Joel Lisk

Joel Lisk

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

Adelaide Law School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Joel is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide and full time academic researcher at Flinders University within the Jeff Bleich Centre for the US Alliance in Digital Technology, Security and Governance.

Joel's research focuses on how nations' legislate for commercial space activities, contemplate their international obligations, and promote private activities in outer space.

Joel previously worked 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 and full time academic researcher at Flinders University within the Jeff Bleich Centre for the US Alliance in Digital Technology, Security and Governance. 

Joel's research focuses on how nations legislate for commercial space activities, contemplate their international obligations, and promote private activities in outer space with a particular focus on the evolution of Australia's legal regime. 

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, competition law and privacy law.

 

 

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2022 Lisk, J. (2022). The "Give Way Agreement" - The Future of Orbital Coordination?. Australian National University Journal of Law and Technology, 3(2), 39-57.
    2020 Lisk, J. W. (2020). Launching in Australia - The Space (Launches and Returns) Act. Law Society Bulletin, 42(3), 8-9.
    2020 Lisk, J. W. (2020). Space Law in Australia: What is it and what does it mean?. Australian Space Outlook 2020, 102-105.
    2020 Stubbs, M. T., & Lisk, J. (2020). The Constitution and Outer Space. Public Law Review, 31(1), 123-131.
    2019 Lisk, J. W., & de Zwart, M. (2019). Watch This Space: The Development of Commercial Space Law in Australia and New Zealand. Federal Law Review, 47(3), 1-25.
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    2018 Lisk, J. W. (2018). Space Law: A Treatise. Adelaide Law Review, 39(2), 453-477.
    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
    2020 Lisk, J. (2020). Enforcement of Commercial Regulation in Outer Space.

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2019 Lisk, J. W. (2019). Emerging Provisions of Domestic Space Law. In Proceedings of the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2019) Vol. 2019-October (pp. 1-11). Washington DC, United States of America: International Astronautical Federation.
    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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