Research

Discover our diverse research and publications! The research conducted at The Competition Law Hub is manifold, carried out in various projects, in collaboration with partners from across the globe. Our research regularly leads to publications such as working papers, articles in traditional journals, monographs, blog posts, podcasts, and many more. We engage with the larger competition law community. Come and apply for a research fellowship with us!

News & Media

El pais

Discussing European Champions in El País

The recent Draghi Report makes many recommendations to boost European competitiveness. One of them: a revived call for "European champions"....
Network

ICN NGA for DG COMP

Vicky Robertson was selected as a Non-Governmental Advisor (NGA) to the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) at the...
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What the US Google Judgment Means for Europe

On 5 August 2024, a US District Court found that Google held a monopoly in online search, and had illegally...

Projects

ChartingGreenerFutureforEUCompLaw

Charting a Greener Future for EU Competition Law

The project sets out to harness the transformative power of environmental sustainability by charting new ways for a greener future...
DataComp

DataComp

Antitrust violations in their various forms result in considerable costs and disadvantages for competitors, customers and the public at large. Yet...
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Graz Law Working Paper Series

Vicky Robertson is the initiator of the Graz Law Working Paper Series, hosted on SSRN. During her professorship at the...

Talks

GCLC lunch talk

The Market Definition Notice Goes Digital

At the 131st GCLC lunch talk on 16 March 2023, Thomas Büttner (Chief Economist’s Team, DG COMP), Vanessa Turner (BEUC)...
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DataComp – first results

On 17 March 2023, Franziska Guggi presented the first results of the DataComp project at the annual Retz seminar of...
European Commissions stakeholder

App Stores under the DMA

At the European Commission’s stakeholder workshop on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act’s app store-related provisions, Vicky Robertson discussed...

Publications

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Dark Patterns: Antitrust or Criminal Law?

Fabian Ziermann's recent article, entitled ‘Dark patterns: Can criminal law remedy the shortcomings of antitrust law?’ was published in the New...
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International Competition Law?

In the new and expanded edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, edited by Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer and...
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Judicial Review in Austria

Vicky Robertson’s chapter on the judicial review of competition law decisions in Austria was just published by Kluwer Law. It...

Fellowships

Visiting Research Fellows at The Hub

As the new semester starts, The Competition Law Hub bids farewell to our Visiting Research Fellow Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris...

Fellowship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences

On 8 November 2023, Fabian Ziermann was awarded a DOC fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences for his PhD...

Visiting Research at the European University Institute (EUI)

On 8 May, Klaudia Majcher joined the Center for a Digital Society (CDS) at the European University Institute (EUI) in...