Summary Report from Norms of Behavior Workshop Now Available

Monday, February 3, 2020

The Secure World Foundation and the Open Lunar Foundation held a workshop on Tuesday, December 10th in Washington DC to explore the meaning, purpose, and life cycle of norms and their use in preserving the global commons and in fostering and maintaining global public goods, especially in the context of norms for activities in the space environment. The purpose of the workshop was to identify shared perspectives, trends, and open questions, and to inform research priorities for SWF’s emerging governance challenges program in 2020. Twenty four participants from private industry, government, and academia participated in the workshop.

The SWF Project "Emerging Governance Challenges for Space Activities" will continue in 2020 with work in analyzing norms of behavior (whether hard or soft law or industry standards) as well as critical analysis of what norms we have for space activities, where they are in the 'life cycle of norms', and what steps forward are necessary to ensure space sustainability.