Deden H.A. Alfathimy

I am a postgraduate researcher in Politics and International Relations, focusing on outer space politics (astropolitics). I was granted a Future 100 PhD studentship from the University of Leicester’s Space Park Leicester, under the supervision of Prof Andrew Futter and Dr Sally Horrocks (University of Leicester), and Dr Bleddyn Bowen (Durham University). My doctoral project studies Indonesian satellite communication development to better understand space policy in the Global Space Age. I am also an Associate Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space (LCHS).

I am on study leave from my role as a space policy researcher at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Government of Indonesia. I joined the Indonesian space agency (National Institute of Aeronautics and Space/LAPAN) in 2018, which was eventually merged into BRIN in 2021. Since then, I have been working on the international dimensions of Indonesian space policies and programmes by closely informing policymakers, conducting academic research, and advocating for space issues.