Cristian van Eijk
Cristian's thesis considers how environmental law applies in space through historical and anticolonial lenses and aims to reconsider the environmental status of space from the ground up.
Project title
The Environmental Othering of Orbit Under International Law
Supervisors
Emily Jones, Darren McCauley and (Northumbria University)
Abstract
Outer space is critical to our daily lives in countless invisible ways 鈥� but space is not protected by the same environmental rules that apply on Earth. This legal conclusion rests upon certain historical presumptions that are rarely considered in their own right. By considering how environmental law applies in space through historical and anticolonial lenses, van Eijk aims to reconsider the environmental status of space from the ground up. Ultimately, he hopes to enable a deeper understanding of what future possibilities exist for the environmental governance of Earth orbit, and of common resources in general.
Funding
Northern Bridge Consortium Doctoral Training Programme
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Conference papers and publications
Book Chapters
Claerwen O鈥橦ara & Cristian van Eijk, 鈥極n Straightening and Subversion: A Queer Feminist Exploration of International Space Law and Politics鈥� in Claerwen O鈥橦ara and Tamsin Phillipa Paige (eds), Queer Encounters with International Law: Times, Spaces, Imaginings (Routledge 2024) (forthcoming),
Cristian van Eijk, 鈥楿ncloseting Travaux鈥� in Claerwen O鈥橦ara and Tamsin Phillipa Paige (eds), Queer Encounters with International Law: Times, Spaces, Imaginings (Routledge 2024). (forthcoming)
Emily Jones, Cristian van Eijk, & Gina Heathcote, 鈥楾he Common Heritage of Kin-Kind鈥� (2024), in International Law and Posthuman Theory (Matilda Arvidsson & Emily Jones eds) (Routledge 2024), 105-136
Journal Articles
Cristian van Eijk, 鈥楾he Exclusive Making of Space Law鈥� (2024)
Cristian van Eijk, 鈥楿nstealing the Sky: Third World Equity in the Orbital Commons鈥� (2022)
Cristian van Eijk & Timiebi Aganaba, 鈥業nspired by Africa: A New Approach to Space Governance鈥� (2021)
Academic Blogs
Cristian van Eijk, 鈥楽atellite Imagery鈥檚 Colonial Legacy鈥� (Opinio Juris, )
Cristian van Eijk, 鈥業nternational Law as Science Fiction鈥� (Opinio Juris, )
Cristian van Eijk, 鈥業nternational Lawyers, Look to the Heavens 鈥� Before We Lose Them鈥� (V枚lkerrechtsblog, )
Cristian van Eijk, 鈥楽orry, Elon: Mars is not a legal vacuum 鈥� and it鈥檚 not yours, either鈥� V枚lkerrechtsblog ()
Cristian van Eijk, 鈥楢ssessing Laws Preventing the Removal of Confederate Monuments in the USA鈥�
Other
鈥楧ark and Quiet Skies II Report鈥� (C Walker & P Benvenuti eds) (IAU 2022),
Conference presentations and panels
鈥榃hy Doesn't the Outer Space Treaty Call Space an Environment? (Space Park Leicester) (Sept 2023)
鈥楿ncloseting Travaux鈥� (Queering International Law 2.0, University of Melbourne) (Nov 2022)
鈥楨arth's Orbit: Threshold to the Stars鈥� (The New School & 1014) (Feb 2022)
鈥楾ime, Variance & Authority in Space Lawmaking鈥� () (Nov 2021)
(with Jus Ad Astra), 鈥楬uman Rights in Space: The Right to Health鈥� (ASCEND) (Nov 2021)
鈥極ur Same Shared Heavens: Orbit, Environmental Rights, and Belonging鈥� (Asser Institute) (Oct 2021)
鈥楿nstealing the Sky: Third World Equity in the Orbital Commons鈥� (AjV-DGIR Conference) (Sept 2021)
鈥楿nstealing the Sky鈥� () (June 2021)
(with Timiebi Aganaba, et al), 鈥楾he Emerging 5.0 Era鈥� () (Mar 2021)
鈥楤enefit-Sharing鈥� () (Feb 2021)
鈥楥ritically Assessing the Commons Status of Near-Earth Space鈥� () (Feb 2021)
鈥楾he Quest to Connect: A Human Rights Approach to Global Internet鈥� () (May 2020)
Academic podcasts
鈥楢rtemis Accords: Cooperation or Conflict?鈥� (Mar 2023)
鈥楽pace Colonization, Erasure of the Global South, & Other Anxieties鈥� (Nov 2021)
鈥榃hat Space Law Can Tell Us About International Law鈥� (Oct 2021)
鈥楾he Right to Environment in Space鈥� (Aug 2021)
鈥楢 Beginners Guide to Space Law鈥� (July 2021)
鈥楾he Legal Landscape of Mars鈥� (Mar 2021)
Qualifications
BA International Justice, Leiden University College The Hague
LLM Public International Law, Leiden University
BA Law, University of Cambridge
Law School research group membership
Constitutionalism and Governance
Environmental Challenges and Law