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Dr. Christopher J. Newman, leads the Law Cluster and was appointed Reader in Public Law in June 2013. Chris is also leading the Law Unit of Assessment (UoA 20) submission to REF2014. He is currently head of the law research cluster and the lead for law research at the University of Sunderland. Chris is actively engaged in research in the emerging field of Space Law and is recognised as a national expert on UK and European space law and policy. He has been active in the teaching and research of Space Law for a number of years and has recently worked with academics from other disciplines on a publication examining the ethical underpinnings of Space Governance. His is part of an internationally recognised network of academics and legal practitioners who communicate on Space Law and Policy issues using a variety of formal and informal networks (see twitter @chrisnewman1972). Since the REF in 2014, he has produced a number of research outputs and presented his research to the Society of Legal Scholars, UK Space Professionals. In January 2015 I have been commissioned by the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington to write a monograph on Space Law and Policy.