Research Fellow (2022)
Giuliana Rotola is a space law and policy researcher. She is currently a Ph.D. student in Sustainable Development and Climate Change at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and works as the Implementation Support Officer for the Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA). She has also worked at the European Southern Observatory on the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy and as a summer research fellow with the Legal Priorities Project. She holds a 5-year law degree from the University of Trento and a Master of Space Studies from the International Space University (ISU). Previously, she conducted research at the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL – ESA) and in the Institut du Droit de l’Espace et des Télécommunications (IDEST), and worked at the Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies. Giuliana was also a research fellow at the Open Lunar Foundation and a 2020 Fellow in Space Studies at the Foresight Institute. Within the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), she serves as Policy and Advocacy Coordinator and as a Co-Lead of the Space Law and Policy Project Group.