Timiebi Aganaba

Timiebi Aganaba

Arizona State University

Timiebi brings an extraordinary perspective to the Space world, having worked in 5 different countries (UK, France, Nigeria, Canada, USA) across 3 continents in 6 fields (law firm, consulting firm, govt., academia, NGO, think tank) and 4 different functions (legal, research, teaching, executive) over her 15 year career. She is an assistant professor of Space and Society, in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society within the College of Global Futures, with a courtesy appointment at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. She was a post-doctoral fellow and fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where she focused on Climate change and environmental law and governance.

Previously, Timiebi was Executive Director of the World Space Week Association, coordinating the global response to the UN 1999 declaration that World Space Week should be celebrated from October 4-10 annually. She is currently on the Advisory Board for the Space Generation Advisory Council supporting the UN Program on Space Applications. She is also on the Science Advisory Board of World View Enterprises, working to spearhead the stratospheric economy.