Prof. Dr. Malte Göttsche

• Modeling gamma detectors in OpenMC: Validation of a newly implemented pulse-height tally
  | 2024
  Fichtlscherer, Christopher; Miah, Milon; Frieß, Friederike; Göttsche, Malte; Kütt, Moritz (2024): Modeling gamma detectors in OpenMC: Validation of a newly implemented pulse-height tally, Progress in Nuclear Energy, 172, Online first. DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2024.105186
• Nuclear archaeology to assess fissile-material inventories for nuclear safety and security, transparency, and disarmament
  | 2024
  Göttsche, Malte (2024): Nuclear archaeology to assess fissile-material inventories for nuclear safety and security, transparency, and disarmament, The Nonproliferation Review, 1–20. DOI: 10.1080/10736700.2024.2314371
• Towards inferring reactor operations from high-level waste
  | 2024
  Jung, Benjamin; Figueroa, Antonio; Göttsche, Malte (2024): Towards inferring reactor operations from high-level waste, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 1–7. DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2024.02.031
• Bicyclus: A statistical fuel cycle simulation framework for nuclear verification
  | 2024
  Schalz, Max; Bormann, Lewis; Göttsche, Malte (2024): Bicyclus: A statistical fuel cycle simulation framework for nuclear verification, Annals of Nuclear Energy, 196. DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2023.110221
• Liquid-Based Time Projection Chambers for Detecting Low Energy Neutrinos
  | 2023
  Radermacher, Thomas; Roth, Stefan; Göttsche, Malte (2023): Liquid-Based Time Projection Chambers for Detecting Low Energy Neutrinos, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 2023: 1054, 1–9. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168426
• Antineutrino detection concepts for safeguarding spent nuclear fuel
  | 2023
  Schnellbach, Yan-Jie; Radermacher, Thomas; Niemeyer, Irmgard; Roth, Stefan; Göttsche, Malte (2023): Antineutrino detection concepts for safeguarding spent nuclear fuel, Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal, 2. DOI: 10.5194/sand-2-203-2023
• Liquid-organic time projection chamber for detecting low energy antineutrinos
  | 2023
  Radermacher, Thomas; Johannes, Bosse; Friedrich, Sarah; Göttsche, Malte; Roth, Stefan; Schwefer, Georg (2023): Liquid-organic time projection chamber for detecting low energy antineutrinos, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1054. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168426
• Between Destabilization and Enabling Resilience: Perspectives from the Technical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Law
  | 2022
  Reuter, Christian; Göttsche, Malte; Frieß, Friederike; Thielbörger, Pierre; Vüllers, Johannes (2022): Between Destabilization and Enabling Resilience: Perspectives from the Technical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Law, Die Friedens-Warte, 95(3–4), 244–246.
• Ein wesentlicher Beitrag in Kriegszeiten
  | 2022
  Göttsche, Malte (2022): Ein wesentlicher Beitrag in Kriegszeiten, Physik-Journal, 21: 7, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 3-3.
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• Konferenzbericht: SCIENCE · PEACE · SECURITY ’21
  | 2022
  Göttsche, Malte (2022): Konferenzbericht: SCIENCE · PEACE · SECURITY ’21, Die Friedens-Warte, 95, 217–223.
  ISBN: 2366-6714
• Using Fuel Cycle Simulators and Bayesian Inference in Nuclear Archaeology
  | 2022
  Schalz, Max; Bormann, Lewis; Göttsche, Malte (2022): Using Fuel Cycle Simulators and Bayesian Inference in Nuclear Archaeology, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 126: 1, 122–125.
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• Assessing Uncertainty in Plutonium Production Estimates Based on the Isotope Ratio Method
  | 2022
  Jung, Benjamin; Göttsche, Malte (2022): Assessing Uncertainty in Plutonium Production Estimates Based on the Isotope Ratio Method, Science & Global Security, 30: 1, 3–21. DOI: 10.1080/08929882.2022.2060599
• Gaussian Processes for Surrogate Modeling of Discharged Fuel Nuclide Compositions
  | 2021
  Figueroa, Antonio; Göttsche, Malte (2021): Gaussian Processes for Surrogate Modeling of Discharged Fuel Nuclide Compositions, Annals of Nuclear Energy: 156, 1–18. DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.108085
• Antineutrino Detection Techniques for Monitoring Long-Term Geological Repositories
  | 2020
  Wittel, Madalina; Göttsche, Malte (2020): Antineutrino Detection Techniques for Monitoring Long-Term Geological Repositories, ESARDA Bulletin – The International Journal of Nuclear Safeguards and Non-proliferation: 60, 20–27. DOI: 10.3011/ESARDA.IJNSNP.2020.2
• Zur naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Friedens- und Konfliktforschung: Aktuelle Herausforderungen und Bewertung der Empfehlungen des Wissenschaftsrats
  | 2020
  Reuter, Christian; Altmann, Jürgen; Göttsche, Malte; Himmel, Mirko (2020): Zur naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Friedens- und Konfliktforschung: Aktuelle Herausforderungen und Bewertung der Empfehlungen des Wissenschaftsrats, Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, 9: 1, 143–154. DOI: 10.1007/s42597-020-00035-z
• Natural Science and Technical Peace Research
  | 2020
  Göttsche, Malte; Altmann, Jürgen; Reuter, Christian; Himmel, Mirko (2020): Natural Science and Technical Peace Research. Definition, History, and Current Work, Sicherheit und Frieden, 38: 1, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verl.-Ges., 1-4.
• A Technical Forum for Confidence-Building in the Autonomous Weapons Realm
  | 2020
  Göttsche, Malte (2020): A Technical Forum for Confidence-Building in the Autonomous Weapons Realm, International Security Forum Bonn 2019, Bonn: Universität Bonn, 60-61.
• Sicherheit durch Verifikation
  | 2020
  Hebel, Simon; Göttsche, Malte; Englert, Matthias; Wittel, Madalina (2020): Sicherheit durch Verifikation. Wie ließe sich nukleare Abrüstung in Nordkorea überprüfen?, 19: 7, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 28-34.
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• Reconstructing Reactor Histories from Reprocessing Waste
  | 2019
  Figueroa, Antonio; Göttsche, Malte (2019): Reconstructing Reactor Histories from Reprocessing Waste, ESARDA Bulletin - The International Journal of Nuclear Safeguards and Non-proliferation: 59, 39–46. DOI: 10.3011/ESARDA.IJNSNP.2019.13
• Verifikation nuklearer Abrüstung: Herausforderungen, Lösungsansätze und Grenzen der Kernwaffenauthentifizierung
  | 2019
  Göttsche, Malte; Postelt, Friederike; Kirchner, Gerald (2019): Verifikation nuklearer Abrüstung: Herausforderungen, Lösungsansätze und Grenzen der Kernwaffenauthentifizierung, Forschung DSF, 46: Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung, 1–44.
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• Verifying Nuclear Disarmament
  | 2019
  Göttsche, Malte (2019): Verifying Nuclear Disarmament, Wissenschaft & Frieden Dossier, 88.
• Nuclear Archaeology to Distinguish Plutonium and Tritium Production Modes in Heavy-Water Reactors
  | 2018
  de Troullioud, Julien; Göttsche, Malte; Glaser, Alexander (2018): Nuclear Archaeology to Distinguish Plutonium and Tritium Production Modes in Heavy-Water Reactors, Science & Global Security, 26(2/3). DOI: 10.1080/08929882.2018.1518693
• Mit Teilchendetektoren gegen Atomwaffen
  | 2018
  Göttsche, Malte (2018): Mit Teilchendetektoren gegen Atomwaffen, Physik-Journal: 17, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 26.
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• Information Barrier Experimental: Toward a Trusted and Open-Source Computing Platform for Nuclear Warhead Verification
  | 2018
  Kütt, Moritz; Göttsche, Malte; Glaser, Alexander (2018): Information Barrier Experimental: Toward a Trusted and Open-Source Computing Platform for Nuclear Warhead Verification, Measurement, 114.
• Toward an Open-Source Neutronics Code for Circulating-Fuel Reactors
  | 2017
  de Troullioud, Julien; Göttsche, Malte; Glaser, Alexander (2017): Toward an Open-Source Neutronics Code for Circulating-Fuel Reactors, Proc. 25th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering.
• Low-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry for an information barrier based on a multi-criteria template-matching approach
  | 2016
  Göttsche, Malte; Schirm, Janet; Glaser, Alexander (2016): Low-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry for an information barrier based on a multi-criteria template-matching approach, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 840, 139–144. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.10.013
• Advancing Disarmament Verification Tools: A Task for Europe
  | 2015
  Göttsche, Malte; Kütt, Moritz; Neuneck, Götz; Niemeyer, Irmgard (2015): Advancing Disarmament Verification Tools: A Task for Europe, EU Non-proliferation Paper, 47, 1–18.
• Improving Neutron Multiplicity Counting for the Spatial Dependence of Multiplication: Results for Spherical Plutonium Samples
  | 2015
  Göttsche, Malte; Kirchner, Gerald (2015): Improving Neutron Multiplicity Counting for the Spatial Dependence of Multiplication: Results for Spherical Plutonium Samples, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 798. DOI: j.nima.2015.07.007
• Special Issue Approaches to Nuclear Warhead Verification
  | 2014
  Glaser, Alexander; Göttsche, Malte (2014): Special Issue Approaches to Nuclear Warhead Verification, Science & Global Security, 22(2).
• Measurement Techniques for Warhead Authentication with Attributes: Advantages and Limitations
  | 2014
  Göttsche, Malte; Kirchner, Gerald (2014): Measurement Techniques for Warhead Authentication with Attributes: Advantages and Limitations, Science & Global Security, 22(2).
• Concepts for Dismantlement Verification and Neutron Multiplicity Measurements for Plutonium Mass Attribute Determination
  | 2013
  Peerani, Paolo; Göttsche, Malte; Kirchner, Gerald (2013): Concepts for Dismantlement Verification and Neutron Multiplicity Measurements for Plutonium Mass Attribute Determination, 5th ESARDA Annual Meeting, Bruges.
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• Introduction to attributes information barrier for nuclear warhead authentication
  | 2011
  Göttsche, Malte; Dalnoki-Veress, Ferenc (2011): Introduction to attributes information barrier for nuclear warhead authentication, 33rd Annual ESARDA Meeting, Budapest.
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• C/O Kerma coefficient ratio for 96 MeV neutrons deduced from microscopic measurements
  | 2010
  Göttsche, Malte; Pomp, Stephan; Tippawan, Udomrat; Andersson, Peter; Bevilacqua, Riccardo; Blomgren, Jan; Gustavsson, Cecilia; Österlund, Michael; Simutkin, Vasily D. (2010): C/O Kerma coefficient ratio for 96 MeV neutrons deduced from microscopic measurements, Radiation Measurements, 45(10). DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.06.022

• Inferring Reactor Parameters from Nuclear Waste with Bayesian Inference
  | 2024
  Jung, Benjamin; Göttsche, Malte (2024): Inferring Reactor Parameters from Nuclear Waste with Bayesian Inference, in: Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) (eds), 2024 INMM Annual Meeting Proceedings, Mount Laurel: Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM).
• Reconstructing nuclear histories with archives – hands-on lessons learned
  | 2024
  Kretzschmar, Sophie; Rademacher, Lukas; Göttsche, Malte (2024): Reconstructing nuclear histories with archives – hands-on lessons learned, in: Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) (eds), 2024 INMM Annual Meeting Proceedings, Portland: Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM).
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• Forensic Measurements for Nuclear Archaeology – Trawsfynydd Revisited
  | 2024
  Rademacher, Lukas; Göttsche, Malte (2024): Forensic Measurements for Nuclear Archaeology – Trawsfynydd Revisited, in: Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) (eds), 2024 INMM Annual Meeting Proceedings, Portland: Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM).
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• An Integrated Approach to Nuclear Archaeology
  | 2024
  Frank, Martin; Göttsche, Malte; Figueroa, Antonio (2024): An Integrated Approach to Nuclear Archaeology, 60th INMM Annual Meeting, 1, Palm Desert, 131–140.
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• Militärische Macht
  | 2022
  Göttsche, Malte (2022): Militärische Macht, Atomausstieg in Deutschland, Berlin: Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung, 26-29.
• Verifying Initial Declarations Using Nuclear Archaeology Methods
  | 2022
  Göttsche, Malte; Ermert, Katja; Jung, Benjamin; Rademacher, Lukas (2022): Verifying Initial Declarations Using Nuclear Archaeology Methods, IAEA Safeguards Symposium, Vienna.
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• Fissile Material Stocks and Production
  | 2021
  Squassoni, Sharon; Göttsche, Malte (2021): Fissile Material Stocks and Production, in: Glaser, Alexander; Göttsche, Malte (eds), Toward nuclear disarmament : building up transparency and verification, Berlin: Federal Foreign Office, 54-85.
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• Conclusion: Building up Transparency and Verification
  | 2021
  Göttsche, Malte; Glaser, Alexander (2021): Conclusion: Building up Transparency and Verification, in: Glaser, Alexander; Göttsche, Malte (eds), Toward nuclear disarmament : building up transparency and verification, Berlin: Federal Foreign Office, 140-149.
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• Attribute Information Barriers
  | 2020
  Göttsche, Malte; Kirchner, Gerald (2020): Attribute Information Barriers, in: Niemeyer, Irmgard/Dreicer, Mona/Stein, Gotthard (eds), Nuclear Non-proliferation and Arms Control Verification, Cham: Springer, 205–216. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29537-0
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• Überprüfung waffenfähiger Spaltmaterialien für Abrüstungsverifikation
  | 2019
  Göttsche, Malte (2019): Überprüfung waffenfähiger Spaltmaterialien für Abrüstungsverifikation, in: Glaser, Alexander; Göttsche, Malte; Hebel, Simon, Kreutle, Manuel; Kütt, Moritz; Neuneck, Götz; Philippe, Sebastien; Rührmair, Ulrich (eds), Verifikation nuklearer Abrüstung, Marburg: Informationsstelle Wissenschaft und Frieden in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Forschungsverbund Naturwissenschaft, Abrüstung und internationale Sicherheit (FONAS e.V).
• Fissile Material Stockpile Declarations and Cooperative Nuclear Archaeology
  | 2017
  Glaser, Alexander; Göttsche, Malte (2017): Fissile Material Stockpile Declarations and Cooperative Nuclear Archaeology, Verifiable Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks : Challenges and Solutions: UNIDIR, 25-38.
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• Overcoming Challenges of Non-Nuclear Weapon States Involvement in Disarmament Verification
  | 2015
  Göttsche, Malte (2015): Overcoming Challenges of Non-Nuclear Weapon States Involvement in Disarmament Verification, New York: Symposium on the NPT Nuclear Disarmament, Non-proliferation, and Energy at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
• MCNPX-PoliMi Simulation Capacity Using Thermal Neutron Cross-Sections to Assess the Reliability of the Neutron Multiplicity Mass Analysis Where Shielding is Unknown
  | 2014
  Göttsche, Malte; Kirchner, Gerald (2014): MCNPX-PoliMi Simulation Capacity Using Thermal Neutron Cross-Sections to Assess the Reliability of the Neutron Multiplicity Mass Analysis Where Shielding is Unknown, 55th Annual INMM Meeting, Atlanta.
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• Nichtverbreitung, Abrüstung & Rüstungskontrolle
  | 2022
  Nötzold, Antje; Göttsche, Malte; Heinrich, Jens; Jeremias, Gunnar (2022): Nichtverbreitung, Abrüstung & Rüstungskontrolle, Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Conference Proceedings Science, Peace, Security '21 : The Impact of new Technologies: Destabilizing or Enabling Resilience?
  | 2022
  Göttsche, Malte (2022): Conference Proceedings Science, Peace, Security '21 : The Impact of new Technologies: Destabilizing or Enabling Resilience?, Aachen: RWTH Publications.
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• Toward Nuclear Disarmament: Building Up Transparency and Verification
  | 2021
  Göttsche, Malte; Glaser, Alexander (2021): Toward Nuclear Disarmament: Building Up Transparency and Verification, Berlin: German Foreign Office.
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• Science peace security ‘19: Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference on Technical Peace and Security Research
  | 2019
  Reuter, Christian; Altmann, Jürgen; Göttsche, Malte; Himmel, Mirko (2019): Science peace security ‘19: Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference on Technical Peace and Security Research, Darmstadt: tuprints. DOI: 10.25534/tuprints-00009164
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• Neutron multiplicity counting for future verification missions
  | 2014
  Göttsche, Malte; Kirchner, Gerald (2014): Neutron multiplicity counting for future verification missions. bias when the sample configuration remains unknown, International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards Symposium, Vienna.

• Reducing Neutron Multiplicity Counting Bias for Plutonium Warhead Authentication
  | 2015
  Göttsche, Malte (2015): Reducing Neutron Multiplicity Counting Bias for Plutonium Warhead Authentication, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg.
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• Verification Regimes: Challenges of Knowing and Deciding Within Knowledge Infrastructures
  | 2023
  Schäfer, Julian Johannes; Böschen, Stefan Karl Josef; Ostermann, Linda; Göttsche, Malte (2023): Verification Regimes: Challenges of Knowing and Deciding Within Knowledge Infrastructures, INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting, Vienna.
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• Reconstructing Nuclear Histories – A Field Study
  | 2023
  Kretzschmar, Sophie; Göttsche, Malte (2023): Reconstructing Nuclear Histories – A Field Study, INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting, Vienna.
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• Reconstructing Nuclear Fuel Cycle Operations with Nuclear Archaelogy
  | 2023
  Göttsche, Malte; Schalz, Max (2023): Reconstructing Nuclear Fuel Cycle Operations with Nuclear Archaelogy, INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting, Vienna.
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• Anti-Neutrino Detector Concepts for Safeguarding Spent Nuclear Fuel Repositories
  | 2023
  Göttsche, Malte; Schnellbach, Yan-Jie; Radermacher, Thomas; Niemeyer, Irmgard; Roth, Stefan (2023): Anti-Neutrino Detector Concepts for Safeguarding Spent Nuclear Fuel Repositories, INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting, Vienna.
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• Forensic Measurements for Nuclear Archaeology – A New Approach
  | 2022
  Rademacher, Lukas; Göttsche, Malte (2022): Forensic Measurements for Nuclear Archaeology – A New Approach, INMM Annual Meeting.
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• Conference Report: SCIENCE · PEACE · SECURITY ’21
  | 2022
  Göttsche, Malte (2022): Conference Report: SCIENCE · PEACE · SECURITY ’21. The Impact of new Technologies: Destabilizing or Enabling Resilience?, in: Göttsche, Malte; Bauer, Sibylle; Dahlmann, Anja; Frieß, Friederike; Lentzos, Filippa; Neuneck, Götz; Niemeyer, Irmgard; Riebe, Thea; Silomon, Jantje; Reuter, Christian; Brochhaus, Jakob; Rademacher, Lukas (eds), Aachen: RWTH Aachen University.
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• Uncertainty Assessment of the Isotope Ratio Method in Nuclear Archaeology
  | 2021
  Jung, Benjamin; Göttsche, Malte (2021): Uncertainty Assessment of the Isotope Ratio Method in Nuclear Archaeology, INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting.
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• Nuclear Archaeology Based on Measurements of Reprocessing Waste: First Experimental Results
  | 2021
  Göttsche, Malte; Figueroa, Antonio (2021): Nuclear Archaeology Based on Measurements of Reprocessing Waste: First Experimental Results, INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting.
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• Implementation and Validation of the Pulse-Height Tally in OpenMC
  | 2021
  Fichtlscherer, Christopher; Göttsche, Malte; Frieß, Friederike; Kütt, Moritz (2021): Implementation and Validation of the Pulse-Height Tally in OpenMC, INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting.
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• Can We Fake Gamma Emissions of Nuclear Warheads? An Exploratory Study
  | 2021
  Fichtlscherer, Christopher; Kütt, Moritz; Göttsche, Malte (2021): Can We Fake Gamma Emissions of Nuclear Warheads? An Exploratory Study, INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting.
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• Stellungnahme zur Anhörung "Die Friedens- und Konfliktforschung stärken"
  | 2020
  Göttsche, Malte (2020): Stellungnahme zur Anhörung "Die Friedens- und Konfliktforschung stärken".
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• Stellungnahme zur Zukunft der nuklearen Rüstungskontrolle und des Nichtverbreitungsvertrags
  | 2020
  Göttsche, Malte (2020): Stellungnahme zur Zukunft der nuklearen Rüstungskontrolle und des Nichtverbreitungsvertrags.
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• Nuclear Archaeology for Nonproliferation, Disarmament and Transparency
  | 2019
  Göttsche, Malte (2019): Nuclear Archaeology for Nonproliferation, Disarmament and Transparency, Palm Desert: 60th INMM Annual Meeting.
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• The grand picture of verifying nuclear disarmament: What needs to be done?
  | 2018
  Göttsche, Malte (2018): The grand picture of verifying nuclear disarmament: What needs to be done?.
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• New Tools & New Actors to Reduce Nuclear Risks
  | 2014
  Carlson, John; Fuller, James; Göttsche, Malte (2014): New Tools & New Actors to Reduce Nuclear Risks. Verifying Baseline Declarations of Nuclear Materials and Warheads: Nuclear Threat Initiative.
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• Panel Discussion: Disarmament Verification - a Dialogue on Technical and Transparency Issues
  | 2013
  Göttsche, Malte; Neuneck, Götz (2013): Panel Discussion: Disarmament Verification - a Dialogue on Technical and Transparency Issues, ESARDA bulletin, 50: ESARDA, 124-125.
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| since 2024
Member of the Scientific Network of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

| since 2024
Member of the Executive Board of the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF)

| since 2024
Co-Speaker, Interdisciplinary Working Group on Science, Technology and Security (IANUS), TU Darmstadt

| 2018–2024
Executive board member of the Research Association for Science, Disarmament and International Security (FONAS)

• “Friedensforscher warnen angesichts atomarer Aufrüstung (15:56)”, Deutschland­funk, June 17 2024, interview with Malte Göttsche.
• “Bei der nuklearen Abrüstung gibt es Forschungslücken”, Darm­städter Echo, June 14 2024, interview with Malte Göttsche.
• “Physiker übernimmt Professur für naturwissenschaftliche Rüstungskontrolle”, FAZ, May 27 2024, article with Malte Göttsche.

| 2022
Nuclear Free Future Award

| 2019–2022
Membership in the Young Academy of the North Rhine-West­phalian Academy of Sciences and the Arts (Nordrhein-West­fälischen Akademie der Wissen­schaften und der Künste)