Emma Bursztejn

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

I am a law scholar whose research sits at the intersection of antitrust law and climate change, with a comparative U.S.–EU focus.

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) Read here.

• 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., 2026), Read here.

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.

•  Policy Brief, After Santa Marta: Making the transition to a fossil-free future coherent, fair, and enforceable: A legal and political pathway (Christel Cournil (dir.), Helionor de Anzizu, Emma Bursztejn, Laurence Dubin, Hadrien Goux, Hugues Hellio, Marie Lamoureux, Delphine Levi Alvares, Paul Mougeolle, Matthias Petel, Sabrina Robert et Anne Stevignon), Sciences Po Toulouse, 2026, 25 p., Read here.

Conferences

• Doctoral seminar with the Queen Mary University, organized by Patrick Jacob, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, June 23-24, 2026.

• Europe at the time of the Green Deal, organized by Fabrice Picod, Benoît Blottin, Laurent Fonbaustier, Charles Vautrot-Schwarz, Université Paris Saclay and Centre de Droit européen Paris Assas, June 5, 2026, Program.

• 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).