The Competition Law Working Group brings together researchers interested in theoretical and practical questions of the law and economics of competition policy. In the past, we hosted presentations by professors, officials from enforcement authorities, judges, antitrust lawyers, and industry professionals. Researchers are also welcome to present their work.
All researchers and Fellows from the EUI as well as external scholars and practitioners are welcome to participate in our events. If you want to sign up for our mailing list for future events, don’t hesitate to contact the coordinators.
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The group is grateful for the support of Prof. Nicolas Petit, Prof. Pier Luigi Parcu, and Prof. Giacomo Calzolari.
CLWG events 2025–2026
- 23 June 2026: “Rethinking agreement in algorithmic markets”
Speaker: Dr. Giovanna Massarotto (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law) Discussant: Professor Nicolas Petit (EUI)
- 15 June 2026: “From distortive uses to new limits: towards an abuse-of-rights logic in IP law”
Speaker: Dr. Camilla Signoretta (EUI Centre for a Digital Society) Discussant: Marco Botta
- 11 May 2026: Book Presentation: The New Law of State Aid and Subsidies
Speaker: Professor Pablo Ibáñez Colomo (London School of Economics) Discussant: Elettra Bargellini
- 19 February 2026: “Empowering Growth: State Aid and Industrial Policy in the European Union”
Speaker: Dr. Dionysios Pelekis (Utrecht University) Discussants: Elettra Bargellini (EUI Max Weber Fellow)
- 22 January 2026: Bite-Sized Competition Lunch – “Selective Europeanization in Turkish Merger Control”
Speaker: Selçukhan Ünekbas (EUI)
- 10 December 2025: “Competition law through the lens of national constitutions”
Speaker: Maciej Bernatt (Fernand Braudel Fellow, EUI)
- 4 December 2025: “Effective compliance under the DMA”
Speaker: Sebastian Steinert (Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf)
- 27 November 2025: “Will the real monopolist please stand up!”
Speaker: Nicolas Petit Discussant: Prof. John M. Yun, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
- 19 November 2025: “Politicisation of competition agencies: In search of an analytical framework fit for the Trump era”
Speaker: Maciej Bernatt (Fernand Braudel Fellow, EUI)
- 23 October 2025: Bite-Sized Competition Lunch – “Recent DMA Developments”
Speaker: Sebastian Steinert (Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf)
- 9 October 2025: “The Decentralisation of the DMA’s System of Enforcement”
Speaker: Alba Ribera Martinez (Universidad Villanueva)