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Tech, Media, Telecom

With the speedy digitisation of all parts of our economic, social and public life, industries such as the telecom and media sectors experience deep transformation. This challenges economic models and regulation.

With its unique mix of academic expertise and business insights, CERRE tackles critical issues for tech, telecom and media actors and markets. We promote novel approaches for a regulatory framework that is able to navigate rapid changes and allows for innovation, guaranteeing quality digital services to all users and consumers while protecting citizens’ rights.

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11
Oct
2023

CERRE Breakfasts: Transatlantic cooperation in dealing with the platform economy

Members only

Tech, Media, Telecom
12
Oct
2023

What Should We Expect from the First DSA Systemic Risk Assessments?

Public event

Tech, Media, Telecom
20
Oct
2023

CERRE Breakfasts: the Upcoming Belgian Council Presidency’s Digital Priorities

Members only

Tech, Media, Telecom
30
Nov
2023

CERRE Breakfasts. Digital empires: the global battle to regulate technology

Members only

Tech, Media, Telecom

Publications

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DMA Output Indicators
19 July 2023

Tech, Media, Telecom

Elements for Effective Systemic Risk Assessment under the DSA
14 July 2023

Tech, Media, Telecom

Meaningful XAI Based on User-Centric Design Methodology
7 July 2023

Tech, Media, Telecom

Defining Virtual Worlds: Main Features and Regulatory Challenges
3 July 2023

Tech, Media, Telecom

The European Standardisation System at a Crossroads
2 May 2023

Tech, Media, Telecom

Data Act: Towards a Balanced EU Data Regulation
28 March 2023

Tech, Media, Telecom

Access to Data and Algorithms: For an Effective DMA and DSA Implementation
16 March 2023

Tech, Media, Telecom

Effective and Proportionate Implementation of the DMA
11 January 2023

Tech, Media, Telecom

Digital Industrial Policy for Europe
13 December 2022

Tech, Media, Telecom

CERRE offers its member organisations the chance to work with incredibly talented academics and peers. As such, they contribute to improved policies and regulation for a better connected, content-rich and stronger digital Europe.
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Alexandre De Streel
Alexandre de Streel
CERRE Academic Director
University of Namur

Alexandre de Streel is the Academic Director of the digital research programme at CERRE and Professor of European law at the University of Namur where he chairs the Namur Digital Institute (NADI). Alexandre is also visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and SciencesPo Paris. Besides, he chairs the expert group on the online platform economy advising the European Commission and is a part-time judge at the Belgian Competition Authority.

His main areas of research are regulation and competition policy in the digital economy as well as the legal issues raised by the developments of artificial intelligence.

Previously, Alexandre held visiting positions at New York University Law School, European University Institute in Florence, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and University of Louvain. He also worked for the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, the Belgian Permanent Representation to the European Union and the European Commission.

Alexandre de Streel is the Academic Director of the digital research programme at CERRE and Professor of European law at the University of Namur where he chairs the Namur Digital Institute (NADI). Alexandre is also visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and SciencesPo Paris. Besides, he chairs the expert group on the online platform economy advising the European Commission and is a part-time judge at the Belgian Competition Authority.

His main areas of research are regulation and competition policy in the digital economy as well as the legal issues raised by the developments of artificial intelligence.

Previously, Alexandre held visiting positions at New York University Law School, European University Institute in Florence, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and University of Louvain. He also worked for the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, the Belgian Permanent Representation to the European Union and the European Commission.

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Sally Broughton Micova featured in BFM Tech and Co

14 Sep 2023

Associated Press on “EU targets Big Tech in next phase of digital crackdown” with Alexandre de Streel

07 Sep 2023

Alexandre de Streel featured in Bloomberg

05 Sep 2023

Politico quoting Sally Broughton Micova on the DSA

25 Aug 2023
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Sally Broughton Micova featured in BFM Tech and Co

14 Sep 2023

Associated Press on “EU targets Big Tech in next phase of digital crackdown” with Alexandre de Streel

07 Sep 2023

Alexandre de Streel featured in Bloomberg

05 Sep 2023

Politico quoting Sally Broughton Micova on the DSA

25 Aug 2023

Interview with Alexandre de Streel in La Libre

25 Aug 2023

Tech, Media, Telecom team

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Konrad Ferenczy
Konrad Ferenczy
Programme Manager, Tech, Media & Telecom

Konrad joined CERRE in 2020 as a project intern. Currently, he is working as a Programme Manager of the Tech, Media, and Telecom team.

Before joining CERRE, Konrad gained experience in the private as well as the non-profit sector. He was a training coordinator associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd and interned for the human rights education team at Amnesty International Hungary. He also pursued internships at IGSD, a Washington-based research organisation dedicated to sustainable development, and at WWF, the international non-profit working for wildlife conservation.

Konrad holds a Bachelor Degree in international relations from Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary) and a Masters in Public Administration at Leiden University (the Netherlands).

Konrad joined CERRE in 2020 as a project intern. Currently, he is working as a Programme Manager of the Tech, Media, and Telecom team.

Before joining CERRE, Konrad gained experience in the private as well as the non-profit sector. He was a training coordinator associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd and interned for the human rights education team at Amnesty International Hungary. He also pursued internships at IGSD, a Washington-based research organisation dedicated to sustainable development, and at WWF, the international non-profit working for wildlife conservation.

Konrad holds a Bachelor Degree in international relations from Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary) and a Masters in Public Administration at Leiden University (the Netherlands).

Amaia Ruiz de Gordoa
Amaia Ruiz de Gordoa
Project Officer, Tech, Media and Telecom

Amaia Ruiz de Gordoa is part of the Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) practice at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), supporting CERRE members and European policymakers on TMT policy and regulatory issues.

Before joining CERRE, Amaia was a Blue Book Trainee at the European Commission, at the Directorate General for Communications Network, Content and Technology (DG CNECT). Previously she worked at an innovation consultancy dealing with European projects and on digital policy at the European cities’ association Eurocities. Earlier in her career she also interned at Spanish diplomacy institutions.

Amaia holds a Bachelor Degree in International Relations from Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and a MSc in Crisis and Security Management specializing in Cybersecurity Governance from Leiden University (the Netherlands).

Amaia Ruiz de Gordoa is part of the Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) practice at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), supporting CERRE members and European policymakers on TMT policy and regulatory issues.

Before joining CERRE, Amaia was a Blue Book Trainee at the European Commission, at the Directorate General for Communications Network, Content and Technology (DG CNECT). Previously she worked at an innovation consultancy dealing with European projects and on digital policy at the European cities’ association Eurocities. Earlier in her career she also interned at Spanish diplomacy institutions.

Amaia holds a Bachelor Degree in International Relations from Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and a MSc in Crisis and Security Management specializing in Cybersecurity Governance from Leiden University (the Netherlands).

Marc Bourreau
Marc Bourreau
CERRE Academic Co-Director
Télécom Paris

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.

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.

Alexandre De Streel
Alexandre de Streel
CERRE Academic Director
University of Namur

Alexandre de Streel is the Academic Director of the digital research programme at CERRE and Professor of European law at the University of Namur where he chairs the Namur Digital Institute (NADI). Alexandre is also visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and SciencesPo Paris. Besides, he chairs the expert group on the online platform economy advising the European Commission and is a part-time judge at the Belgian Competition Authority.

His main areas of research are regulation and competition policy in the digital economy as well as the legal issues raised by the developments of artificial intelligence.

Previously, Alexandre held visiting positions at New York University Law School, European University Institute in Florence, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and University of Louvain. He also worked for the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, the Belgian Permanent Representation to the European Union and the European Commission.

Alexandre de Streel is the Academic Director of the digital research programme at CERRE and Professor of European law at the University of Namur where he chairs the Namur Digital Institute (NADI). Alexandre is also visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and SciencesPo Paris. Besides, he chairs the expert group on the online platform economy advising the European Commission and is a part-time judge at the Belgian Competition Authority.

His main areas of research are regulation and competition policy in the digital economy as well as the legal issues raised by the developments of artificial intelligence.

Previously, Alexandre held visiting positions at New York University Law School, European University Institute in Florence, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and University of Louvain. He also worked for the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, the Belgian Permanent Representation to the European Union and the European Commission.

Jan Krämer
Jan Krämer
CERRE Academic Co-Director
University of Passau

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.

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.

Miriam Buiten
Miriam Buiten
CERRE Research Fellow
University of St.Gallen

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.

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.

Sally Broughton Micova
Sally Broughton Micova
CERRE Academic Co-Director
University of East Anglia

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.

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.

Richard Feasey
Richard Feasey
Senior Advisor
Tech, Media, Telecom

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.

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.

Michèle Ledger
Michèle Ledger
CERRE Research Fellow
CRIDS Research Centre, University of Namur

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.

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.

Wolter Lemstra
Wolter Lemstra
CERRE Research Fellow
Nyenrode Business Universiteit

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.

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.

Winston Maxwell L40270
Winston Maxwell
CERRE Research Fellow
Télécom Paris

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.

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.

Giorgio Monti
Giorgio Monti
CERRE Research Fellow
Tilburg Law School

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.

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.

Martin Peitz
Martin Peitz
Former CERRE Research Fellow
University of Mannheim

Professor Martin Peitz is a former CERRE Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim. He is also a Director of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation.

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

Martin holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bonn.

Professor Martin Peitz is a former CERRE Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim. He is also a Director of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation.

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

Martin holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bonn.

D. Schnurr
Daniel Schnurr
CERRE Research Fellow
University of Regensburg

Daniel Schnurr is a CERRE Research Fellow and Professor of Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification at the University of Regensburg. He is also head of the research group Data Policies.

He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where he previously studied Information Engineering and Management (B.Sc. & M.Sc.). 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 and the data economy.

 

Daniel Schnurr is a CERRE Research Fellow and Professor of Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification at the University of Regensburg. He is also head of the research group Data Policies.

He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where he previously studied Information Engineering and Management (B.Sc. & M.Sc.). 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 and the data economy.

 

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