Julien Harrod

Editorial Consultant, Human Spaceflight and Launchers

Julien is editorial consultant supporting ESA’s editorial team. He has been the Human Spaceflight editor for ESA for more than ten years, also giving special support to ESA astronauts on social media. Read an interview with Julien on the exciting challenges of this role  here. From June 2023, he has been supporting the communication of ESA’s Space Transportation Systems activities.

Julien is Dutch/British, born in France and educated in the Netherlands with a B.A. in Media and Visual culture, an MSc in Medical anthropology and an MA in history. Prior to joining EJR-Quartz, he worked in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Vietnam and France, so is another truly international member of our team. His experience makes him very aware of cultural differences and the effect this has on effective international communication.

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