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

Heineken

The Austrian Brau Union Case Unsettles Heineken

In a recent interview with Orla McDonald from the Dutch Het Financieele Dagblad, Vicky Robertson discussed the developing case law...
Screenshot

Book Award for Klaudia Majcher

Klaudia Majcher’s book on ‘Coherence between Data Protection and Competition Law in Digital Markets’ was awarded the Irena & Jerzy...
Ziermann

Fabian Ziermann awarded PhD

On 23 March 2026, Fabian Ziermann successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled ‘Player Copyrights and Antitrust Ecosystems in eSports and...

Projects

Syri

SYRI-Alert

The SYRI-Alert project sets out to develop an early warning system for supply chain disruptions to increase the resilience of...
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...

Talks

ICN

ICN Merger Workshop 2024

From 13 to 15 November 2024, the Merger Workshop of the International Competition Network took place in Taipei. Vicky Robertson...
Resilience

Digital Resilience

On 15 October 2024, the WU Department of Information Systems and Operations Management invited to a Roundtable to discuss “Digital...
Ascola 2

Strategic Foresight and Competition Law at ASCOLA

At this year’s 19th ASCOLA conference, which took place in Würzburg (Germany) from 4 to 6 July 2024, Vicky Robertson...

Publications

vicky

Merger Guidance on Democracy

Although the European Union’s draft Merger Guidelines acknowledge that consolidation in digital platforms can harm the democratic process, they need...
DMA

Steering and User Choice in the DMA

Vicky Robertson and David Führer just published a working paper version of their analysis of Articles 5(4) and 5(5) Digital...
antitrust

Special Issue on the EU Market Definition Notice

The European Commission’s revised Market Definition Notice, published in 2024, brought many changes and updates to this central analytical step...

Fellowships

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