Cirkovic’s research project “Anthropocentrism and Sustainability of the Earth System and Outer Space (ANTARES)” aims to connect Earth System and Outer Space with the application of complex systems approaches, critical theory, and posthuman approaches in contemporary thought.
The project was started in 2017 at the Erik Castrén Institute (ECI), which continues to be its host institution. At present, Dr. Cirkovic is collaborating with the MIT Media Lab, Space Enabled Research Group, where she is an affiliated researcher. The Space Enabled Research group is led by Professor Dr. Danielle Wood. The mission of the Group is to advance justice in Earth’s complex systems using designs enabled by space.
Relevant links:
Space Enabled Research Group: https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/space-enabled/overview/
Professor Danielle Wood’s profile page: https://www.media.mit.edu/people/drwood/overview/
For our collaborative paper “Sustainable orbit and the Earth System: mitigation and regulation” please see: https://conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/proceedings/sdc8/paper/30/SDC8-paper30.pdf
ANTARES is also hosted at the University of Westminster, Law and Theory Lab, under the leadership of Professor Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos. This collaboration is meant to advance the project with the inclusion of and representation with the multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary designs, including visual arts, music, and architecture.
Law and Theory Lab: https://www.lawandtheory.com/people
Present objective of the project is to expand its transdisciplinary and international network, promote inclusiveness and pluralities of knowledge, and to recognize and research various aspects of human/non-human/transcorporeal co-existences, embeddedness, and relationships.
Project collaborators :
Jonathan McDowell, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Steven Freeland, Western Sydney University
Pekka Jahunen, Finnish Meteorological Institute Space Research
Hilding Neilson, University of Toronto Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Recent publications:
2022
2021
2020
2018
Other project-related collaborations:
IAA Permanent Committee on Space Traffic Management, Permanent Committee Member
Earth System Governance Project,
Fellow The McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS),
Associate Expert Norilab SATCON2, Working Group: Observations (“ how to implement the mitigation strategies (determined in SATCON1) to minimize the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy”).
Dr. Cirkovic’s personal website and interdisciplinary design: www.elenacirkovic.com