of Political Science “Gender and International Relations”, 20 March 2018
Space Law for Space Scientists, Women in Planetary Science and Exploration Symposium keynote, 18 February 2018
An Introduction to International Space Law, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law Symposium keynote, 15 February, 2018
How to Overcome the Imposter Syndrome, McGill Win4Science, 2017
International Law and Ethical Governance of Outer Space, University of Pennsylvania Center for Ethics and Rule of Law, July 2017
“What’s Wrong with the Colonization of Outer Space? A Feminist Analysis of Space Law”, International Law Grrls 10th Anniversary Conference, Dean Rusk International Law Center, Athens USA, 2017
Legal Research Design, McGill Faculty of Law, 2017
How to Overcome the Imposter Syndrome, McGill Women in Leadership, 2017
The Challenges of International Criminal Law as Dispute Resolution, Silk Road Institute of Comparative Law, Xi’an, China, 2016
Issues of International Humanitarian Law in Outer Space, Strategic Space Seminar, McGill Institute of Air and Space Law 2016
The Politics and Law of Outer Space, McGill Pre-Law Society, 2016
Research Design in Law: How Do We Do What We Do?, Canadian Association of Law Teachers, 2016
Staying Focused, Staying Positive in PhD Land, McGill Faculty of Law, 2016
International Humanitarian Law Applied to Outer Space, McGill Institute of Air and Space Law, 2015
Stability in Outer Space, Queen’s University Political Science Association, 2015
21st Century Governance of Outer Space, Canadian Space Summit, 2015
Avoiding Black Holes: International Humanitarian Law Applied To Conflicts In Outer Space, International Institute of Space Law Colloquium, Israel, 2015
