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 whose stated goal is to critically discuss competition policy design and outcomes in digital markets.

I co-head The Digital Economics Research Network, a network of academics studying issues related to competition in digital markets, network security, privacy, algorithms, big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.  The DERN network is funded through an endowed chair at UC-Louvain.

 

Disclosures (Complying with CEPR's network guidelines)

 

Within the last three years (last updated December 2023):

• 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).

• I received funding exceeding 10,000 euros from the Digital Economics Research Network (DERN). The network provides research funds and receives funding through an endowed chair at University UCLouvain, occupied by Professor Paul Belleflamme. The primary sponsors of this chair from 2021 to 2023 included the European Commission's (JRC) and Google.