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Publications

Stock Paul, , , , Chatzimichali Anna, Spence Charles

Space and Culture, pp. 1-14 (2025)

, Anderson Heather, , Gardner Darran, , Orr Jonathan, Owens Steven,

(2025)

Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy Vol 27, pp. 436-444 (2024)

UK Earth Law Judgments Reimagining Law for People and Planet (2024) (2024)

, Gilbert Jeremie, Cobei Cindy

Research Handbook on Property Law and Theory (2024) (2024)

Kothamasi David, , Deepika Sharma

Nature Biotechnology Vol 41, pp. 1381–1384 (2023)

Professional Activities

Participant

15/9/2023

Speaker

6/2/2023

Host

6/2019

Speaker

25/7/2018

Speaker

27/5/2018

Speaker

10/5/2018

Projects

Vermeylen, Saskia (Principal Investigator)

01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023

Vermeylen, Saskia (Principal Investigator)

EXTR-Actvism presents artistic positions that challenge the new commercial space race for mineral extractivism. International space law - a product of the Cold War era - is ambiguous in its language as it is unclear if commercial mining, governed through private property rights, is allowed under the Outer Space Treaty (1967). The artworks selected for this exhibition explore the notions of extractivism and neo-colonialism of the commercial space era against the background of African countries developing their own space programme.

The exhibition retells the story of extractivism and space travel from the perspective of Afronauts. The forgotten histories, contested legacies and repressed memories of space travel are explored through a plethora of art practices that seek to blur the boundaries and distinctions between fiction and reality.

01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021

Vermeylen, Saskia (Principal Investigator)

11-Jan-2020 - 11-Jan-2021

Vermeylen, Saskia (Principal Investigator)

01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2022

Vermeylen, Saskia (Principal Investigator)

This research addresses the San’s human right to access land and develop inclusive economic activities through tourism in Hwange national park in Zimbabwe. The project focuses specifically on recording and using cultural heritage as evidence of ancestral settlement and inclusive economic development in the national parks. The San have been exposed to land evictions dating back 2000 years ago when agriculturalists displaced them. Dispossession continued in the colonial period when their lands were appropriated to create national parks and private farms for colonial administrators. Unfortunately, evictions still exist after independence when new economic developments are being pursued such as tourism and mining.This research addresses the San’s human right to access land and develop inclusive economic activities through tourism in two national parks: Hwange in Zimbabwe and Chobe in Botswana. The project focuses specifically on recording and using cultural heritage as evidence of ancestral settlement and inclusive economic development in the national parks. The San have been exposed to land evictions dating back 2000 years ago when agriculturalists displaced them. Dispossession continued in the colonial period when their lands were appropriated to create national parks and private farms for colonial administrators. Unfortunately, evictions still exist after independence when new economic developments are being pursued such as tourism and mining. Combining law, archaeology and tourism, this project seeks to document the San’s cultural heritage in the national parks as evidence to support land claims and inclusive tourism.

01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2020

Vermeylen, Saskia (Principal Investigator)

01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2022