兰德-空间治理与社会网络分析（英）

LYNDAL THOMPSON, DOUGLAS C. LIGOR, C. BEN GIBSON, BRUCE MCCLINTOCK, MARIGOLD BLACK, JAN OSBURG, MANN VIRDEE, WENJING HUANG, JAMES BLACK, GIANNI MCCLAINESpace Governance and Social Network AnalysisA Brief ExplorationResearch ReportFor more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RRA3822-1.About RANDRAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. To learn more about RAND, visit www.rand.org.Research IntegrityOur mission to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis is enabled through our core values of quality and objectivity and our unwavering commitment to the highest level of integrity and ethical behavior. To help ensure our research and analysis are rigorous, objective, and nonpartisan, we subject our research publications to a robust and exacting quality-assurance process; avoid both the appearance and reality of financial and other conflicts of interest through staff training, project screening, and a policy of mandatory disclosure; and pursue transparency in our research engagements through our commitment to the open publication of our research findings and recommendations, disclosure of the source of funding of published research, and policies to ensure intellectual independence. For more information, visit www.rand.org/about/research-integrity.RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.© 2025 RAND Corporation is a registered trademark.Limited Print and Electronic Distribution RightsThis publication and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to its webpage on rand.org is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research products for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, visit www.rand.org/about/publishing/permissions.RR-A3822-1iii About This Report This report is a brief exploration of the status of space governance and how methods of social network analysis can evolve future space governance to improve space sustainability. Specifically, we applied the lenses of systems thinking and social network analysis to generate preliminary insights into emerging challenges to space sustainability. The report presents findings and our suggestions for future research that could build on this limited, exploratory effort. This research will be of interest to policy analysts investigating ways to develop future space governance structures. Funding Funding for this work was provided by the generous contributions of the RAND Center for Glo