Kuan-Wei Chen

• Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University
• Fellow, Bond University

Mr. Kuan-Wei (David) Chen is the Managing Editor of the McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (McGill Manual,, and a PhD candidate and a Fellow at the Centre for Space, Cyberspace and Data Law at Bond University in Australia.

Kuan-Wei was formerly the Executive Director of the McGill Centre for Research in Air and Space Law (2017-2022), Editor of the Annals of Air and Space Law (2012-2015), and a Sessional Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of McGill University. He served as the Co-Chair of the Ad-Hoc Remote Sensing Space Systems Act Advisory Committee, and has been an invited speaker at conferences organised by United Nations on several occasions.

A native of Taiwan, he holds an undergraduate degree in Law and Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, an LLM (cum laude) in Public International Law from Leiden University and an LLM in Air and Space Law from the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University.

Opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not represent the opinion or views of the Institute of Air and Space Law or other institutions the author is affiliated with.

• 2016–present Managing Editor, McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space, McGill University
• 2017–2022 Executive Director, Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, McGill University
• 2012–2017 Editor, Annals of Air and Space Law, McGill University

• 2012 McGill University, LLM, Air and Space Law
• 2008 Leiden University, LLM, Public International Law
• 2004 School of Oriental and African Studies, BA, Law and Politics

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