Inclusive Competition Forum

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-papers

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.cf…

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

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

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/20…

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/advance-a…

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…

A recent paper co-authored by several Stigler Center-affiliated scholars, including @BarriosEcon, @JoshuaYLevy, @shashankss09, @TomValletti, and @zingales discussed how conflicts of interest impact the trustworthiness of economics research. Together with @UCL_CLES, @GeorgetownLaw, LobbyControl, @ImperialCollege, and @Inclusive_Comp, we also co-organized a conference in Brussels to discuss how corporate relationships impact antitrust scholarship. We also instituted a disclosure policy at #StiglerAntitrust25: promarket.org/2025/04/08/sti… NBER paper: nber.org/papers/w33645

And we are on our way conference with @UCL_CLES and @HkuLaw on 'Competition Law, Innovation and Growth: Connecting the Dots'

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/20…

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.cf…

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…

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

It's been a very busy couple of months @UCL_CLES! 📑1. We kicked off the academic year with an event on the Reform of Article 102 TFEU together with the @Inclusive_Comp ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…