Jack Wright Nelson

Background

About Jack Wright Nelson

I'm an Assistant Professor at Thompson Rivers University, an Associate Academic Fellow at the National University of Singapore, and a Doctoral Candidate at McGill University. My research focuses on international air and space law, as well as the intersections between law, science, and technology. My articles, reviews and notes have been published by the American Society of International Law, the Asian Journal of International Law, the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, the German Journal of Air & Space Law, the European Journal of Legal Studies, the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, the Cambridge International Law Journal, the Journal of Space Law, and in edited collections. My work has been cited in publications from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Institute of Peace, the European Parliament, the United States Congressional Research Service and in amicus curiae submissions before the United States Supreme Court. From 2022 to 2025 I was the Editor of the Annals of Air and Space Law, produced by the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University.