Space governance Planetary defense Political theory

Nikola
Schmidt

Normative and cosmopolitan frameworks for governing technologies whose consequences outrun existing institutions.

Role
Head, Centre for Governance of Emerging Technologies, IIR Prague
UN
SMPAG · COPUOS delegation
Output
69 publications
Nikola Schmidt next to his mountain bike on a ridge near Salt Lake City, looking up at the sky
Salt Lake City / 2015

Latest publications [4/69]

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  1. 2027
  2. 2026
  3. 2026

    Koschny, D.; Colombo, C.; Kofler, R.; …; Schmidt, N. et al. (8 authors)

    Testing the International Mechanism for Responding to an Asteroid Impact Threat

    Advances in Astronomy, 2026(1), 3161407. doi:10.1155/aa/3161407

  4. 2026

    Schmidt, N.

    Reinstating Expert Authorities and Their Institutions in Tackling Autonomous Alternative Reality Manufacturing Machines

    In Conrad, M., Newman, S. (Eds.), Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in the Postfactual Age, 51-72. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783112222874-004

Current projects

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2025 to 2028

COREmind

Socio-cultural determinants of the impact of the circulation of representations on the human mind and possibilities for remediation

2024 to 2028

FOGOS COST Action

Futures-oriented Governance of Outer Space: Towards Peace, Equity, and Environmental Integrity

2025 to 2027

Governing Planetary Defense

Politics, Ethics, Law in the Global Response to an Asteroid Threat

In the media

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