We know you have all been waiting for it, so here it is: the call for papers for the next conference #ASCOLA2026 in London! Submit your papers and ideas by 26 January. We look forward to reading your submissions and seeing you in London. ascola2026.com/call-for-pape…
NEW PAPER: Konstantinos Pantelidis and I conducted empirical research on competition law enforcement in Greece, focusing specifically on private enforcement through damages actions. Promoting private enforcement-especially collective actions by consumers, workers, and SMEs - is essential for enhancing deterrence and ensuring competitive markets in Greece- papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
Deeply honoured. When I left my legal career in Pakistan in 2012 I didn’t know if I’d ever go back in any way. Thank you @CCP_Pakistan for giving me the opportunity. Look forward to balancing this with my work at @law_uom
The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has appointed Dr. Amber Darr, an internationally recognized academic lawyer and researcher in competition law and policy, as an external expert to its newly established Centre of Excellence in Competition Law.
Members of the @UCL_CLES (inc @IoannisLianos) have returned from an important research visit to East Asia to develop partnerships and projects, and connect with competition law and policy alumni. Read more about the trip! tinyurl.com/mr37r4ud
ALT Eight smartly dressed people standing together smiling, including Professor Ioannis Lianos.
WORKSHOP ALERT: Following the inception report of the HCC on computational competition law and public policy back in 2021 (the first report on this issue released by a competition authority) and last year's successful workshop I am happy to announce the second edition of the CLES@UCL workshop on Computational Competition Law and Public Policy, which will be held on Thursday, June 19th at UCL Laws. In the programme this year:
- Horizon scanning: AI tools in competition authorities and regulators. Case study: dealing with algorithmic collusion
- Computational social science and causal inference/reasoning for public policy purposes: LLMs, multi-agent AI systems and in silico law approaches, Agent-based modelling, complexity science and digital twins
Registrations and further information here: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2025/j…
PAPER PUBLISHED: 'Access to Health Data, Competition, and Regulatory Alternatives: Three Dimensions of Fairness' examining the application of competition law, DMA, Data Act and EHDS Regulation to health data access. academic.oup.com/jcle/advanc…
Happy to see this case initiated at the time of my mandate move forward to formal SO stage - an important sector for the economy and a first in enforcing ex post competition law to online services (and not just online commerce on goods) in Greece epant.gr/en/information/pres…
Such an important point on the state of antitrust scholarship from @MeadorFTC! Academic whitewashing on behalf of the largest corporations needs to be addressed.
We're pleased to announce a conference on Competition Law, Innovation and Growth!
Jointly hosted with Hong Kong University (@HKUniversity) and in cooperation with the Inclusive Competition Forum (@Inclusive_Comp), it's happening on the 16th of May in Hong Kong 🧵
On 6 May, join us at @UoELawSchool for an afternoon of critical reflection and discussion on the future of antitrust enforcement 💡
This event is free to attend, and co-organised by @UCL_CLES, CREATe and the @Inclusive_Comp
Find out more and register here 👉 ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2025/m…
NEW PAPER! dealing with a very important and recurrent (unfortunately!) problem: Academic "Capture"? The Hidden Costs of Corporate Funding in Competition Policy Research and Proposed Remedies papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
Along with Sciences Po (@sciencespo) and the Inclusive Competition Forum (@Inclusive_Comp), we recently hosted a roundtable event on 'Competition Law and Policy and the Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution'. 🧑💻🔬🧑⚖️
Here's a summary: ucl.ac.uk/cles/news/2024/dec…
With civil society (probono) I tried to oppose this. Thanks in particular to @nickshaxson and @unitetheunion. But civil society has no organisation, no money, and alas very few people willing to listen. We lost.
How can we change this?
Fin/Ciao