
Joel Lisk
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
Adelaide Law School
Faculty of the Professions
Joel is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. Joel's research focuses on how nations' legislate for commercial space activities, contemplate their international obligations, and promote private activities in outer space.
Joel also works at an Adelaide-based law firm on corporate and commercial legal issues including transactional law, privacy and data protection, consumer protection, and regulatory compliance.
Joel is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. Joel's research focuses on how nations legislate for commercial space activities, contemplate their international obligations, and promote private activities in outer space. Joel's PhD project title is 'Legislating for Emerging Areas of Commercial Activity in Outer Space'.
Joel specialises in assessing and critiquing international domestic legal regimes (including those in place in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and a number of European nations) applicable to non-governmental space activities including launch, spaceflight and private scientific and exploration activities.
Joel also researches in the areas consumer protection and privacy law, and international law more broadly.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2019 Lawyer Cowell Clarke 2018 Jessup International Law Moot Coach The University of Adelaide -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2019 - 2019 University of Adelaide and the Law Society of South Australia Australia Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice 2014 - 2018 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Sciences (Biochemistry and Genetics) 2014 - 2018 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Laws (Honours) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2019 Lisk, J., & de Zwart, M. (2019). Watch This Space: The Development of Commercial Space Law in Australia and New Zealand. Federal Law Review, 47(3), 444-468.
2018 Lisk, J. (2018). Review Essay: Space Law: A Treatise By Francis Lyall And Paul B Larsen Routledge, 2018. Adelaide Law Review, 39. 2017 de Zwart, M., & Lisk, J. W. (2017). Development of the New Zealand and Australian Space Industries: Regulation for a Sustainable Future. Proceedings of the International Institute of Space Law, 60, 523-540. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2019 Lisk, J. W. (2019). Enforcement of Commercial Regulation in Outer Space. In M. Spencer (Ed.), Project Asteria 2019: Space Debris, Space Traffic Management and Space Sustainability (pp. 85-98). Air Power Development Centre. -
Conference Papers
Year Citation 2019 Lisk, J. W. (2019). Emerging Provisions of Domestic Space Law. In Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC. Washington DC, United States of America. 2019 Lisk, J. W. (2019). How Will Future Generations Shape Space Law and Practices?. In Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law. Canberra. 2018 Lisk, J. W. (2018). Regulatory Approaches and International Competition. In Australian Space Research Conference. Surfer's Paradise. 2017 De Zwart, M., & Lisk, J. (2017). Development of the New Zealand and Australian space industries: Regulation for a sustainable future. In Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC Vol. 19 (pp. 12972-12980).
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2019 - ongoing Member Law Society of South Australia Australia 2018 - ongoing Member Space Industry Association of Australia Australia
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