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Manfred Lachs Centre for Space Law

A platform of cooperation between Polish academic institutions and public administration bodies, dedicated to advancing research, teaching and the exchange of experience in the field of space law.

Katarzyna Myszona-Kostrzewa, hab. PhD, Prof. UW Collegium Iuridicum IV, Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 47
About the Centre

A Polish platform for space law.

The Manfred Lachs Centre for Space Law was established on the basis of a Letter of Intent signed on 29 May 2017 at the Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace. It brings together academic institutions and public administration bodies in order to advance research and knowledge of space law.

Signatories

Academic institutions

  • University of Warsaw
  • Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
  • SGH Warsaw School of Economics
  • University of Rzeszów
  • University of Gdańsk
  • University of Wrocław
  • Krakow University of Economics
  • University of Silesia
  • Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
  • John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
Signatories

Public administration

  • Ministry of Science and Higher Education
  • Ministry of Development
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ministry of National Defence
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration
  • Polish Space Agency
Goals and mission

A common platform for academic and administrative cooperation

The dynamic development of space technologies opens up new opportunities in the technical, legal and economic dimensions of science. The Centre brings together researchers and practitioners who study the space sector and raise public awareness of the opportunities it offers. Its aim is to build a common platform for the exchange of information and the joint organisation of conferences and events that inspire new generations of scholars.

Active cooperation

Units cooperating on a regular basis

  1. 1Department of International Aviation and Space Law, Institute of International Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw
  2. 2Institute of International Law, EU Law and International Relations, Faculty of Law and Administration, UKSW
  3. 3Department of Economic Law, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
  4. 4Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Rzeszów
  5. 5Department of Public International Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk
  6. 6Department of International and European Law, University of Wrocław
  7. 7Department of Public International and European Law, Krakow University of Economics
  8. 8Department of Public International and European Law, University of Silesia
  9. 9Department of International and American Law, Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration, KUL
  10. 10Committee on Space and Satellite Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

Contact the Centre's secretariat

Beata Grochowska, MA — secretariat of the Department of International Aviation and Space Law, which also handles the Centre.

pme@wpia.uw.edu.pl Wersja polska
Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 47, 00-347 Warsaw (+48 22) 55 27 200 Mon–Fri 8:00–16:00