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Nivedita Raju
POSITION AT SIPRI
Researcher
Nivedita Raju
Nivedita Raju is a Researcher in SIPRI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme. She conducts research on space security and gender issues. She volunteers as Director of Legal Affairs at the non-profit Space Court Foundation. Previously, she was a mentor in the UN Space4Women program, a Research Fellow at Open Lunar Foundation, and a Research Assistant for the Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS).
Nivedita was additionally an advisor for Schools of Equality, a non-profit that conducts gender-sensitization training in Indian schools.
Subject expertise
Space law and policy, space security, international law, feminist legal theory
Regional expertise
India, South Asia, Middle East
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Languages
English, Hindi
Education
LLM in Air and Space Law, McGill University; BA LLB, Gujarat National Law University
Citizenship
India
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Russia’s anti-satellite test should lead to a multilateral ban (Essay, December 2021)
- Diluted disarmament in space: Towards a culture for responsible behaviour (Essay, November 2020)
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- NewSpace and the Commercialization of the Space Industry: Challenges for the Missile Technology Control Regime(SIPRI, Stockholm:October 2022)
- A Proposal for a Ban on Destructive Anti-Satellite Testing: A Role for the European Union(SIPRI, Stockholm:April 2021)
- 13. Conventional arms control and regulation of new weapon technologies (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2022)
- 13. Conventional arms control and regulation of new weapon technologies (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2021)
External publications
- Raju, N., Schingler, J. K. and Samson, V., Don't Delay Getting Serious About Cislunar Security, War on the Rocks (July 2022)
- Raju, N., Trends in Lunar Exploration: Exploring the Governance Challenges, Digital Debates, Observer Research Foundation (2021)
- Raju, N., The Role of Customary International Law in Contemporary Space Activities, Journal of Space Law, Vol. 44, Issue 3 (2021) (forthcoming)
- Raju, N., How is lunar security different from space security?, Moon Dialogs Newsletter, September (2021)
- Raju, N. and Kerkonian, A. D., 'The Legal Challenges of International Suborbital Flights: A Bilateral Solution', Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol. 85, Issue 2 (2020)
- Raju, N., 'Beyond Sex in Sexual Harassment: A Feminist Critique of the Indian Sexual Harassment Act', Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 27, Issue 3 (2020)
- Raju, N., Are We There Yet? Identifying the Crystallisation of Custom through Exploitation of Resources in Outer Space, Annals of Air and Space Law, Vol. XLIII (2020)
- Raju, N., The Impact of Mission Shakti on Space Warfare and Pollution, India in Transition, Centre for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania (2019)
- Sankaran, N and Raju, N., A Framework to Address Burgeoning Commercial Complexities in Space Mining, German Journal of Air & Space Law, Vol. 66, Issue 1 (2017)
- Sankaran, N and Raju, N., 'Pioneering for the Rights of the Differently Abled: Scope under the Montreal Convention', Air & Space Law, Kluwer Law International, Vol. 41, Issue 3 (2016)