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ASTRAIOS Analysis of Skills, Training, Research, and Innovation Opportunities in Space (Horizon-CL4-SPACE)

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Description

The advancement of the EU space sector is highly dependent on the availability of high educational standards, skilled professionals, and the ability for these professionals to upgrade and update their skills.

The ASTRAIOS project will foster innovation, increase EU competitiveness in the space sector and improve the dynamics of the space entrepreneurships ecosystems.

To achieve this, the ASTRAIOS team will provide an exhaustive view and understanding of the current and future Space curricula and courses offered in the EU-27. The project will also describe the need from the European Space industry in the next 10-15 years and identify actionable ways towards a better alignment between the offered educational programmes and the skills required by the future European space industry.

Layman's description

Starting from January 2023 and over the course of three years, the ASTRAIOS project will identify the existing space-related education and training across Europe, project future demand for space skills from the European space industry, and identify actions to align and improve the career pathways into the sector.
Short titleAnalysis of Skills, Training, Research, and Innovation Opportunities in Space
AcronymASTRAIOS
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/01/23 → 31/12/25

Funding

  • Innovate UK: £359,546.00

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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  • 4 Conference contribution book

  • Examining European student geographic mobility in the space field: ASTRAIOS project insight

    Zabihian, E., Maddock, C., Kerkezian, S., Budd Thiemann, H., Al Asmar, Y., Belgiu, M. & Lanfredi Alberti, C., 4 Jul 2025, 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences: EUCASS 2025. Brussels, 8 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

    Open Access

  • Sustainable space workforce development – Training future engineers for space technologies (ASTRAIOS)

    Zabihian, E., Maddock, C., Al Tamime, R., Kardassi, M. N., Kerkezian, S., Pantelaki, I., Budd Thiemann, H., Al Asmar, Y., Belgiu, M. & Vargas Maretto, R., 6 Jun 2025, (Accepted/In press) 76th International Astronautical Congress: IAC 2025. Sydney, Australia, 13 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

  • The role of first degrees in encouraging students to enter the space sector: analysis by the ASTRAIOS project

    Asmar, Y. A., Belgiu, M., Maretto, R. V., Ronzhin, S., La, L. H., Thiemann, H. B., Dudley, J., Ignjatovic, D., Moser, J., Brempou, C. S., Panagiotis, P., Petrakis, G., Fiore, G. M., Maddock, C., Bournou, D., Pavone, R., Balenciaga, I., Kolehmainen, M., Kerkezian, S. & Pantelaki, I., 18 Oct 2024, Space Education and Outreach Symposium. Red Hook, NY, Vol. 2. p. 1296-1304 9 p. (Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

    Open Access
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