Aerospace Policy, Law and Management

Since the founding of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, McGill, through the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL), has been the world leading centre for interdisciplinary research on aerospace laws and policies utilized by governmental decision makers, aerospace industry, and legal professionals alike. Recently, MIAE researchers are developing innovative practices to address efficiency and sustainability issues for aviation transportation systems, particularly in relation to the urban environment.

Associated Academic Faculty


Ram Jhaku • McGill Institute of Air and Space Law

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Recent Research Publications

  • McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space: Volume I - Rules (Montreal: Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, 2022), Ram S. Jakhu & Steven Freeland
  • Routledge Handbook of Space Law, Ram S. Jakhu and Paul Dempsey, eds. (Routledge, 2017)
  • Global Space Governance: An International Study, Ram Jakhu and Joseph Pelton, Joseph, eds. (Springer, 2017)
  • The Need for an Integrated Regulatory Regime for Aviation and Space: ICAO for Space? Ram S. Jakhu, Tommaso Sgobba, Paul Stephen Dempsey, eds. (Springer, 2011)

Lijun Sun • Department of Civil Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • C. Zhang and L. Sun (2024), "Bayesian Calibration of the Intelligent Driver Model," in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Link to article.
  • Zheng Zhu, Shanjiang Zhu, Lijun Sun & Atabak Mardan (2024) "Modelling changes in travel behaviour mechanisms through a high-order hidden Markov model", Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 20:1. Link to article.
  • Xiaoxu Chen, Zhanhong Cheng, Jian Gang Jin, Martin Trépanier, and Lijun Sun, "Probabilistic Forecasting of Bus Travel Time with a Bayesian Gaussian Mixture Model", Transportation Science 2023, 57:6, 1516-1535
  • Teufel, B., Carmo, F., Sushama, L. et al. "Physics-informed deep learning framework to model intense precipitation events at super resolution," Geosci. Lett. 10, 19 (2023). Link to article.
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