Prof. Dr. Malte Göttsche

Head of Research Group

Prof. Dr. Malte Göttsche is Professor for Peace Research in Natural Sciences at PRIF and the Technical University of Darmstadt, Speaker of the Cluster for Natural and Technical Science Arms Control Research (CNTR), and Head of the Research Group Science for Nuclear Diplo­macy. He researches nuclear non-pro­liferation, arms control and disarm­ament with a focus on the develop­ment of verifi­cation methods and techno­logies.

Malte Göttsche
goettsche(at)prif.org

CV

| since 2024
Professor for Peace Research in Natural Sciences, PRIF and TU Darm­stadt, and Speaker of the Cluster for Natural and Tech­nical Science Arms Control Research (CNTR)

| 2022–2026
Speaker of the German Federal Ministry of Edu­cation and Research (BMBF) research network VeSPoTec

| 2018–2024
Junior Professor of Experi­mental Physics and Head of the Research Group Nuclear Verifi­cation and Disarm­ament, RWTH Aachen University

| 2015–2017
Postdoc in Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University

| 2015
PhD at the University of Hamburg

| 2012–2015
Researcher at the Carl Friedrich von Weiz­säcker Center for Science and Peace Research (ZNF), University of Hamburg

| 2010–2011
Visiting Fellow at the James Martin Center for Non­pro­liferation Studies, Middle­bury Institute of Inter­national Studies at Monterey, CA

| 2006–2012
Study of physics, University of Hamburg

Projects

Publications

  • Reconstructing North Korea’s plutonium production history with Bayesian inference-based reprocessing waste analysis
    | 2025
    Jung, Benjamin; Bosse, Johannes; Göttsche, Malte (2025): Reconstructing North Korea’s plutonium production history with Bayesian inference-based reprocessing waste analysis, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 58: 1. DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2025.103849
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  • The IAEA and Irreversibility
    | 2024
    Bandarra, Leonardo; Mayhew, Noah; Göttsche, Malte (2024): The IAEA and Irreversibility. Addressing Political, Institutional, and Technological Verification Challenges in Former Nuclear-Armed States, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 7: 2. DOI: 10.1080/25751654.2024.2440115
  • Assessing Pakistan’s Fissile Material Production
    | 2024
    Schalz, Max; Branger, Erik; Göttsche, Malte; Grape, Sophie; Gustavsson, Cecilia (2024): Assessing Pakistan’s Fissile Material Production, Science & Global Security, 32: 1–3, 42–67. DOI: 10.1080/08929882.2024.2409524
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  • Nuclear Safeguards during Crises: Three Scenarios of Restricted Access to Nuclear Interim Storage Facilities
    | 2024
    Bandarra, Leonardo; Böschen, Stefan; Dürholt, Andreas; Geiser, René; Göttsche, Malte; Kretzschmar, Sophie; Niemyer, Irmgard; Ostermann, Linda; Rademacher, Lukas; Schäfer, Julian (2024): Nuclear Safeguards during Crises: Three Scenarios of Restricted Access to Nuclear Interim Storage Facilities, ZeFKo: 13, 389–406. DOI: 10.1007/s42597-024-00126-1
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  • 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-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.
  • 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.
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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).
  • 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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  • 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

  • Rüstungsdynamiken / Risiken und Chancen neuer Technologien.
    | 2026
    Daase, Christopher; Fehl, Caroline; Göttsche, Malte; Jakob, Una; Kadyhev, Timur; Łabuz, Mateusz; McKee, Sarah; Reinhold, Thomas; Reis, Kadri; Schörnig, Niklas; Schulze, Matthias; Suckau, Liska (2026): Rüstungsdynamiken / Risiken und Chancen neuer Technologien., in: bicc, IFSH, INEF, PRIF (eds), Friedensgutachten 2026. Die neuen Warlords. Gewaltdynamiken einhegen, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 90–109.
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    ISBN: 978-3-8394-7968-1
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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, online.
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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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  • 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, online.
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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, online.
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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, online.
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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).
  • 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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  • Nuclear Archaeology
    | 2019
    Figueroa, Antonio; Göttsche, Malte (2019): Nuclear Archaeology. Reconstructing Reactor Histories From Reprocessing Waste, 41st ESARDA Annual Meeting, Stresa. DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2019-10888
  • Liquid Argon-Based Antineutrino Detection Techniques for Nuclear Waste Verification
    | 2019
    Wittel, Madalina; Göttsche, Malte; Stahl, Achim (2019): Liquid Argon-Based Antineutrino Detection Techniques for Nuclear Waste Verification, 41st ESARDA Annual Meeting, Stresa. DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2019-10886
  • Understanding Uncertainties in Nuclear Archaeology
    | 2018
    Kütt, Moritz; de Troullioud, Julien; Göttsche, Malte (2018): Understanding Uncertainties in Nuclear Archaeology, 59th INMM Annual Meeting, Baltimore. DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2019-10890
  • Nuclear Inspections in the Matrix: Virtual Reality for the Development of Inspection Approaches in new Facility Types
    | 2018
    Kütt, Moritz; Glaser, Alexander; Petton, Tamara; Göttsche, Malte (2018): Nuclear Inspections in the Matrix: Virtual Reality for the Development of Inspection Approaches in new Facility Types, IAEA Symposium on International Safeguards, Vienna.
  • An Integrated Nuclear Archaeology Approach to Reconstruct Fissile Material Production Histories
    | 2017
    Göttsche, Malte; Mouginot, Baptiste (2017): An Integrated Nuclear Archaeology Approach to Reconstruct Fissile Material Production Histories, 39th ESARDA Annual Meeting, Düsseldorf. DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2019-10894
  • Nuclear Inspections in the Matrix
    | 2017
    Petruzzi, Luke; Cogswell, Bernadette; Glaser, Alexander; Göttsche, Malte; Wallace, Drew (2017): Nuclear Inspections in the Matrix. Working With Radiation Detectors in Virtual Reality, 58th INMM Annual Meeting, Indian Wells.
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  • Nuclear Archaeology for Heavy Water Reactors to Distinguish Plutonium and Other Isotope Production Modes
    | 2017
    de Troullioud, Julien; Glaser, Alexander; Göttsche, Malte (2017): Nuclear Archaeology for Heavy Water Reactors to Distinguish Plutonium and Other Isotope Production Modes, 58th INMM Annual Meeting, Indian Wells. DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2019-10892
  • Examining Reprocessing Waste to Help Estimate Past Plutonium Production
    | 2017
    Göttsche, Malte; de Troullioud, Julien; Tietze-Jaensch, Holger (2017): Examining Reprocessing Waste to Help Estimate Past Plutonium Production, 58th INMM Annual Meeting, Indian Wells. DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2019-10891
  • 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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  • Disarmament Hacking 2.0
    | 2016
    Kütt, Moritz; Göttsche, Malte; Glaser, Alexander (2016): Disarmament Hacking 2.0. Toward a Trusted, Open-Hardware Computing Platform for Nuclear Warhead Verification, 57th INMM Annual Meeting, Atlanta.
  • Neutron Multiplicity Simulations: Geant4 vs. MCNPX-PoliMi
    | 2016
    Kütt, Moritz; Göttsche, Malte (2016): Neutron Multiplicity Simulations: Geant4 vs. MCNPX-PoliMi, 57th INMM Annual Meeting, Atlanta.
  • Neutron Multiplicity Counting for Warhead Authentication
    | 2015
    Göttsche, Malte; Kirchner, Gerald (2015): Neutron Multiplicity Counting for Warhead Authentication. Bias Reduction and Quantification, 37th ESARDA Annual Meeting, Manchester. DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2019-10898
  • 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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  • 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, IAEA Symposium on International Safeguards, Vienna.
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  • 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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  • Neue Realitäten in der globalen Sicherheit durch KI
    | 2025
    Göttsche, Malte; Reis, Kadri; Daase, Christopher (Hrsg.) (2025): Neue Realitäten in der globalen Sicherheit durch KI, CNTR Monitor – Technologie und Rüstungskontrolle, 2025: PRIF – Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung. DOI: 10.48809/cntr2025de
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    ISBN: 978-3-911092-02-9
  • New Realities of AI in Global Security
    | 2025
    Göttsche, Malte; Reis, Kadri; Daase, Christopher (Eds.) (2025): New Realities of AI in Global Security, CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control, 2025: PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. DOI: 10.48809/cntr2025en
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    ISBN: 978-3-911092-03-6
  • Perspektiven auf Dual Use
    | 2024
    Göttsche, Malte; Daase, Christopher (Hrsg.) (2024): Perspektiven auf Dual Use. CNTR Monitor – Technologie und Rüstungskontrolle, 2024: PRIF – Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung. DOI: 10.48809/cntr2024
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    ISBN: 978-3-946459-97-2
  • Perspectives on Dual Use
    | 2024
    Göttsche, Malte; Daase, Christopher (Ed.) (2024): Perspectives on Dual Use. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control, 2024: PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. DOI: 10.48809/cntr2024en
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  • Nichtverbreitung, Abrüstung & Rüstungskontrolle
    | 2022
    Nötzold, Antje; Göttsche, Malte; Heinrich, Jens; Jeremias, Gunnar (2022): Nichtverbreitung, Abrüstung & Rüstungskontrolle, Baden-Baden: Nomos.
  • Special Issue: The Impact of New Technologies
    | 2022
    Reuter, Christian; Göttsche, Malte; Frieß, Friederike (2022): Special Issue: The Impact of New Technologies. Between Destabilization and Enabling Resilience, Journal of International Peace and Organization, 3/4.
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  • 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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  • Special Issue Natural Science and Technical Peace Research
    | 2020
    Reuter, Christian; Altmann, Jürgen; Göttsche, Malte; Himmel, Mirko (2020): Special Issue Natural Science and Technical Peace Research. Definition, History, and Current Work, Security and Peace, 38: 1. DOI: 10.5771/0175-274X-2020-1-1
  • Verifying Nuclear Disarmament
    | 2019
    Göttsche, Malte (2019): Verifying Nuclear Disarmament, Wissenschaft & Frieden Dossier, 88.
  • 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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  • 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.

  • 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.
    Publication

  • Introduction: How the Materialization of AI is Reshaping Global Security Risks and Governance
    | 2025
    Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (2025): Introduction: How the Materialization of AI is Reshaping Global Security Risks and Governance, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
    Publication
  • AI in Verification
    | 2025
    Unruh, Fabian; Göttsche, Malte (2025): AI in Verification, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
    Publication
  • Focus: Perspectives on Dual Use
    | 2024
    Daase, Christopher; Göttsche, Malte; Jakob, Una; Marauhn, Thilo; Schörnig, Niklas (2024): Focus: Perspectives on Dual Use, in: Goettsche, Malte; Daase, Christopher (eds), Perspektiven auf Dual Use. CNTR Monitor – Technologie und Rüstungskontrolle 2024.
    Publication
  • Fokus: Perspektiven auf Dual Use
    | 2024
    Daase, Christopher; Göttsche, Malte; Jakob, Una; Marauhn, Thilo; Schörnig, Niklas (2024): Fokus: Perspektiven auf Dual Use, in: Goettsche, Malte; Daase, Christopher (eds), Perspektiven auf Dual Use. CNTR Monitor – Technologie und Rüstungskontrolle 2024.
    Publication
  • Ein wesentlicher Beitrag in Kriegszeiten
    | 2022
    Göttsche, Malte (2022): Ein wesentlicher Beitrag in Kriegszeiten, Physik-Journal, 21: 7, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 3-3.
    Publication
  • Stellungnahme zur Anhörung "Die Friedens- und Konfliktforschung stärken"
    | 2020
    Göttsche, Malte (2020): Stellungnahme zur Anhörung "Die Friedens- und Konfliktforschung stärken", Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen.
    Publication
  • Stellungnahme zur Zukunft der nuklearen Rüstungskontrolle und des Nichtverbreitungsvertrags
    | 2020
    Göttsche, Malte (2020): Stellungnahme zur Zukunft der nuklearen Rüstungskontrolle und des Nichtverbreitungsvertrags, Unterausschuss Rüstungskontrolle, Bundestag.
    Publication
  • 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.
  • Mit Teilchendetektoren gegen Atomwaffen
    | 2018
    Göttsche, Malte (2018): Mit Teilchendetektoren gegen Atomwaffen, Physik-Journal: 17, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 26.
    Publication
  • 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?, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
    Publication
  • 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.
    Publication

Further Activities

| since 2024
Member of the Executive Board of the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF); Chair of the Executive Board (since 2026)

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

| since 2024
Member of the Scientific Net­work of the Treaty on the Prohi­bition of Nuclear Weapons

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

| 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)