Nivedita Raju

Nivedita Raju is a Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). She analyzes trends in space security, developments in space governance, and transparency and confidence-building measures. Her recent work focuses on escalation risks in space and the space-nuclear nexus. She has advised numerous states on space policy matters, and participated on behalf of SIPRI in various UN processes.

Previously, she was a research fellow at the Open Lunar Foundation, and a research assistant at the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University. Her past research has examined lunar security governance and regulation of suborbital flights, among other issues of international law.

Nivedita holds an LLM from McGill University and an LLB from Gujarat National Law University. Prior to her studies at McGill, she practiced law in Mumbai.