Xiao-Shan Yap
@XSYAP
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Lead Senior Researcher @eSpace_EPFL; Assist Prof (guest) @UUCopernicus; Founder https://t.co/wuPW9oYEdr; Commons in Space @iasc_commons; @STRN_Network;@ESG_Project
Zurich, Switzerland
Joined January 2020
🚀🌍I am deeply grateful and excited that @ERC_Research awarded my project PLANETSTEWARDS ‘Planetary stewardship in view of earth-space #sustainability’! With this 1.5 million euro #ERCStG Starting Grant, I will advance research on a topic that's urgent & close to my heart! (1/)
🎉 The latest ERC Starting Grant competition results are out! 400 bright minds have been awarded over €628 million to fund ideas at the frontiers of science & scholarship. Find out who, where and why 👉 https://t.co/87lIvocJwj 🇪🇺 #EUfunded #FrontierResearch #ERCStG @HorizonEU
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Should we restrict research into #SolarGeoengineering 🌞? Yes, says Xiao-Shan Yap @XSYAP of @EPFL_en. No, says Ulrike Lohmann @UlrikeLohmann3 of @ETH_en. 👇
horizons-mag.ch
Reducing solar radiation by manipulating clouds, or by placing particles in the atmosphere, can only put a temporary brake on global warming. Should we restrict the research this would involve?
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New publication in @RIPEJournal today! @GBBeaumier2 and I look at the rapid growth of the space industry, in a field that used to be dominated by a handful of public space agencies 🛰️📡🚀 Free eprint here: https://t.co/9w62AZcZ82 A short thread 🧵👇
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The global space industry is booming. While governmental agencies used to dominate outer space activities, private space organizations (PSOs) now launch rockets, operate strategic satellites, and e...
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📢 We are hiring @UUCopernicus ! Two fully-funded/salaried PhD positions in an exciting new ERC project on ‘Planetary Stewardship in view of Earth-Space Sustainability’, led by Xiao-Shan Yap! Come & join us! More info below. Pls RT! #PhD #Hiring #Sustainability #SpaceResearch
<<We are HIRING>> Excited to open ‘Two PhD positions in Innovation/ Global Governance for Earth and Space Sustainability’ for my project PLANETSTEWARDS! Supported by the @ERC_Research and based @UUCopernicus Apply by 30 June 2024. Pls share widely. https://t.co/ywQkn6annd
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With @FHBBiermann @RakhyunKim @UUGeo @UniUtrecht @camilla_colombo @janssen_marco #bernhardtruffer @carcs20 This project is also endorsed by @ESG_Project. @STRN_Network @transitionsnest
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We welcome applicants from e.g. innovation studies, science & technology studies, sustainability transitions, philosophy, anthropology, human geography, development studies, political sciences, global governance, earth system governance, space governance, international relations.
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<<We are HIRING>> Excited to open ‘Two PhD positions in Innovation/ Global Governance for Earth and Space Sustainability’ for my project PLANETSTEWARDS! Supported by the @ERC_Research and based @UUCopernicus Apply by 30 June 2024. Pls share widely. https://t.co/ywQkn6annd
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The Future of Near-Earth Space. Space Debris and Space Sustainability 12.04.2024 H15:15-19:30 Istituto Svizzero via Liguria 20, Roma in collaboration with ETH and EPFL. more info here: https://t.co/jZuNyiUjvD
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Working Group on EARTH-SPACE GOVERNANCE has set up an #open 'reading group', co-organized by Marieluna Frank & Luca Thanei. ⏲️Join us on 20 March at 14:00 CET 🔗 https://t.co/7KWt6ywNh6 ℹ️Read about our Working Group: https://t.co/nRSFbnDqEg 👇Topic for the first session
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Many thanks to all contributors, the dedicated reviewers, & the editor-in-chief!🚀
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Four #AlternativeScenarios of Commons in Space: Prospects and Challenges - by Xiao-Shan Yap, Marco Janssen, Timiebi Aganaba, @TuttonRichard, Karlijn Korpershoek, George Profitiliotis, Florian Rabitz, Majal Shiny Subbiah, @LeonWagenknecht
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The Outer Space Inside Us: #OrdinaryLanguage and the Care for the Extraterrestrial Commons - by Brad Tabas
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Accessibility to Space Infrastructures and Outer Space: #AnthropologicalInsights from Europe’s Spaceport - by Karlijn Korpershoek https://t.co/Lu4KFUG9XU
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Space Resources and the Politics of International #RegimeFormation - by @FRabitz
https://t.co/NIynyTfM7H
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Outer Space as a #GlobalCommons: An Empirical Study of Space Arrangements - by Pauline Pic, @phil_evoy @JFredericMorin
https://t.co/vP8pParti2
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#TippingPoints of Space Debris in Low Earth Orbit - by @keiko_nomuraa, Simon Rella, Haily Merritt, Mathieu Baltussen, Darcy Bird, Annika Tjuka, Dan Falk https://t.co/pfYPDX8qKs
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#Editorial: 'Governing Outer Space as a #Commons is Critical for Addressing Commons on #Earth' - by Marco Janssen, Xiao-Shan Yap https://t.co/Bq6XBK8aF6
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💡In which contexts #outerspace should be governed as a #commons, why, and how science could help move this forward? Very pleased that this SI @IJCCommons with @janssen_marco is recently finalized. Here's our editorial & see🧵for work from 20 scholars! https://t.co/Bq6XBK8aF6
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The special issue on Commons in Space I organized with @XSYAP is finalized. For sustainability on Earth, we need to be involved in space governance. You find the editorial here: https://t.co/PJF8KCYNlg
@IJCCommons @iasc_commons
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@kyleichan I would like to do some self-promotion here. @XSYAP and I wrote a paper on the leapfrogging of the Chinese solar PV industry. Semiconductor knowledge is only part of the story. Policy paradigm shift towards system integration is more important.
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New: 4 #Scenarios of #Commons in #Space -drawing on #futuring & sociotechnical #imaginaries! Led by @XSYAP @eSpace_EPFL @UUCopernicus with @janssen_marco, T Aganaba @TuttonRichard, K Korpershoek #GeorgeProfitiliotis @FRabitz, MS Subbiah @LeonWagenknecht
https://t.co/bsIyQTNxqL
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