Policy work

I (try!) to contribute to the competition policy debate in various platforms and forums. I do so mostly as an independent academic expert and occasionally as a paid expert (disclosures below).

I am a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London as well as a member of the CEPR's Competition Policy Research & Policy Network and AI research policy network.

I co-head The Digital Economics Research Network, a network of academics studying issues related to competition in digital markets, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, and algorithms. It is funded through a sponsored chair in digital economics at UCLouvain, held by Professor Paul Belleflamme. The chair was supported on a one-time basis (2020–2023) by Google and the European Commission’s JRC. Its mission is purely research-driven, with researchers carrying out their work with full academic freedom and autonomy, as guaranteed by UCLouvain.

Disclosures (Complying with CEPR's network guidelines)

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Within the last three years (last updated may 2025) - I received research support of over 10.000 Euros from:

• The European Research Council (ERC advanced grant AI-COMP) and the Italian Ministry of Education (PRIN 2017 and 2022).

• The Digital Economics Research Network (DERN)