Philipp Sauter

Dipl.-Jur., Maître en droit, M.Sc., Research Fellow

sauterp@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-407

Main Fields of Research:

Nuclear Law, Law of Nuclear Fusion, Law of Disarmament, Law of Climate Change

Academic Career:

since March 2022: Research Fellow and PhD Candidate under the supervision of Armin von Bogdandy (Topic: The Legal Framework of Nuclear Fusion)

January 2022: First State Exam in Law, Tübingen, Germany

December 2021: Master of Science in Physics, Tübingen, Germany

June 2019: Maîtrise en droit international et européen, Aix-en-Provence, France

04/2016 - 01/2022: Study of Law at the University of Tübingen, Germany

10/2016 - 12/2021: Study of Physics at the University of Tübingen, Germany

08/2018 - 06/2019: Study of International and European Law at the Université d'Aix-Marseille, France

Recent Publications

• The Emergence of Nuclear Fusion Energy: A New Nuclear Technology, a New Chance for Nuclear Disarmament?. In: Expanding Perspectives On Nuclear Disarmament. Alva Myrdal Center for Nuclear Disarmament. Uppsala University, Uppsala 2023, 151-162. https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record....
  

Blogposts

• European Nuclear Weapons - Europe’s Nuclear Ambitions and the Constraints of International Law. Verfassungsblog, 20 February 2024. https://verfassungsblog.de/nuclear-weapo...
  
• Sparen auf Kosten des Völkerrechts - Die Schuldenbremse im Spannungsverhältnis mit dem internationalen Klimaschutzregime. Verfassungsblog, 17 January 2024. https://verfassungsblog.de/sparen-auf-ko...
  
• Russia‘s Withdrawal from New START - The End of a Cold War Relic, but Not the Beginning of a New Nuclear Arms Race. Völkerrechtsblog, 01 March 2023. https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/russias-wi...
  
• Atomaussteig? - nein dank! [Nuclear phase-out? - no thanks!]. Verfassungsblog, 25 August 2022. https://verfassungsblog.de/atomausstieg-...
  

Working Papers

• Safeguarding Nuclear Fusion – Nuclear Non-Proliferation Law in a Fusion-Powered Future. Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2023-13, 2023. SSRN
  

Media

Max Planck Lawcast

Episode #10 (22 January 2024): Regulating Star Power: Legal Challenges for Nuclear Fusion

Further Publications

• Die nuklearen Gefahren in der Ukraine. Die Antwort des Völkerrechts auf die zerstörerische Wirkung des Atomkerns im Krieg. In: Sicherheitsordnung in Europa, Arnd Uhle, Matthias Friehe (eds.). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2023, 201-224.
  
• Book Review: Röhrlich, Elisabeth: Inspectors for Peace, Baltimore, 2022. In: ZaöRV, 2/2023, 367-372, 2023. https://doi.org/10.17104/0044-2348-2023-...
  

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