- Email:
- eytepper@iu.edu
- Website:
- http://www.eytantepper.com
Dr. Eytan Tepper is Research Professor, Space Governance & Security and Director, Space Governance Lab at Indiana University Bloomington, where he is affiliated with the Ostrom Workshop established by Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom. He teaches courses on space governance, space-cyber governance, and space cybersecurity and also serves as Program Director of Indiana University Kelley School of Business’ new Space Cybersecurity digital badge program.
Dr. Tepper earned his doctorate from the McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law and subsequently pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the New York University (NYU) School of Law. A renowned expert on space law, governance, and security, he leads research projects on global space governance, the laws of space warfare, space-cyber power, and the commercial space revolution. Dr. Tepper’s approach is transdisciplinary, employing cutting-edge literature from international law, international relations, political economy, and strategic studies.
Dr. Tepper has published in journals like the Maryland Law Review, the Georgia Law Review, NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, Constitutional Political Economy, Global Studies Quarterly, the Annals of Air and Space Law, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Journal of Space Law, Space Policy, and New Space journal. In addition, Dr. Tepper presented his work in key venues in academia and beyond, including Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, the American Society of International Law, the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), IEEE, DEFCON, and the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
Prior to his return to academia, Dr. Tepper was a practicing lawyer with a career spanning the public and private sectors, representing government ministries and Fortune 500 companies.