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Spacepol or Spacepol International Research Network for Space Law and IT-Policy as it was referred to during the period 1998-2005 is one of the early cybernetworks formed during the 1990s within the academic and university world. Spacepol is now an international enterprise involved in academic publishing and international public policy consulting within the fields of Space Law and Public Technology Policy. Spacepol continues to incorporate some of its original activities and characteristics as a research network, while having turned to commercial pursuits during 2005. The official current name of the enterprise is Spacepol Éditeurs Universitaires Academic Publishers Co. The enterprise operates its own innovation policy and space law consulting subsidiary known as Spacepol Government Policy Consulting. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... 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The Cybernetwork 1994-2005

Historical Background

Already at the beginning of the 1990s social science and legal research activities were experiencing severe cutbacks in funding in many western countries. The new ideology of the Information Society had begun to take form and this included to a large extent the increased weight and prestige of the technology sector as opposed to the general research community. While many academics lamented the shift in public resources and the employment instability this entailed, few if any research communities took any concrete action to address this process of rapid change in academia. An information society is a society in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity. ...

By the mid 1990s it was becoming increasingly clear that traditional responses and pleas for funding from non-technical academic institutions would not suffice and that new methods of adaptation and response were needed. The visibility and utility of important research fields needed to be addressed and the value of the strategic knowledge of international scholars reconsidered in a commercial light.

Motivation and Founders

Gunnar K. A. Njalsson a University of Helsinki student of Public Administration and Economics began in 1994 to collect survey data for a thesis relating to Space Law from officers of various space agencies including the European Space Agency online. The resulting benefits and extensive development of new communication methods inspired what was later to become an official cybernetwork dedicated to the subjects of Space Law and Public Technology Policy. The Politics series Politics Portal This box: Public administration can be broadly described as the study and implementation of policy. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Established: 1974 Administrator: Jean-Jacques Dordain Budget: â‚¬2. ...

On 30th October 1998 Spacepol International Research Network for Space Law and IT Policy was officially inaugurated as the world's first research network in cyberspace for these fields. The original network was run from a site at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Content was provided in Swedish, English, Finnish and Norwegian- languages which the founder spoke fluently. Upon a trial period and having received extensive feedback from members of the scientific community including members of the Canadian Political Science Association, Spacepol was fully functional providing information on the research objectives, results and publications of many central scholars in these fields. Due to the simplicity of the site and the extent of information provided in several languages Spacepol soon became the central resource for Space Law and Technology Policy. By 2000, the site was receiving over 900 visits per day from nearly every country with internet access. University of Helsinki is not to be confused with Helsinki University of Technology. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The network founder, Gunnar K. A. Njålsson believed that providing a single portal enabling access to all central scholars and the latest research results for the entire field would better further cooperation amongst researchers, provide rapid access for those wishing to utilise current research, showcase the progress and utility of the research fields and provide a forum in which to create efficient research consortia while avoiding redundancies.

Developments during the New Millennium

By 2000 Spacepol had received most international attention and acclaim from outside of Finland and Scandinavia. Attempts to create a centre of excellence out of the network and base it in Finland were shown little interest by Finnish and Norwegian research communities. At the same time, American, Canadian and British scholars were increasingly calling for the transformation of Spacepol into a concrete organisation or research institute to be based in one of these countries.

Largely as a result of the demographic structure and geographical location of regular users and of the network membership, the Spacepol site was relocated to the United Kingdom in 2001 and all information provided in English. Spacepol continued to provide refereed links to most accredited institutions and projects for the two fields, information on latest research results and an information service to scholars and the international public. By 2002 founder Njålsson had received several awards of recognition for the creation of such a cybernetwork and plans for revamping the site were commenced.

Spacepol the Canadian Company 2005-

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A Canadian-Finnish Enterprise

The conversion of Spacepol from a volunteer-maintained information resource and cybernetwork in 2005 to a Quebec-registered commercial enterprise was largely a result of the strategic knowledge of the fields built up over time by Gunnar K. A. Njålsson and Spacepol fellow volunteers. Those involved became increasingly aware that their knowledge and abilities were not easily replicated in other sectors of the aerospace and government industries. The aerospace industry was readily capable of recruiting engineers, but had hardly begun to recruit or knew how to locate international legal expertise in outer space affairs. This provided Spacepol with a strategic market niche. As little was occurring by way of economic adaptation current challenges in academia, the Spacepol founder espoused a policy of gradual and strategic commercialisation of expertise and knowledge within the new fields of Space Law and Public Technology Policy.

In March 2005, Spacepol International Research Network for Space Law and IT Policy officially became Spacepol Éditeurs Universitaires Academic Publishers Co an academic publisher for the fields of Space Law and Public Technology Policy. Many of the information features of the former academic network were retained while ensuring that research and consulting services are provided at market rates based upon their strategic value. Literature resulting from the research activities of the enterprise is published and distributed by Spacepol in North America, South America and Europe. The company maintains offices in Quebec City and Esbo, Finland.

Spacepol has received some public attention based upon a well-known fact that all of its current personnel have IQs of 132 or more. This was revealed when a company spokesman confirmed that every person employed by the enterprise is either a member of Mensa or of the International High IQ Society. The company maintains that high IQ or membership in a high IQ society has never been a criterium for employment; but is rather an amusing coincidence. IQ redirects here; for other uses of that term, see IQ (disambiguation). ... There are multiple pages related to Mensa. Mensa International is an organization for persons with high IQs. ... International High IQ Society logo International High IQ Society Internet-based high IQ society founded in 2000 by Nathan Haselbauer. ...

Company Philosophy and Slogan

Originally founded to promote the fields of Space Law and Public Technology Policy Analysis, a philosophy of offensive adaptation on the part of strategic branches of academia underlies the activities of the former non-commercial research network and the international company Spacepol has evolved into. In addition, publisher and consulting house Spacepol has maintained an aggressive policy of control over all academic literature resulting from the research activities of the former network and current enterprise.

The company slogan is: "Responding to Tomorrow Today", usually written in black with the word "Today" underlined in royal blue.

Enterprises

Spacepol Government Policy Consulting

Spacepol Government Policy Consulting is the consulting arm of the international company Spacepol Éditeurs Universitaires Academic Publishers Co formed in 2005. The company operates in Canada and the European Union and serves the aerospace and government industries. Look up aerospace in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Spacepol Éditeurs Universitaires Academic Publishers Co

Spacepol Éditeurs Universitaires Academic Publishers Co is a Quebec City academic publishing company for the fields of Space Law and technology policy analysis. The company has offices in Espoo, Finland and Canada and was formed from Spacepol, a previous non-commercial research network in 2005. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Founded 1972 Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area - Of which land - Rank 528 kmÂ² 312 kmÂ² ranked 279th Population - Density - Change - Rank 229,443 (2005) 729 inh. ...

Corporate Leadership

Both Spacepol Éditeurs universitaires and its consulting and research subsidiary Spacepol Government Policy Consulting are under the executive leadership of the Spacepol CEO and President. The company is privately held. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ...

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