Emma Bursztejn

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. 

I study Antitrust Law, Climate Change, Comparative Perspective U.S./EU, Sustainable Business Law.

You can find my CV here. 

Contact informations:

emma.bursztejn@univ-paris1.fr

Linkedin: @emma.bursztejn

Sorbonne profile: available here

Ph.D. Dissertation

A Comparative Study of the Impact of Climate Change on Competition Law in the United States and the European Union (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, supervision Pr. Sophie Robin Olivier, forthcoming Fall 2026).

Working Papers

• The Spirit of Climate Antitrust: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and EU Approaches (Working paper, Mar. 2026), Available at SSRN. 

Articles

• Can Europe’s Largest Emitters Be Sanctioned for Climate Harm?, Climate Law Blog (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, March 2026) Read here.

• Hydrogen as a Core Component of U.S. and EU Climate Policies: State Aid, Market Dynamics and the Transatlantic Policy Divergence, (Georgetown Journal of International Law, June 2024)  Read here.

• Moore v. United States (2024), The Delimitation of Taxable Revenue, (Questions constitutionnelles, November 2024) Read here (in french).

• Ohio v. EPA (2024), Suspension of the EPA’s Plan to Limit Industrial Pollution, (Questions constitutionnelles, November 2024) Read here (in french).

• Trump v. United States (2024), The Extension of Presidential Power, (Questions constitutionnelles, November 2024) Read here (in french).

•  The Impact of the EU Green Deal on State Aid Legislation, (Décryptage in Observatoire du Green Deal, June 2022) Read here (in french).

Book Reviews

• Global Antitrust and Sustainability: Law, Economics, Enforcement, Concurrences Nº 3-2026, Art. N° 131906, (March 2026) Read here.

• The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity, Concurrences N° 1-2026, Art. N° 130500, (January 2026) Read here.

• Research Handbook on EU Competition Law and the Energy Transition, Concurrences N° 9-2025, Art. N° 128444, (September 2025) Read here.

• Research Handbook on Sustainability and Competition Law, Concurrences N° 3-2025, Art. N° 123942, (March 2025) Read here.

•  The Conceptual Structure of EU Competition Law: Restrictive Agreements, Concurrences N° 1-2025, Art. N° 122683, (January 2025) Read here.

• Public Interest Considerations in US Merger Control, Concurrences N° 4-2024, Art. N° 121318, pp. 277-278, (November 2024) Read here.

• Fiscal State Aid Law and Harmful Tax Competition in the EU, Concurrences N° 4-2024, Art. N° 121313, pp. 273-274, (November 2024) Read here.

Book Chapters

•  Legal Resistance in the United States to the Proliferation of Fossil Fuels, in Thinking the Unthinkable: The Fossil Fuel Exit: Cooperate, Close, Empower (Christel Cournil ed., forthcoming).

• Competition and Poverty, with Catherine Prieto & Xénia Brun, in Proceedings of the Poverty and Law Conference (Anne Leroyer ed., forthcoming).

• The Paradoxical Effect of Standards in the Face of Climate Change: Rethinking the Legal Instruments of Transition, with James Geist, in Climate Justice – Just Transition (Marta Torre-Schaub ed., forthcoming).

• Energy Transition Subsidies in the European Union and the United States: Between Climate Ambitions and Political Uncertainties, in Collective Assessment of the EU Green Deal (Laurent Fonbaustier, Benoît Blottin & Charles Vautrot-Schwarz eds., Bruylant, forthcoming 2026).

• A Comparative Approach on Sustainability in Horizontal Agreements in the EU and the U.S., in Proceedings of the Third Edition of the Semestrielles Conference (Doctoral School of Comparative Law, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ed., forthcoming 2026).

Law Report

• Report Towards an EU Law on International Commercial Arbitration? (Mathias Audit  & Sylvain Bollée eds., Sorbonne Law School Research Project, April 2025), (co-authored) Read here.

Conferences

• Building a Law of Climate Change: Climate Justice and Just Transition, organized by Marta Torre-Schaub, January 22, 2026, Program.

• Competition under Environmental Challenges, organized by Patrice Bougette, Frédéric Marty, Christophe Charlier, MSHS Sud-Est, Nice, November 27 2025, Program.

• Antitrust Law at the Service of Disadvantaged Populations / Le droit de la libre concurrence au service des plus pauvres, April 8, 2025, with Prof. Catherine Prieto and Xénia Brun, Program.

• Launch of the Research Incubator Climate Justice and Just Transition: North-South Perspectives, led by Prof. Marta Torre-Schaub, March 20, 2025, Program.

• 44th Meeting of IREDIES Current Issues Discussions, November 4, 2024. 

• ICON-S France, Université Paris Nanterre, July 5, 2024. 

• EDDC Biannual Conference, Third Edition of the Biannual Doctoral Law School, Is there a revival of the concept of sustainable development? May 7, 2024, Program.

Teachings

• Climate Change Law Lecture (Undergrads) UCSB (fall 2026).

• Enforcement procedures (Master Students) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Spring 2026).

• Arbitration Law (Master Students) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Spring 2026).

• European Law (Undergrads), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Fall 2023 - Fall 2024).

• Competition and Antitrust Law (Master Students), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Fall 2024).

• Comparative Constitutional Law (Master Students), Sciences Po Paris (Fall 2023).

Fellowships and Grants

• Alliance Grant for Student doctoral mobility, Columbia University (2024). 

• College de France Grant for Doctoral thesis (2022-2025).