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BACKGROUND This initiative was announced as part of the “ 50 Years of ESA/100 year Roy Gibson, Session – Roy Gibson – The Golden Age of EO ” session moderated by Volker Liebig, at the ESA Living Planet Symposium in June 2025, and in the presence of ESA Director General, Josef Aschbacher, and ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Simonetta Cheli , with impressive participation from international leaders who shaped space and the golden age of earth observation.   The Fellowship, in honour of Roy Gibson – the first Director General of ESA, serving from 1975 until 1980 – recognises the critical importance of space policy and diplomacy in times of unprecedented geo-political and geo-economic shifts, which also affect space. Its purpose is to harness excellence in research and policy analysis that will contribute to ESPI’s overall vision of building a strong Europe as a Trusted Partner to the World. A joint ESPI-ESA initiative , the Fellowship will :...

The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) is inviting applications for the position of a Research Associate to support the Center’s work on outer space affairs and space security.  The VCDNP is an international non-governmental organisation that conducts research, facilitates dialogue, and provides capacity-building on disarmament and non-proliferation. The selected candidate will join a dynamic, international team and will have the opportunity to work at the forefront of space security governance, contributing to research, dialogue meetings, and events at multilateral forums. The Research Associate will support a project that will investigate, among other topics, international governance on destructive activities in space, addressing uncoordinated rendezvous and proximity operations, and implementing transparency and confidence-building measures in space activities.