Dimitra Stefoudi
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. D. Stefoudi
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 6098
- d.stefoudi@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8557-3646

Doctoral Research Title: The Legal and Policy Aspects of Space Big Data.
Dimitra graduated from the Law School of Athens with an LL.B, in Law and continued her studies with an LL.M. in International Business Law (cum laude) at Tilburg University and an Advanced LL.M. in Air and Space Law at Leiden University. She has also attended the Space Studies Program 2016 of the International Space University.
Dimitra conducts her doctoral research on “The Legal and Policy Aspects of Space Big Data” with support from the Netherlands Space Office and the European Space Agency. She gives lectures in space law for the Advanced LL.M. in Air and Space Law at Leiden University, focusing on the topics of space applications, privacy and cybersecurity in space activities, export control, and space resource utilization. She is Adjunct Faculty and Governing Member of the International Space University. She is Individual Member of the International Institute of Space Law and member of the European Centre for Space Law and the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Ruimtevaart.
Dimitra frequently presents her research in international conferences and speaks about space law in public events. She functioned as Assistant Executive Secretary of the Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group from 2016 to 2019.
Assistant professor
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Publiekrecht
- Lucht- en Ruimterecht
- Masson-Zwaan T.L. & Stefoudi D. (27 May 2024), Space law in a nutshell: lecture for the delegation of the innovation mission on space technologies from India to the Netherlands. Netherlands Space Office, Noordwijk. [lecture].
- Masson-Zwaan T.L. & Stefoudi D. (29 November 2022), Space traffic management (workshop). TU Delft. [lecture].
- Masson-Zwaan T.L. & Stefoudi D. (23 September 2020), Space Law Fireside Chat. online. [lecture].
- Masson-Zwaan T.L., Lefeber R., Reibaldi G. & Stefoudi D. (12 October 2020), The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group: Conclusion and Way Forward. International Astronautical Congress, Cyberspace Edition. [lecture].
- Masson-Zwaan T.L., Stefoudi D., Lefeber R. & Reibaldi G. (5 October 2018), The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group: Third Progress Report. 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2018), 1-5 October 2018, Bremen. [lecture].
- Stefoudi D. (28 September 2017), Space big data: Law and policy recommendations for international cooperation in increasing benefits from space data applications. Adelaide. [lecture].
- Stefoudi D. (26 September 2017), Rebus sic stantibus and international space law: The evolution of the Space Treaties in the next fifty years. Adelaide. [lecture].
- Masson-Zwaan T., Lefeber R., Reibaldi G. & Stefoudi D. (26 September 2017), The Hague Space Resources Governance Working Group: Second Progress Report and the Way Forward. Adelaide. [lecture].
- Stefoudi D. (19 October 2017), Aerospace Law. Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Stefoudi D. (19 April 2017), From Sci-Fi to Reality in 60 years, A lawyer’s perspective. Leiden. [lecture].
- Stefoudi D. (13 February 2017), Space big data: Law and policy recommendations for Europe. Frascati. [lecture].
- Stefoudi D. (9 November 2017), Legal risks in international space projects. Gdansk. [lecture].
- Stefoudi D. (21 December 2016), Avondcollege, Introduction to Space Law. Utrecht. [lecture].
- Stefoudi D. (17 March 2016), Law and policy encouraging the participation of industrial stakeholders under the ESA Convention – ESA policies and geographical return principle: time to revisit?. Paris. [lecture].
- Advisory Board Member
- Faculty