Space governance · Planetary defense · Political theory

Nikola Schmidt

Normative and cosmopolitan frameworks for governing technologies whose consequences outrun existing institutions.

Senior researcher and head of the Centre for Governance of Emerging Technologies at the Institute of International Relations Prague, and lecturer on space security, planetary security and space law at Masaryk University. Member of the Czech delegation to the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) and national delegate to UN COPUOS on space security and planetary defense.

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Nikola Schmidt sitting next to his mountain bike on a mountain ridge near Salt Lake City, looking up at the sky

Recent work

Latest publications

  1. 2027
  2. 2026
  3. 2026

    Koschny, D.; Colombo, C.; Kofler, R.; …; Schmidt, N. et al. (8 authors)

    Testing the International Mechanism for Responding to an Asteroid Impact Threat

    Advances in Astronomy, 2026(1), 3161407. doi:10.1155/aa/3161407

  4. 2026

    Schmidt, N.

    Reinstating Expert Authorities and Their Institutions in Tackling Autonomous Alternative Reality Manufacturing Machines

    In Conrad, M., Newman, S. (Eds.), Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in the Postfactual Age, 51-72. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783112222874-004