Dr Elise Stephenson

Dr Elise Stephenson is an award-winning researcher and Deputy Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at the Australian National University, and Gender, Space and National Security Fellow at the ANU’s National Security College. She was lead researcher on three Landmark Studies on Gender Equality in the Global Space Sector (2024–26) published by the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, containing world-first data on gender representation and policy uptake across more than 100 space agencies and organisations globally. Her previous book, The Face of the Nation, won the International Studies Association Bertha Lutz Prize and received an Australian Political Science Association Crisp Prize commendation. Elise is based in the Canberra region.