MLT Aikins is delighted to announce that Dr. Rüdiger Tscherning, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary and thought leader in Canada’s energy and natural resources sectors, has been appointed to the firm’s Calgary office as Academic in Residence.
Rüdiger will lend his extensive experience and nuanced understanding of the Canadian and international energy and natural resources landscapes to the firm’s Energy and Mining and Natural Resources groups and will be assisting in legal research, thought leadership, seminars, workshops and other education sessions and academic collaborations.
In addition to his work with MLT Aikins and his Associate Professor appointment, Rüdiger is also the Research Lead for Nuclear Energy and a Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary; a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen; the Canadian representative on the OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency’s Working Group 5 on Nuclear Law Education for the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy; and a member of the AIEN Association of International Energy Negotiator’s Education Advisory Board & New Energies Task Force on Nuclear.
A sought-after speaker and academic author, Rüdiger has a long list of published papers to his name, as well as numerous speaking engagements on a wide range of topics related to energy and natural resources. In 2023, he received the University of Calgary’s Howard Tidswell Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence for his ongoing efforts to internationalize the Faculty of Law’s energy and private international law courses and received honourable mentions for both the University of Calgary’s 2022 International Achievement Award and for the University of Calgary’s 2020 Sustainability Teaching Award. In his PhD, he examined international construction law contracts and the role of dispute avoidance in the delivery of energy infrastructure projects.
Rüdiger does not provide legal advice or legal services. Any legal advice is provided solely by practising lawyers of the firm.
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