Ascending to Space Critical Perspectives from New Zealand and other Nations

Dr Maria A. Pozza is a Barrister and Solicitor admitted in New Zealand. She specialises in Space law and operates Gravity Lawyers, a law firm that specialises indomestic New Zealand space law and international space law, as well as cyber, privacy, data and technology laws. As a space law expert, Dr Maria’s expertise is often called upon by a range of international and domestic clients, agencies, and institutions.  Dr Maria is an adjunct lecturer at the Massey School of Aviation, Massey University, New Zealand and a lecturer at Lincoln University, New Zealand for the Masters in Applied Computing programme.  Dr Maria is a committee member for the establishment of the arbitration Courts of Space – Dubai, and she sits as an Advisory Board Member at the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai. Dr Maria is an external PhD supervisor for the Politics Department at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, where she served asa Director of the 56 ^th Otago Foreign Policy School (2022) “Ascending into Space: New Zealand's Role as a Space-Faring Nation”.  She continues to serve as a Committee Member for the School. 

Dr Maria A. Pozza has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades that recognise her contribution to the growth of the space industry in New Zealand as well as space law domestically.  Most recently, she was awarded by NZ and Australian Lawyers Magazine the Most Influential Lawyer in New Zealand Award, and the Elite Woman Lawyer New Zealand Award.    

Dr. Maria A. Pozza is the Editor of the Space Law and Policy Book Series for Springer.