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Tanja Masson-Zwaan

Assistant professor

Name
Dr. T.L. Masson-Zwaan
Telephone
+31 71 527 2727
E-mail
t.l.masson@law.leidenuniv.nl
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9504-3414

Tanja Masson-Zwaan is Asst. Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University, and President Emerita of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL).

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News

Tanja Masson-Zwaan is Asst. Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University, and President Emerita of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL).

Tanja advises various bodies on space law issues, teaches and supervises students at Bachelors, Masters and PhD level, carries out research and publishes on a broad range of space law topics. She co-authored the 4th edition of ‘Introduction to Space Law’ (Kluwer 2019) and serves on the Board of Editors of Kluwer’s journal Air and Space Law

Tanja is member of a team of experts advising the Dutch government on the implementation of the Netherlands Space Activities Act. She attends the annual sessions of the Legal Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space as an observer, and co-founded the Hague Space Resources Governance Working Group.

Appointments

The Dutch Government appointed Tanja as an Arbitrator for space related disputes at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and as a Member of the Space Learning Group of ICAO

Memberships and Board Positions

Tanja is an elected member of various professional associations such as the International Academy of Astronautics( IAA), the Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace (AAE) and the International Law Association, including its Space Law Committee and the Netherlands' Branch. She was a Member of the Founding Boards of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL) and of Women in Aerospace-Europeand is an Honorary Board Member of Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). See also Ancillary activities.

Awards

Tanja is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the IISL (2001), the Social Sciences Award of the IAA (2008) and the IAF Distinguished Service Award (2015). She is a Member of Honour of the Netherlands Space Society (NVR), and was honoured with a Royal decoration as Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2020.

Research

Space activities are ever expanding, creating a wealth of opportunities for humankind. But they raise challenges as well, including legal ones. To study, analyse and address these, so that the peaceful exploration and use of outer space can prosper in a safe, sustainable and predictable legal environment, is a pleasure and a privilege.

Selected areas of research: legal and regulatory aspects of private commercial human spaceflight; governance of space resource activities; regulation of small satellites; national space legislation; space debris mitigation and remediation.

Social media

https://nl.linkedin.com/in/tanjamasson
https://twitter.com/tanjamasson

Assistant professor

  • Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
  • Instituut voor Publiekrecht
  • Lucht- en Ruimterecht

Work address

Kamerlingh Onnes Building
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden
Room number B1.29

Contact

  • International Astronautical Federation Vice-President for Science and Academic Relations
  • International Institute of Space Law (IISL) President Emerita
  • International Space University (ISU) Faculty
  • Open Lunar Foundation Board Member
  • ASU Interplanetary Initiative (Arizona State University, USA) Advisory Board Member
  • Nederlandse Vereniging voor Ruimtevaart (NVR) Erelid
  • UARX Space Solutions Space law advisor
  • Space Sustainability Rating (eSpace - EPFL Space Center) Member, Advisory Group
  • Space Court Foundation Member, Advisory Board
  • Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) Member Honorary Board
  • World Economic Forum - Future of Space Advisory Board Member
  • McGill Encyclopedia of International Space Law Member, Advisory Board
  • Kluwer Law International, Air and Space Law Member, Board of Editors
  • Kluwer Law International, Aerospace Law and Policy (book series) Co-editor
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration Arbitrator
  • London Institute of Space Policy and Law Faculty member
  • China Institute of Space Law International Advisory Committee, Expert Member
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