Tech, Media, and Telecommunications

Alexandre de Streel is the Academic Director of the digital research programme at the Brussels think-tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), professor of European law at the University of Namur and visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and SciencesPo Paris. He sits in the scientific committees of the Knight-Georgetown Institute (US), the European University Institute-Centre for a Digital Society (Italy) and the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (Germany).

His main research areas are regulation and competition policy in the digital economy (telecommunications, platforms and data) as well as the legal issues raised by the developments of artificial intelligence. He regularly advises the European Union and international organisations on digital regulation.

Previously, Alexandre held visiting positions at New York University Law School, the European University Institute in Florence, Panthéon-Assas (Singapore campus), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and the University of Louvain. He also worked for the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, the Belgian Permanent Representation to the European Union, and the European Commission. He has also been the chair of the expert group on the online platform economy, advising the European Commission.

Amelia Fletcher CBE is a Professor of Competition Policy at the Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia and co-editor of the Journal of Competition Law and Economics. She also acts as an expert witness.

She has been a Non-Executive Director at the UK Competition and Markets Authority (2016-2023), Financial Conduct Authority (2013-20) and Payment Systems Regulator (2014-20), and a member of Ofgem’s Enforcement Decision Panel (2014-2022). She has also been a member of DG Comp’s Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy, and was a member of the Digital Competition Expert Panel, commissioned by the UK Treasury and led by Jason Furman, which reported in March 2019.

She was previously Chief Economist at the Office of Fair Trading (2001-2013), where she also spent time leading the OFT’s Mergers and Competition Policy teams. Before joining the OFT, she was an economic consultant at Frontier Economics (1999-2001) and London Economics (1993-1999).

She has written and presented widely on competition and consumer policy. In her ongoing research, Amelia has a particular interest in the implications for competition and consumer policy of behavioural economics and online markets.

Amelia has a DPhil and MPhil in economics from Nuffield College, Oxford.

Antonio Manganelli is Professor of Antitrust and Regulation at the University of Rome LUMSA, where he is also programme coordinator for the M.Sc. in Antitrust, Regulation and Innovative industries. Antonio holds a Ph.D. in Law and Economics from the University of Siena.

He previously worked as Research Associate at the European University Institute, as coordinator of the Florence School of Regulation, and in several public institutions, i.e., the Italian Ministry of Economic Development as Deputy Head of Cabinet, the OECD as national expert, the Italian Regulator for Telecom, Media and Postal Services (AGCOM), the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), the Research Office at the Italian Central Bank.

Christoph Busch is Professor of Law and Director of the European Legal Studies Institute at the University of Osnabrück, Germany. He is a Fellow and Council Member of the European Law Institute (ELI) and an Affiliated Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale University. His research focuses on consumer law, platform governance and algorithmic regulation.

Daniel Schnurr is a CERRE Research Fellow and a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Regensburg, where he holds the Chair of Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification.

Previously, he led the Data Policies research group at the University of Passau. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2016, where he also completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Information Engineering and Management. Daniel Schnurr has published in leading journals in Information Systems and Economics on competition and data sharing in digital markets, regulation of data-driven market power, and competition and cooperation in telecommunications markets.

His current research focuses on the role of artificial intelligence in competition, privacy and data sharing in digital markets as well as regulation of AI, cloud computing and the data economy.

Giorgio Monti is a CERRE Research Fellow and Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg Law School.

He began his career in the UK (Leicester 1993-2001 and London School of Economics (2001-2010) before taking up the Chair in competition law at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy (2010-2019). While at the EUI he helped establish the Florence Competition Program which carries out research and training for judges and executives. He also served as Head of the Law Department at the EUI.

His principal field of research is competition law, a subject he enjoys tackling from an economic and a policy perspective.

Together with Damian Chalmers and Gareth Davies he is a co-author of European Union Law: Text and Materials (4th ed, Cambridge University Press, 2019), one of the major texts on the subject. He is one of the editors of the Common Market Law Review.

Jan Krämer is an Academic Co-Director at CERRE and a Professor at the University of Passau, Germany, where he holds the chair of Internet & Telecommunications Business.

Previously, he headed a research group on telecommunications markets at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), where he also obtained a diploma degree in Business and Economics Engineering with a focus on computer science, telematics and operations research, and a Ph.D. in Economics, both with distinction.

He is editor and author of several interdisciplinary books on the regulation of telecommunications markets and has published numerous articles in the premier scholarly journals in Information Systems, Economics, Management and Marketing research on issues such as net neutrality, data and platform economy, and the design of electronic markets.

Professor Krämer has served as academic consultant for leading firms in the telecommunications and Internet industry, as well as for governmental institutions, such as the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and the European Commission.

His current research focuses on the role of data for competition and innovation in online markets and the regulation of online platforms.

Marc Bourreau is a Academic Co-Director at CERRE and Professor of Economics at Télécom Paris (Institut Polytechnique de Paris). He is affiliated with the interdisciplinary institute for innovation (i3) for his research.

His research focuses on competition policy and regulation, digital markets, and telecommunications.

Marc holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Paris Panthéon Assas.

Michèle Ledger is a researcher at the CRIDS research centre of the University of Namur where she also lectures on the regulatory aspects of online platforms at the postmaster degree course (DTIC). She has been working for more than 20 years at Cullen International and leads the company’s Media regulatory intelligence service.

Miriam Buiten is a CERRE Research Fellow and Assistant Professor of Law and Economics at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. She leads a research team on “Platform Governance”, funded by the University of St.Gallen Basic Research Fund. Her research focuses on the legal issues surrounding new technologies and artificial intelligence and the role of competition law in regulating the digital economy.

Previously, Miriam was a Junior Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Mannheim. She has been involved in several policy studies for the European Commission and the Dutch government on topics such as the role of online intermediaries in the ecommerce sector and mechanisms to reduce regulatory burdens.

Prof Dr Paul Timmers is a research associate at the University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute, professor at European University Cyprus, visiting professor at KU Leuven and the University of Rijeka, senior advisor EPC Brussels, President of the Supervisory Board Estonian eGovernance Academy and CEO of iivii.  Previously, he was Director at the European Commission/DG CONNECT where has held responsibility for legislation and funding programmes for cybersecurity, eID, digital privacy, digital health, smart cities, and e-government. At the European Commission, he was also a cabinet member of European Commissioner Liikanen. He worked as manager of a software department in a large ICT company and co-founded an ICT start-up. He holds a physics PhD from Radboud University (Nijmegen, NL), MBA from Warwick University (UK), EU fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill (US), and a cybersecurity qualification from Harvard. His main interests are digital policy, geopolitics, and Europe. He frequently publishes and speaks on the interplay of digital developments with sovereignty, cybersecurity, industrial policy, and sectoral policies such as digital health and is regularly advising governments and think tanks.

Peter Alexiadis is a Visiting Professor at King’s College, where he teaches the LLM modules on ‘Competition Law & Regulated Network Sectors’ and ‘Digital Regulation’. He is also a Research Fellow at CERRE. Peter was a competition law and regulatory policy specialist attorney in Brussels for well over three decades, where he was recommended as a leading attorney in both areas of practice by all peer reviews. He has acted as an external adviser to the European Commission’s DG Competition Telecommunications Unit, and has played a very active role in the crafting of the existing regulatory frameworks for electronic communications and digital platforms.

Peter is one of the official advisors to the International Institute of Communications (IIC), advises a number of competition and regulatory agencies around the world, and his legal opinions are cited in a range of EU-level and national proceedings. Peter writes extensively on competition and regulatory issues, and is currently the Chief Editor of the legal journals « Utilities Law Review » and the IBA’s « International Business Lawyer ».

Prof. Pierre Larouche holds the chair of Law and Innovation at Université de Montréal, where he also directs the PhD programme on Innovation, Science, Technology and Law.

A graduate of McGill University, Bonn University and Maastricht University and a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, Pierre Larouche was Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg University (Netherlands) from 2002 to 2017. There he founded and directed the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), one of the largest research centres on economic governance. He also conceived and launched the Bachelor Global Law, an innovative law degree inspired by his meta-comparative and inter-disciplinary method. In his capacity as Associate Dean, he led the LL.B. reform at Université de Montréal. Pierre Larouche also taught at the College of Europe (Bruges) (2004-2016), and he has been a guest professor or scholar at McGill University (2002), National University of Singapore (2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013), Northwestern University (2009-2010, 2016-2017), Sciences Po (2012), the University of Pennsylvania (2015) and the Inter-Disciplinary Center (IDC, 2016).

Pierre Larouche’s research centers around economic governance, and in particular how law and regulation struggle to deal with complex phenomena such as innovation. An expert in competition law and civil liability, his works have been cited by the European Court of Justice and the UK Supreme Court, and they have influenced EU policy on electronic communications, competition and standardisation.

Richard Feasey is a CERRE Senior Adviser, an Inquiry Chair at the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and Member of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.

He lectures at University College and Kings College London and the Judge Business School.

He has previously been an adviser to the UK Payments Systems Regulator, the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee and to various international legal and economic advisory firms.

He was Director of Public Policy for Vodafone plc between 2001 and 2013.

Sally Broughton Micova is a CERRE Academic Co-Director and an Associate Professor in Communications Policy and Politics at the University of East Anglia (UEA). She is also a member of UEA’s Centre for Competition Policy.

Her research focuses on media and communications policy in Europe.

She completed her PhD in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), after which she was an LSE Teaching and Research Fellow in Media Governance and Policy and Deputy Director of the LSE Media Policy Project.

Winston Maxwell is Director of the Law & Digital Technology Studies department at Télécom Paris – Institut Polytechnique de Paris, where he teaches and writes on subjects related to the regulation of data, AI and telecommunications. He previously had a career in private practice as a partner of the international law firm Hogan Lovells.

Winston completed his law degree (JD) at Cornell, his PhD in economics at Télécom Paris, and his HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) at the University of Paris Panthéon Sorbonne. His research focuses on the regulation of AI, and in particular human control over algorithmic systems, explainability and bias. Winston co-ordinates the “Operational AI Ethics” program at Telecom Paris, which includes AI Ethics teaching at Institut Polytechnique de Paris. In addition to being a research fellow at CERRE, Winston is a member of the Data and AI Ethics Council of Orange, the Scientific Advisory Board of ARCOM, the Ethics Board of the Paris Institute of Advanced Studies. He also contributes to standardisation activities on trustworthy AI within ISO/IEC JTC21/WG 4.

Wolter Lemstra is a CERRE Research Fellow and Associate Professor at Nyenrode Business University. He was Senior Research Fellow at the Delft University of Technology.

His research interests are the development of the telecoms sector concerning firm strategy and government policy, and the role of governance regimes and the institutional environment.

He has previously held senior management positions in the field of engineering and product management, sales and marketing, strategy and business development.

Wolter holds a PhD from the Delft University of Technology.

Marina is the Senior Programme Manager at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) for the Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) practice. Her main focus is on working with CERRE’s members, academic team and EU policymakers to contribute to ever-better regulation in the European Union.

With a background in digital media and public affairs consulting, Marina has a deep understanding of tech policy and regulatory issues in the European landscape. Her extensive experience in policy, project management, and communications has equipped her with the skills to develop successful strategies for project delivery.

Marina’s early exposure to technology and policy was sparked during her time at UNESCO’s Bioethics Division. Armed with a Master’s degree in International Relations and Public Policy, Marina has cultivated a broad international perspective through her work experience. Fluent in multiple languages such as French, English, Spanish, Russian, and Armenian, Marina’s multicultural background enables her to bring different perspectives to the table.

Lavinia is Senior Project Manager at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) for the Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) practice. She has 18 years of experience in programme and project management, and processes implementation. With an educational background in statistics and economics, Lavinia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economic Statistics and a Masters’ degree in Quantitative Economy.

Before joining CERRE, Lavinia was a Research Director at Verian Group where she had been working for nearly 15 years on multi-country studies with the purpose of providing evidence-based research to the EU Institutions in view of enhancing EU policies.

Lavinia communicates fluently in Romanian, French and English.

James Clarke is part of the CERRE Tech, Media & Telecom (TMT) practice, supporting CERRE members and European policymakers on TMT policy and regulatory issues. James previously worked as an intern at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), where he conducted research into the environmental impacts of digital services. James holds an LL.B. (hons) from Trinity College Dublin and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Leiden University with a specialisation in Economics and Governance.