Prof. Frans von der Dunk

Frans G. von der Dunk is the Harvey and Susan Perlman Alumni and Othmer Professor of Space Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law, where he has taught since 2008 in what is now the Nebraska Space, Cyber and National Security Law Program. He also directs Black Holes B.V., a space law and policy consultancy in Leiden, the Netherlands, and was previously Director of Space Law Research at Leiden University. His books include the Handbook of Space Law (2015), which received the International Academy of Astronautics' Social Science Book Award, International Space Law (2018), and Advanced Introduction to Space Law (2020). He has advised the Dutch government, the European Commission, the European Space Agency, and the United Nations, as well as Luxembourg on space resource mining and the UAE Space Agency on space law and policy. He serves on the board of the International Institute of Space Law, which gave him its Distinguished Service Award.