Overview
Avishai Melamed is a PhD Student at Cornell University’s Department of Government, in the International Relations subfield, and a graduate fellow at the Brooks School Tech Policy Institute. His research focuses on the politics of emerging technologies, science diplomacy, and space policy. He has published in journals including Space Policy, Acta Astronautica, and the Journal of Space Safety Engineering and written for Brookings TechStream and the Center for Space Policy and Strategy. Avishai holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science -- International Relations and History from University of California, San Diego and a Master's degree from Cornell University.
Research Focus
My research focuses on the intersection between international relations and science-technology studies, with an emphasis on space policy. Currently, my work explores the long-term coevolution of technological innovation and foreign policy strategies, in both national and multilateral settings. I also examine public-private collaboration on space technologies, and how geopolitical competition has influenced the political economy of this sector.