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

Rewe

Fine for Gun-Jumping

February 7, 2025
Following the Austrian Supreme Court’s ruling to impose a fine  of € 70 million on supermarket chain Rewe for gun-jumping,...
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Highest Ever Antitrust Fine in Austria

February 6, 2025
The Austrian Supreme Court recently imposed the highest ever antitrust fine in Austrian proceedings: supermarket giant Rewe was fined €...
Antitrust

Antitrust Writing Awards 2025

January 16, 2025
The nominations are out – and Fabian Ziermann’s article on ‘Dark patterns: Can criminal law remedy the shortcomings of antitrust...
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Projects

Syri

SYRI-Alert

January 29, 2025
The SYRI-Alert project sets out to develop an early warning system for supply chain disruptions to increase the resilience of...
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Charting a Greener Future for EU Competition Law

March 1, 2022
The project sets out to harness the transformative power of environmental sustainability by charting new ways for a greener future...
DataComp

DataComp

February 1, 2022
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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Talks

DMA

DMA and Collective Redress

February 3, 2025
At the annual seminar of the Institute of Business Law, which took place at Neusiedl/See on 30 and 31 January...
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Competition & Democracy at the OECD

December 9, 2024
On 6 December 2024, Vicky Robertson was invited to join the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable in Paris to discuss the...
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Enforcement of the DMA

November 27, 2024
On 21 and 22 November 2024, ARTICLE 19, Università di Trento, Université de Namur, Hertie School’s Centre for Digital Governance...
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Publications

MarketPowerDigitalAge

Market Power in the Digital Age

August 31, 2022
Digital platforms are shaping the digital age. Recently, the so-called GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft) as well as...
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition

August 29, 2022
In a recent working paper, Fabian Ziermann discusses the market definition and potential competitive concerns of Microsoft/Activision. He analyzes the...
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Austria’s Sustainability Exemption

August 23, 2022
In a recent contribution on Austria’s sustainability exemption, Vicky Robertson discusses what led the Austrian legislator to adopt this exemption,...
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Fellowships

Visiting Research Fellows at The Hub

October 1, 2024
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

November 9, 2023
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)

May 22, 2023
On 8 May, Klaudia Majcher joined the Center for a Digital Society (CDS) at the European University Institute (EUI) in...
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