UCL Centre for Law, Economics & Society (CLES)

👉As the new academic year begins at @UCL_CLES we reflect on the wonderful achievements and impactful activities of our Fellows and Associate Members. You can read more about these in our 2023-2024 research briefing ucl.ac.uk/cles/news/2024…

We’re delighted to share that @IoannisLianos gave the keynote at the UN’s global competition & consumer protection conference in Geneva, calling for an “agile competition law” to keep pace with rapid digital change and tackle fragmented enforcement. buff.ly/s0b5imo

Amazing workshop at @UCLLaws yesterday. I presented my joint work w/ @sarafish_ @YannaiGonch in panel w/speakers from @EU_Commission @CMAgovUK @Adlc_ @ea_hcc. So gratifying to see our research makes positive impact in the world. Thanks much @IoannisLianos for inviting us!

@IoannisLianos @StavrosMakris2 @oke Odudu ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

🌍 Reflecting on the first day of the inspiring Cambridge/@UCLLaws Faculty of Laws/CLES Competition Law and Public Policy Hub "Competition Law 2.0: Forging a New Paradigm for a Crisis-Driven World" conference! 📅 Date: 25 June 2025 📍 Hosted by: @UCLLaws

The @UCL_CLES and @KCL_Law recently held a high-profile conference at UCL Laws to bring together leading voices in competition law. Private enforcement mechanisms in the EU and UK were discussed, inc achievements and challenges. Read the news story ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mfb32h82

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…

Full room for the UCL Faculty of Laws and @Concurrences 6th international mergers conference Joel Bamford Guillaume Loriot (DG Comp) @IoannisLianos @UCLLaws FIRESIDE CHAT - REFORM OF MERGER CONTROL, GROWTH AND INNOVATION: SUBSTANTIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS

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

Full room for our @UCL_CLES @UCLLaws private enforcement of EU and UK competition law conference. Following Lord Bellamy’s KC speech and panel now @RenatoNazzini chairing Panel 2 on Challenges in cross-jurisdictional and parallel proceedings

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

Initiated by @IoannisLianos joining forces with @RenatoNazzini and yours truly! The first also UCL/KCL collaboration but not the last!

Our conference on private enforcement in EU & UK competition law is happening in two weeks! We have over thirty very distinguished speakers scheduled. Don't wait to sign up because ticket spaces are limited: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

With sessions on scale and economic growth, industrial policy, innovation concerns, and a roundtable with heads of competition agencies, it's sure to be a topical and insightful event. We can't wait! Sign up (at no cost) here: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

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 🧵

NEW PAPER: New Industrial Policy Design and Competition: A Computational Approach Large empirical study of more than 2000 industrial policies between 2015-2023, examining the prevalence of techno-nationalism over techno-globalism among the major jurisdictions (China, US and UK - but not in the EU!) and exploring how (in)compatible techno-globalist or techno-nationalist industrial policies are to competition and for which parameters. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Second, a new paper out the Journal of Competition Law & Economics by Todd Davies (@daviest_) and Spencer Cohen (@spence_cohen) on "Error Costs, Platform Regulation, and Democracy" #508938201" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">academic.oup.com/jcle/advance-a…

Two new papers from CLES members! First, from Ioannis Lianos (@IoannisLianos), along with Bruno Carballa Smichowski, Maria Niki Fourka and Petros Boulieris, a preprint called "New Industrial Policy Design and Competition: A Computational Approach" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…