Research Paper:

Author and co-author of more than 60 articles and 10 books, devoted, in particular, to Russian and foreign experience of political and legal regulation of the public sector of science and innovation, analysis of modern trends in the development of international space law.

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1348-4492

Web of Science Researcher ID: N-6922-2013

Scopus Author ID: 57201667811

Publications on the regulation and development of the space sector include

Popova, S.M. (2023). Regulation of Space Resources Mining: the Creation of an International Legal Custom. Politics and Society, 3: 1-24. DOI: 10.7256/2454-0684.2023.3.43814

Popova S.M. Regulation of space resources extraction: the creation of international legal custom // Law and Politics. 2022. № 12. С. 1-28. DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2022.12.39421

Popova S.M. Influence of space economy development needs on legal regulation (on the example of Luxembourg SpaceResources.lu initiative) // Space Research. 2019. № 2. С. 32 - 46. DOI: 10.7256/2453-8817.2019.2.32089

Popova S.M. Topical issues of international legal regulation of space activities and ways of their solution // International Law and International Organizations. 2018. № 4. С. 1-9.DOI: 10.7256/2454-0633.2018.4.27705

Popova S.M. Strengthening the capacity of international space law and policy to ensure responsible, safe and peaceful use of outer space // Law and State. 2018. № 3-4. С.75-89.

Popova S.M. «The Hague Model» of legal regulation of activities in the field of space resources and the prospects of transformation of international space law // Space Studies. 2018. № 2. С. 78-96. DOI: 10.7256/2453-8817.2018.2.28631

Popova S.M. New trend of space law: creation of «favorable jurisdictions» for space activities// Space Research. 2017. № 1. С. 46-57. DOI: 10.7256/2453-8817.2017.1.21686

Popova S.M. Modern trends in the development of international space law // Law and State (Kazakhstan). 2016. № 4 (73) С. 66-71.

Popova S.M. The U.S. Commercial Space Act of 2015 and issues of modernization of international space law // Space Research. 2016. № 1. С. 51-65. DOI: 10.7256/2453-8817.2016.1.20590.

Expert and public activities:

2016 - present - Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal «Politics and Society»

2008-2014 - member of the Board of the Foundation for Contemporary History

2005-present - member of the Central Control and Revision Commission of the Russian Bar Association

2000-2013 - member of the Expert Advisory Council under the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation

Labor Activity:

1987-1993 - research work in institutes of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

1993-2000 - worked in the state civil service: apparatus of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (1993-1994), apparatus of the Government of the Russian Federation (1994-1996), Administration of the President of the Russian Federation (1996-2000).

2000-2005 - work in private research structures

2005-2013 - leading expert of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation (problems of institutional and legal foundations of state audit).

2009-present - leading researcher at the institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

2021-2024 - Associate Professor at the Center for Comparative Law at MSU-PPI University in Shenzhen (PRC).

Education:

A.M. Gorky Ural State (now Federal) University. A.M. Gorky Ural State (now Gorky Federal University), specialty «History and Social Science» (1986)

Candidate of Political Sciences (1992)

Foreign languages: French, English

Russian research scientist, member of the International Institute of Space Law, State Counselor of the Russian Federation 1st class

Scope of Research Interests: Legal regulation of priority areas of social development (state management of the development of science, innovation and higher education; international space law)