Chris Johnson
PhD candidate / self funded
- Name
- Mr. C.D. Johnson LLM
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- c.d.johnson@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-5580-2930
Chris Johnson is an external PhD candidate at the Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University. Title research: The International Legal Order for the Moon.
Christopher Johnson is the Space Law Advisor at the Secure World Foundation, and a Professor of Law (Adjunct) at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he co-teaches the Space Law Seminar. Mr. Johnson is also a Field Editor at the Journal of Space Safety Engineering (JSSE), on the Board of Editors of the journal Air and Space Law, on the Academic Review Board of the Cambridge International Law Journal, and serves on the US Board of Directors of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). He was also a Core Expert and Rule Drafter in the MILAMOS project, and an observer at the Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group. He is also a Faculty Member at the International Space University (ISU) and a Member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL).
Mr. Johnson holds a Bachelor's of Art degree from Michigan State University, a Juris Doctor from New York Law School, and an Advanced Masters in Law in Air and Space Law from Leiden University’s International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL). He also has professional certificates from New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL), the Hague Academy of International Law, and the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL).
Mr. Johnson has written widely on space law and policy issues, and represents the Secure World Foundation at the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).
PhD candidate / self funded
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Publiekrecht
- Lucht- en Ruimterecht
- Johnson C.D. (6 March 2024), China outlines position on use of space resources. Interviewed by Jones A. for SpaceNews. [interview].
- Johnson C.D. (19 March 2024), Nuclear Weapons in Space are Bad News for the Entire Planet: ‘The old fear has come back.’. Interviewed by Torbet G. for The Verge. [interview].
- Johnson C.D. (25 June 2024), NASA's Space Trash Hit a Florida Home: The Family is Suing. Interviewed by Pultarova T. for Supercluster. [interview].
- Johnson C.D. (14 November 2024), Does Space Need Environmentalists?: Absent environmental protections, iconic features like the rings of Saturn and the Apollo 11 landing site face an uncertain future. Interviewed by Scharping N. for Noēma. [interview].
- Masson-Zwaan T.L. & Johnson C.D. (2023), Guest editor: Special Issue on Space Sustainability, Safety, and Security. Air & Space Law 48(special issue).
- Johnson C.D. (27 September 2023), US astronaut returns from International Space Station after setting record. Interviewed by Beeler C. for The World (WGBH). [interview].
- Johnson C.D. (5 October 2023), Amazon is launching its first internet satellites to rival Starlink. Interviewed by O’Callaghan J. for New Scientist. [interview].
- Johnson C.D. (5 October 2023), Why the first-ever space junk fine is such a big deal. Interviewed by O’Callaghan J. for MIT Technology Review. [interview].
- Johnson C.D. (31 October 2023), State responsibility and liability. United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, "Space Law for New Space Actors Technical Advisory Mission to Chile", Santiago, Chile. [lecture].
- Johnson C.D. (25 October 2023), Planetary defense: (for space lawyers). Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC. [lecture].