Almudena Azcárate Ortega

Almudena Azcárate Ortega is the lead Space Security Researcher at UNIDIR. She has published widely, briefed UN Member States on the topics of space security law and policy, and has presented her research in multiple fora. She has led UNIDIR’s participation in several multilateral processes, and leads the design and implementation of the Programme’s research projects and strategies.

Almudena holds a doctorate in Space Security Law from Georgetown University, focused on the distinction between dual-use and dual-purpose space systems. She also holds an LL.M. in National Security Law from the same institution, where she was awarded Georgetown’s Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Prize for the most distinguished academic performance in the programme. She received her LL.B. from the University of Navarra, Spain.

Almudena is also an Academic Fellow with the Center on National Security at Georgetown University. She is licensed to practice law in Spain, and prior to joining UNIDIR, she worked as a lawyer focused on high-stakes international litigation and arbitration for one of Spain’s top law firms, Uría Menéndez.

She speaks English, Spanish, French and German.