SIRIUS SPACE TALKS’25: Call For Papers. Dilemmas in the Space Ecosystem: Threats and Opportunities

Event date and location : Toulouse, Friday 5 December 2025.
Organized by the SIRIUS Chair, the conference aims at discussing recent, original and unpublished contributions to the understanding of current space business issues and their consequences for modern economies and societies. This year's theme is Dilemmas in the space ecosystem: threats and opportunities.

Coralie Mary and Chourré Mathieu receive the SIRIUS 2024 Prize for their work!

The two students received this prestigious award for their respective research work, carried out as part of the TBS Specialized Master's program dédicated to the "MSc Strategic Innovation Management" and "Management of Technological Innovation".

- Coralie Mary for his professional thesis (in French): "Le management du changement"

- Chourré Mathieu for his professional thesis (in French) : "L’impact de l’émergence du NewSpace sur les missions des agences spatiales".".

CNES commissioned the SIRIUS Chair (Prof.Lucien Rapp and Gabrielle Leterre) to carry out a study on the European green taxonomy and the conditions for its application to the space sector

On January 1, 2025, the European directive known as the “CSRD” will come into force, requiring a growing number of carbon-intensive companies to report annually on actions taken to reduce their carbon emissions. More generally, this measure is in line with the objective of making Europe a carbon-neutral zone by 2050 (Green Deal 2050), whose marker (the "compass" to use the European Commission''s expression) is the European Green Taxonomy. The European Green Taxonomy makes it possible to identify 107 most emissive activities (known as “eligible” activities) and to encourage them to align themselves with European environmental objectives, turning them into "sustainable" activities. CNES commissioned the SIRIUS Chair to carry out a study aimed at shedding light on the texts currently being applied, and measuring their impact on the space industry. The report, submitted on February 12, 2024, includes 5 recommendations for action.

Dos Santos Paulino, V., & Pulsiri, N..

The space sector, an increasingly crucial asset for mankind. Tota Pulchra News. https://totapulchra.news/secteur-spatial/

Cyprien Verseux, Muriel Gargaud, Kirsi Lehto, Michel Viso with contribution from Marie-Clotilde RUNAVOT

In an era of public Mars fascination, this book offers an objective presentation of the challenges of crewed Mars missions and discusses scenarios of Mars settlements under scientific, technical, social, economic , ethical and political aspects. With the aim to make the reader comprehend what is plausible and what is at stake, the book tries to clarify misconceptions and half-truths spreading rapidly in the public. The authors argue that approximations and misinformation should be countered for two main reasons. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-66881-4?sap-outbound-id=5908A507A88C7A277F7DD93EE4BE71EC5EEF8CD1

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Goals

The mission of the SIRIUS Chair is to build up a pool of skills in law and management at the service of the European Space industry.

Activities

The activities of the SIRIUS Chair revolve around three main axes: Research (theses, dissertations, articles, notes and books), Training (teaching and seminars), Dissemination and Promotion (Colloquia, Communications, Conferences).

Team

The SIRIUS Chair team is made up of professors, doctoral students and research assistants. It brings together law and management experts.

Partnerships

The SIRIUS Chair is based in Toulouse, in the heart of the European capital of the aerospace sector. It has established a prestigious academic and institutional network in France and internationally.

Current Research Topics

The SIRIUS Chair favors a "micro" approach as opposed to a "macro" approach. Its work focuses on space companies and the space industrial ecosystem, which is not incompatible with a reflection on the international governance of space activities and its current shortcomings. We use to call on the complementary skills, particularly technical, that we need from the laboratories of the Toulouse university site, as needed.