Mme Emma Bursztejn

Ater

Droit privé et sciences criminelles

Publications

Emmabursztejn.com

Thesis

A comparative study of the impact of climate change on competition law in the United States and in the European Union, supervision Pr. Sophie Robin Olivier, Defense schedule 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

In English

  • Can Europe’s Largest Emitters Be Sanctioned for Climate Harm?, Climate Law Blog (Sabin Ctr. for Climate Change L., Columbia L. Sch., Mar. 2026) Read online
  • Hydrogen as a Core Component of U.S. and EU Climate Policies: State Aid, Market Dynamics and the Transatlantic Policy Divergence, Co-authored with Zuzanna Buszman and Lena Kannenberg (Harv. Int’l L.J. & Geo. J. Int’l L. collaboration, June 2024)  Read online

In French

  • Moore v. United States (2024), The Delimitation of Taxable Revenue, (Questions constitutionnelles, Nov. 2024), Read online (in french)
  • Ohio v. EPA (2024), Suspension of the EPA’s Plan to Limit Industrial Pollution, (Questions constitutionnelles, Nov. 2024) Read online (in french)
  • Trump v. United States (2024), The Extension of Presidential Power, (Questions constitutionnelles, forthcoming Nov. 2024) Read online (in french)
  • The Impact of the EU Green Deal on State Aid Legislation, (Décryptage in Observatoire du Green Deal, Jun. 2022) Read online (in french)

Book Chapters

  •  Thinking the unthinkable: the fossil fuel exit. Cooperate, close, empower (Christel Cournil ed., forthcoming)
    • Chapter contribution: Legal resistance in the United States to the proliferation of fossil fuels.
  • Proceedings of the Poverty and Law Conference (Anne Leroyer ed., forthcoming)
    • Chapter contribution: Antitrust Law and poverty (Co-authored with Catherine Prieto & Xénia Brun).
  • Climate Justice - Just Transition (Marta Torre Schaub ed. forthcoming)
    • Chapter contribution: The paradoxical effect of standards in the face of climate change: rethinking the legal instruments of transition (Co-authored with James Geist).
  • Collective assessment of the of the EU Green Deal (Laurent Fonbaustier, Benoît Blottin et Charles Vautrot-Schwarz eds., Bruylant, forthcoming 2026)
    • Chapter Contribution : Energy transition subsidies in the European Union and the United States: between climate ambitions and political uncertainties.
  • Proceedings of the Third Edition of the Semestrielles Conference (Doctoral School of Comparative Law, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, forthcoming 2026). 
    • Chapter Contribution :  A Comparative Approach on Sustainability in Horizontal Agreements in the EU and the US.

Law Report

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

Book Reviews

  • Global Antitrust and Sustainability: Law, Economics, Enforcement, 1 March 2026, Concurrences Nº 3-2026, Art. N° 131906 (Mar. 2026) Read online
  • The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity, 1 January 2026, Concurrences N° 1-2026, Art. N° 130500. (Jan. 2026) Read online
  • Research Handbook on EU Competition Law and the Energy Transition, Concurrences N° 9-2025, Art. N° 128444. (Sept. 2025) Read online
  • Research Handbook on Sustainability and Competition Law, Concurrences N° 3-2025, Art. N° 123942. (Mar. 2025) Read online
  •  The Conceptual Structure of EU Competition Law: Restrictive Agreements, Concurrences N° 1-2025, Art. N° 122683. (Jan. 2025) Read online
  • Public Interest Considerations in US Merger Control: An Assessment of National Security and Sectoral Regulators, Concurrences N° 4-2024, Art. N° 121318, pp. 277-278. (Nov. 2024) Read online
  • Fiscal State Aid Law and Harmful Tax Competition in the European Union, Concurrences N° 4-2024, Art. N° 121313, pp. 273-274. (Nov. 2024) Read online

Conferences

  • Building a Law of Climate Change: Climate Justice and Just Transition, organized by Marta Torre-Schaub, Jan. 22, 2026. Event page
    •  Contribution: Can Europe’s Largest Polluters Be Sanctioned for Climate Harm? 
  • Competition under Environmental Challenges, organized by Patrice Bougette, Frédéric Marty, Christophe Charlier, MSHS Sud-Est, Nice, Nov. 27 2025, event page
    • Contribution : US competition law and climate change.
  • 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, event page.
  • Climate Justice and Just Transition: North-South Perspectives, Launch of the Research Incubator led by Prof. Marta Torre-Schaub, March 20, 2025, event page.
  • 44th Meeting of IREDIES, November 4, 2024. 
    • Contribution: The Delimitation of Constitutionally Taxable Income: The Moore v. United States (2024) Case.
  • ICON-S France, Université Paris Nanterre, July 5, 2024. 
    • Contribution: Climate Litigation, A Comparative Analysis Between France and the United States.
  • Is there a revival of the concept of sustainable development? EDDC Biannual Conference, Third Edition of the Biannual Doctoral Law School, May 7, 2024.
    • Contribution: Between Economic, Social, and Environmental Issues in Horizontal Agreements: Comparative Perspectives from the EU and the U.S., Event page.
  • Organizer of the Law and Economics Seminar, Collège de France (ongoing).

Teachings

  • Climate Change Law, Lecture , UCSB (Undergrad level, Poli. Sci. Dep.) (fall 2026).
  • Enforcement procedure (Master Students) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Spring 2026).
  • Arbitration Law (Master Students) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Spring 2026).
  • European Law (L3), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, (Fall 2023 - Fall 2024).
  • Antitrust Law (M1), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, (Fall 2024).
  • Comparative Constitutional Law (L1), Sciences Po Paris (Fall 2023).

Teachings Fellowships and Grants

  • Alliance Grant for Student doctoral mobility, Columbia University (2024). 
  • College de France scholarship for doctoral thesis (2022-2025).

Curriculum Vitae (format texte)

Emma Bursztejn is a PhD candidate at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, under the supervision of Professor Sophie Robin-Olivier. Her thesis focuses on a comparative study of the impact of climate change on competition law in the United States and the European Union. Emma has undertaken two doctoral exchanges, in 2023, at Princeton University’s Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment, and one in 2024 at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University.

In addition to her research, Emma leads a Law and Economics seminar at the Collège de France. Her work and academic mobility were recognized in 2024 with the Columbia Alliance Grant for Doctoral Mobility.