Heather Allansdottir (born Heather Katharine McRobie) is a British-Australian writer and academic whose work spans Human Rights, Constitutional Law, and (more recently) Space Law - wikipedia 
She is described as the founder of the space-law consultancy Astrodottir, and has been listed as a 2024 fellowship candidate at Newspeak House - 2024.newspeak.house
# Background
Wikipedia notes that she studied Modern History and Politics at Oxford, and later studied at the University of Sarajevo and McGill University. - wikipedia
Her DPhil research is described as focusing on the constitutional and legal development of post-2011 Egypt, including the post-Mubarak constitutions and their legal legacies. - wikipedia
# Writing and public work
She is credited with a debut novel, Psalm 119 (2008), and a non-fiction book, Literary Freedom: a Cultural Right to Literature (2013). - en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia also lists bylines and editorial work across outlets including the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the New Statesman, and openDemocracy, with reporting and commentary often touching politics, conflict, society, and human rights.
# Academic focus
Her academic trajectory is described as moving from human rights and constitutional law toward space law, with an interest in the governance and ethics of outer space as a contemporary legal frontier.
Birkbeck’s public staff listings include her as a Lecturer in the Law School, and a separate podcast episode description (from 2025) frames her work as “international law, focused on space law,” and describes her as founder/director of Astrodottir. - bbk.ac.uk - themaybe.org
# References
- LinkedIn profile (public). - uk.linkedin.com
- Newspeak House fellowship candidates (2024). - 2024.newspeak.house
- Birkbeck Law School staff listing. - bbk.ac.uk
- Podcast page: “Who Owns Outer Space?”. - themaybe.org