Rüdiger P. Tscherning

Dr. Rüdiger P. Tscherning researchers, teaches, and advises in the areas of international energy law, the conflict of laws, and international commercial law. In addition to his appointment as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Dr. Tscherning is also a Research Fellow on nuclear law and policy at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, 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 Association of International Energy Negotiator's New Energies Task Force on Nuclear.

A graduate of the Institute for Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws and International Business Law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany (Faculty of Law, PhD in international construction law dispute resolution for energy infrastructure projects), Professor Tscherning is a past Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Canadian Institute of Resources Law, University of Calgary. Dr. Tscherning has previously served as founding director of the Center for Energy and Sustainability Law at Qatar University College of Law, where he also was a Lecturer of Law teaching in energy and sustainability law and policy. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Tscherning practiced as a solicitor in London, England focusing on contentious energy and infrastructure law and international dispute resolution (2004-2009).

Since joining the University of Calgary, Dr. Tscherning has secured research funding from the University of Calgary Transdisciplinary Connector Grant Competition 2023 (Consolidating Stream), the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation/Foundation for Natural Resources Law, the Canadian Foundation for Legal Research, the Alberta Law Foundation, and the 2020 and 2018 Stikeman Elliott LLP Research Fellowship in Corporate Law.

Professor Tscherning received the 2023 Howard Tidswell Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence for his ongoing efforts to internationalize the Faculty of Law's energy and private 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. Dr. Tscherning is co-author of the University of Calgary's energy research strategy "Energy for the Common Good 2023", developed with a group of eight transdisciplinary scholars in energy research.