WP8 – Project Management

Lead: Tampere University / Heidi Kuusniemi

WP8 provides the administrative and governance backbone of SpacEconomy, ensuring effective coordination, financial oversight and high-quality execution across all work packages. It supports cross-disciplinary collaboration, procedural consistency and timely delivery of results while ensuring compliance with research integrity standards. 

WP8 manages day-to-day operations, risk mitigation planning and consortium-wide documentation, and coordinates communication with funding bodies and external stakeholders. It oversees the Scientific Advisory Committee, which ensures scientific excellence, critical feedback and alignment with international research frontiers.  WP8 also promotes open science practices, FAIR data principles and GDPR-compliant data management planning in close collaboration with WP1 and WP4. 

Deliverables include a project management handbook, meeting minutes and action items, an updated risk register, and an Open Science and Data Management Plan. 

By providing robust coordination and governance, WP8 ensures that SpacEconomy operates efficiently, transparently and responsibly, enabling the project’s long-term strategic impact.

Main deliverables:

* Project management handbook
* Minutes and action items from consortium and advisory meetings
* Risk management strategy and annually updated risk register
* Open Science and Data Management Plan (with WP1 & WP4)
* Coordination, governance, integrity and financial oversight across the project