Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics, University of Amsterdam
The Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE) is a joint initiative of the economics and law faculties of the University of Amsterdam. It is an interdisciplinary institute founded by the Board of the University of Amsterdam in close cooperation with the School of Economics (FEB) and the Law School (FdR). The ACLE presently associates around twenty fellows in law and economics, ranging from full professors to PhD students. Scholars in the ACLE pillar on competition and regulation develop economic theory and empirical research on competitive processes with an eye to governing these processes through competition policy and regulation.
Focal Point : Maarten Pieter Schinkel, M.P.Schinkel@uva.nl
Website: www.acle.nl
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
The British Institute has established the Competition Law Forum to produce applied research, analysis and recommendations on the content, methodologies and application of competition policy at all levels of governance - national, European and global.
Focal Point: Philip Marsden, p.marsden@biicl.org
Website: www.biicl.org/clf
Center for Competition, Intellectual Property, Consumer Protection and Trade, ESAN University
The Center for Competition, Intellectual Property, Consumer Protection and Trade (CEPIC) is based at the Graduate School of Business, ESAN University, in Lima, Peru. It is dedicated to research, teaching, counselling and advocacy on issues of innovation, intellectual property, rules and standards, consumer, fair trade and free competition. It encourages innovation and the proper functioning of the markets.
The mission of CEPIC is to conduct independent research and consulting of quality and, based on this, provide education and specialized training and innovative and practical recommendations to promote free competition, innovation, balanced intellectual property rights, balanced and fair exchange of investment and national and international trade; and to guide and protect the interests of consumers.
Focal Point: Santiago Roca, sroca@esan.edu.pe
Website: http://cepic.esan.edu.pe
Center for European Studies, Middle East Technical University
The Middle East Technical University (METU) is one of Turkey's premier public universities with a stellar reputation for its highly trained graduates in scientific, technical and professional fields. Within METU, the Center for European Studies (CES) is founded in 1997 at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (FEAS) in order to promote the development of an interdisciplinary environment conducive for undertaking research and studies on the processes of European integration in a comparative manner. The Center concentrates its efforts on forming institutional networks with various research centers and universities in Europe in order to undertake joint research projects.
Focal Point: Gamze Oz, agamze@metu.edu.tr
Website: http://www.ces.metu.edu.tr
Center for Global Consumer Protection Policy and Law of Wuhan University
The Center for Global Consumer Protection Policy and Law of Wuhan University is the only institute of international consumer protection policy and law in China outside of government. The Center is established on the platform of rich academic input both from the WTO Studies School and the Institute of International Law of Wuhan University, which enjoys a reputation as the foremost international law academy in China. The team, composed of experts from Europe, the Americas and Asia, are sharing the task of promoting consumer policy and law, bridging the gap between China and the rest of the world in consumer protection policy and law research. The Center is to carry out research on the consumer protection policies and laws in relevant countries and international organizations, and to provide legal help as an independent academic institution to the Chinese government and organizations which participate in international legislation and trade.
Focal Point: Dr. Ying Yu, yingyu@whu.edu.cn
Website: http://en.whucprotection.org
Centre du droit de la consommation et du marché, Université Montpellier 1
Centre du droit de la consommation et du marché is a component of the Faculty of Law of University of Montpellier 1 in France. It is founded in 1975 by Jean Calais-Auloy and Henri Temple. It undertakes legal research on the law of market; issues publications and studies; and handles legislation projects in France, Europe, as well as internationally. Its areas of work include: Competition, free movement of goods and services, consumption of products et services, distribution, commercialization, contracts, responsibilities, litigation. It provides master programmes on consumption and competition, including the European Master Programme in Consumer Affairs (bilingual) supported by the European Commission.
Focal Point: Henri Temple henri.temple@univ-montp.fr
Website: www.dynamiques-du-droit.cnrs.fr
Centre for Competition Law and Policy, University of Oxford
The University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy (CCLP) provides a centralized platform for teaching and research of competition law and policy at the University of Oxford. Activities and courses focus on regulation of competition in the UK, EU and US, international aspects of competition law and antitrust economics. CCLP provides training and capacity building programmes for the private and public sector.
Focal point: Dr Ariel Ezrachi, ariel.ezrachi@law.ox.ac.uk
website: www.competition-law.ox.ac.uk
Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia
The Centre for Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia was established in 2004, with a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to fund a 10-year research programme. The Centre undertakes interdisciplinary research into competition policy, including market regulation, which has real-world policy relevance without compromising academic rigour.
Focal Point : Andreas Stephan, A.Stephan@uea.ac.uk
Website: www.uea.ac.uk/ccp
Centre Européen de Droit & d'économie (CEDE), ESSEC Business School, France
Focal Point: Med Rezzouk, rezzouk@essec.fr
Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis, University of South Australia
The Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis (CRMA) is a university-supported research centre within the School of Commerce at the University of South Australia. CRMA conducts policy-oriented research in the areas of competition economics, law, and enforcement; regulation (macro and micro); consumer protection; health economics; water markets research; business history, especially cartel history; and the development of antitrust regimes in Asia. CRMA's research examines factors affecting market competition; the regulation of markets; the protection of consumers within markets and; the legislation that shapes and influences market outcomes.
Focal point: David Round, David.Round@unisa.edu.au
Website: www.unisa.edu.au/crma
Centro de Libre Competencia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
The Free Competition Center is established with the mission to position itself as a key player in the field of national and regional competition. The Center consists of a group of academics in the area of competition who seek to offer the national and regional community their professional experience and knowledge.
Focal Point: María Elina Cruz T., mecruz@uc.cl
Website: www.lcuc.cl
Competition and Economic Law Research Group, University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales Faculty of Law is one of Australia's leading law faculties. Research and teaching in competition law and policy, international business and economic law and international trade law are very important aspects of its research and teaching agenda. Competition and Economic Law Research Group includes Faculty members from a diverse range of research interests. The work of the group focuses primarily on competition law and policy and international economic law (including trade, finance and dispute resolution). Members consult to a variety of organizations in these areas.
Focal point: Deborah Healey, d.healey@unsw.edu.au
Website: www.law.unsw.edu.au/centres/competition-economic-law-research-group
Competition Commission of Pakistan
The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) was established on 2 October 2007 under the Competition Ordinance, 2007 which was later transformed into Competition Act 2010. With competition and consumer protection jurisdiction in broad sectors of the economy, the Commission deals with issues that touch the economic life of every Pakistani. CCP is an independent quasi-regulatory, quasi-judicial body that helps ensure healthy competition between companies for the benefit of the economy. The Commission is mandated to enforce competition law in Pakistan. One of the Commission's statutory functions is to conduct research for promoting competition in all sectors of commercial activity.
Focal Point: Dr. Joseph Wilson, jwilson@cc.gov.pk
Website: cc.gov.pk
Consumers Empowerment Organisation of Nigeria
The Consumers Empowerment Organisation of Nigeria (CEON) is a research-based advocacy non-governmental not-for-profit and independent organization established in 1995 to promote and protect the rights and interests of consumers in Nigeria. CEON is actively engaged in the activities of consumer protection, competition and sustainable development through research, advocacy, networking, collaboration, partnership, education, information, advice and redress.
Focal Point: Adedeji Babatunde Abiodun, adedejia67@yahoo.com
Institut d'Economie Industrielle, Université de Toulouse 1
The Institute of Industrial Economics (IDEI), a research center in economics located in Toulouse within the University Toulouse 1, was founded in 1990 by Jean-Jacques Laffont. The IDEI serves a dual purpose: to allow the University Toulouse 1 to be competitive at an international level; and to provide administrations and companies with an interface between their activities and economic research. IDEI tackles both theoretical and applied economic problems and supplies state-of-the-art tools developed by economic research to decision-makers in eight areas, including industrial organization, regulation and competition policy; and innovation and intellectual property.
Focal point : Marc Ivaldi, contact@idei.fr or marc.ivaldi@TSE-fr.eu
Website: http://idei.fr
Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, Faculty of Law of the University of Macau
The Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) was founded in 2005 and is an academic unit of the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau. The main objectives of IALS is to promote legal research, to support the existing law programs as well as the creation of new programs, coping with the need of the Macau society, at legal professional level and general level.
Focal point: Tong lo Cheng (Director), ictong@umac.mo
Website: www.umac.mo/research/fll_ials.html
Institute for Competitiveness, India
Institute for Competitiveness, India is the Indian knot in the global network of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Institute for Competitiveness, India is an international initiative centered in India, dedicated to enlarging and purposeful disseminating of the body of research and knowledge on competition and strategy, as pioneered over the last 25 years by Professor Michael Porter of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Institute for Competitiveness, India conducts and supports indigenous research, offers academic and executive courses, and provides advisory services to the Corporate and the Governments. The institute studies competition and its implications for company strategy; the competitiveness of nations, regions and cities and thus generate guidelines for businesses and those in governance; and suggests and provides solutions for socio-economic problems.
Focal Point: Dr. Amit Kapoor, amit.kapoor@competitiveness.in
Website: http://competitiveness.in
Institute of Business Law, ZHAW School of Management and Law
The Institute of Business Law is an academic unit of the School of Management and Law (SML), which is one of Switzerland's leading business schools, at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). SML offers academic courses in international and national competition law and policy. SML's regarded scholars focus on advancing the understanding of the goals of competition and its tools. Leading policy- makers, businessmen, practitioners and academics visit SML throughout the year, to address the most challenging questions about sector regulation, competition law, and economics (www.atelier-concurrence.ch). Furthermore, SML conducts research into competition policy from the perspective of law, economics, and political science. SML also offers future-oriented degree programs in management and in business law and a wide range of continuing education programs.
The Institute of Business Law focuses on national and international business law and the synergies between business and law. The Institute creates and maintains partnerships and networks with top partners from academia and business, both nationally and internationally.
Focal point: Patrick Krauskopf, Patrick.Krauskopf@zhaw.ch
Website: www.sml.zhaw.ch/en/management/institute-of-business-law.html
Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA), Zurich
The Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA) is a leading academic institution, globally recognized for its thought leadership, valuable contribution and practical relevance to make mergers, acquisitions and alliances beneficial for businesses.
Focal point: Dr. Christopher B Kummer, kummer@imaa-institute.org
Website: www.imaa-institute.org
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana
ISSER was established by the University of Ghana in 1962 as the Institute of Statistics, to provide a programme of teaching and research in statistics, with particular reference to the methodology, collection and analysis of official statistics. It was also to advise interested bodies on statistical design, analysis and computer programming. It was later realised that expanding the scope of the Institute to include fundamental and applied research in the social sciences, to establish the basic data needed for effective development and modernisation, would be beneficial to the nation as a whole. It is in line with this vision that the Institute was converted, in 1969, into the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER). The United Nations continued its support of statistical training until 1972 when ISSER fully took over. The expansion of the scope of the Institute to embrace socio-economic research was facilitated by adequate funding from government, other national and international organisations. This enabled several multi-disciplinary research projects to be executed, which were primarily focused on the socio-economic development of Ghana. ISSER's goal is to be recognized as a centre for comprehensive and sustained research and training in the social sciences. Its objectives are to build capacity for social science research in Ghana; carry out high quality policy-relevant and development-oriented research and disseminate the results to facilitate the socio-economic development of Ghana and Africa; participate in the process of formulating, monitoring and evaluating policies and programmes; encourage regional research co-operation aimed at promoting regional integration; attract researchers from other Units of the University and elsewhere for collaborative and/or independent research.
Focal Point: Ernest Aryeetey (Director), aryeetey@ug.edu.gh
Website: www.isser.edu.gh
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) is an autonomous think-tank established in 1997 to Provide objective public policy advice to the Government of Kenya, and other stakeholders, in order to contribute to the achievement of national development goals. KIPPRA conducts research and policy analysis in all sectors of the Kenyan economy, provides capacity building for policy making and implementation, and serves as a point of contact for exchange of views on public policy issues affecting Kenya. Over the years, the Institute has built a reputation for quality public policy research and analysis, accumulated a pool of research resources, and developed macroeconomic and sector models for policy formulation, simulation and forecasting.
Focal Point: Joseph Kieyah, kieyah@kippra.or.ke
Website: www.kippra.org
King's College London
The School of Law contains a vibrant community of scholars, committed to advancing the understanding of what competition is and what it can achieve. Leading policy makers, practitioners and academics come to King's College, throughout the year, to address the most challenging questions about the theory and application of competition law and economics; making King's an exciting place to learn about, think about, and contribute to this area.
Focal Point: Christopher Townley, chris.townley@kcl.ac.uk
Website: http://kcl.ac.uk/schools/law/research/communities/competition
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law is a research institute within the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Arts and Science. Max Planck Institute undertakes research on fundamental questions of law in these areas. The Institute regularly advises governmental bodies and other organizations at the national and international level. It takes an international approach and places emphasis on the comparative analysis of law as well as economic and technological aspects of legal development. Competition related issues in the framework of developing countries have been given a central place in the research agenda of the Max Planck Institute. The Institute is currently running a research project on "Competition Law in Developing Countries".
Focal Point: Mor Bakhoum, mor.bakhoum@ip.mpg.de
Website: www.ip.mpg.de/ww/en/pub/news.cfm
Melbourne Law School
The Melbourne Law School engages in significant research, teaching and engagement activity in the field of competition and consumer policy, law and enforcement at the University of Melbourne - in particular, through the Competition Law & Economics Network.
Focal Point: Caron Beaton-Wells, c.beaton-wells@unimelb.edu.au
Website: www.clen.law.unimelb.eu.au
Nagoya University Graduate School of Law
The Graduate School of Law offers full postgraduate degree programs both in English and Japanese, at Masters and Doctoral levels. The Graduate School also actively organizes, coordinates or sponsors a number of academic extension and exchange initiatives.
Focal Point: Shuya Hayashi shuya.hayashi@law.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Website: http://gsl-nagoya-u.net/faculty
New York University School of Law
The curriculum of New York University (NYU) School of Law looks at the major areas of law that affect innovation: intellectual property law, including patents, copyrights, and trademarks, and antitrust law and competition policy, including the study of U.S. and European legal systems. The NYU faculty of law professors, economists, and noted practitioners explore the issues in a variety of settings, from basic courses to advanced seminars to independent directed research projects.
The LL.M. in Competition, Innovation and Information Law (CIIL) combines state-of-the-art policy and technical expertise with sophisticated legal analysis, and is unique in its approach to training students by developing an integrated understanding of the dynamic forces that shape contemporary economic activity and innovation. In the program, students develop in-depth knowledge in one of two areas of concentration-antitrust and competition policy or intellectual property-while studying at least one course in the other area. Activities of the Competition, Innovation, and Information Law Programme include sponsorship of the Competition Law Forum, which hosts speakers and conferences throughout the academic year. Their work includes research and programmatic activities regarding all major issues of competition law and policy, involving the academic, government and business communities.
Focal Point: Eleanor Fox, eleanor.fox@nyu.edu
Websites:
(For innovation issues) http://www.law.nyu.edu/academics/areasoffocus/innovation/index.htm
(For Competition law) http://www.law.nyu.edu/llmjsd/competitioninnovationandinformationlaw/index.htm
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
The Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, founded in Lima in 1917, is Peru's number one university, one of the twenty-five best universities in Latin America and the only Peruvian university to be listed among the top five-hundred universities in the world in the international rankings. This placement is recognition of the quality of its education, research, publications, social responsibility, contribution to culture and indisputable institutional and academic leadership.
Focal Point: Alan Fairli, afairli@pucp.edu.pe
Website: www.pucp.edu.pe
Research Group on International Studies, Universidad EAFIT
The Research Group on International Studies at the Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) was established in 2004. Research group members undertake interdisciplinary research into International Business, International Negotiation, International Relations, International Trade and Development, Emerging Countries, and International Migration. The aim of the research group is to contribution to the generation of new knowledge in the international business' academic community and policy makers in Latin America.
Focal point: Prof. Dr. Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, mgonza40@eafit.edu.co
Research Institution of Competitive Law, East China University of Political Science and Law
The Research Institution of Competitive Law of the East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), founded in May 2004, is a scientific research institute specialized in competition law under the mutual guidance of the Economic Law School and the International Law School of ECUPL.
Since its establishment, the Institution has undertaken a number of major research projects, including the National Social Science Foundation Project in 2004: "The Research on the Adjustment Mechanism of Anti-Monopoly Law on Natural Monopoly Enterprises"; the Shanghai Social Science Foundation Project in 2006: "The Research on the Relevant Market Definition of Anti-Monopoly Law"; the Research Project of the Antitrust Division of the Ministry of Commerce in 2009: "The Research on the Competition Policy of China"; the Sumitomo Fund Project in 2010: "Study on the Japanese Experiences of Creating and Developing Competition Culture: The Valuable Reference to China´s Enforcement of Competition Law".
With the assistance from relevant domestic and foreign government departments, research institutions, enterprises and the support of the ECUPL, under the guidance of many researchers and professors, thanks to the continuous hard work of all members of the Institution, the Institution has grown into an important platform for the exchange of competition law study and enforcement around the Asian region.
Focal point: Professor Xu Shying, xsying@vip.sina.com
Website: http://www.at0086.com/ECUPL/
Small States Network for Economic Development
Small States Network for Economic Development (SSNED) was established in 2006. The Network provides a mechanism of peer learning through twinning arrangements designed to support small states' sustainable development efforts. The Network's mission is to facilitate the exchange of "best practices" among small states, to promote the increased integration of the concerns and interests of small states into the policies and programmes of the international community, and to undertake or support such related actions as will further these goals and the sustainable development of SSNED Members.
Focal Point: Lino Briguglio, lino.briguglio@um.edu.mt
Website: www.ssned.org
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Tecnológico de Monterrey, founded in 1943 by a group of Mexican visionaries under the leadership of Eugenio Garza Sada. It is one of the entities of Tecnológico de Monterrey System and a higher education institution that educates students to become responsible citizens who trigger the development of their communities. It promotes humanistic values, an international perspective, and an entrepreneurial culture.
Focal point: Fabiola Moya, fabby33@gmail.com
Website: www.itesm.mx
Thailand Development Research Institution
Thailand Development Research Institution (TDRI) was established as a public policy research institute in 1984. Its legal form is that of a private non-profit foundation. It provides technical analysis, mostly but not entirely in economic areas, to various public agencies to help formulate policies to support long-term economic and social development in Thailand. TDRI conducts policy research; Network extensively with other institutions and individuals engaged in policy research, both in Thailand and abroad; and disseminate its research results to ensure maximum impact on policy-making. The Institute has undertaken extensive research in competition law and policy since 1996, and has analyzed the shortfalls of the Thai Trade Competition Act 1999. TDRI also deals with sector-specific regulation, particularly, telecommunications, energy and transport. Besides research, many of TDRI senior research fellows are members of or advisors to high-level government policy-making bodies and are involved in the legislative process.
Focal Point: Dr. Deunden Nikomborirak (Research Director), deunden@tdri.or.th
Website: www.tdri.or.th
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa - TRALAC
TRALAC is a not-for-profit organization established in February 2002, with the financial support of SECO, the Swiss Department of Economic Development. It consists of a core of trade lawyers and economists with high-level expertise in a range of trade and trade-related areas. TRALAC aims at building trade law capacity in the southern Africa region by engaging with governments and the private sector and civil society, so that these countries can participate effectively in the global economy and negotiate trade agreements that will support their development objectives and realize the potential benefits of international trade.
Focal Point: Trudi Hartzenberg, Trudi@tralac.org
Website: www.tralac.org
Universidad Católica de Chile/Centro de Libre Competencia
Focal Point: María Elina Cruz T., mecruz@uc.cl
Website: www.lcuc.cl
University College London (UCL) Centre for Law and Economics & Jevons Institute for Competition Law and Economics, UCL Faculty of Laws
UCL Centre for Law and Economics was founded with the objective of providing a stimulating environment to develop and promote interdisciplinary research in the area of law and economics - considering the field from a wide perspective beyond the ´classical´ approach. The Centre carries out a variety of activities in order to contribute to public discussion in the area. Amongst many others, they include the publication of the UCL L&E Working Paper Series and the organization of seminar series and conferences where speakers present their work to professionals, students and other interested audience. In addition, the Centre promotes specialized teaching in law and economics, providing a range of courses specifically dedicated to the field. It also supports major empirical and theoretical research projects, which include participants across different scientific disciplines, such as law, economics and sociology.
The Jevons Institute for Competition Law and Economics at UCL (The Jevons Institute), set up in 2006, aims through external events, research projects, teaching and publications to stimulate research and debate concerning the application of competition law and industry regulation to the marketplace; and to promote interaction among academic scholars in law and economics, policymakers and enforcement officials, the judiciary, practitioners and business leaders.
Focal Point : Ioannis Lianos, i.lianos@ucl.ac.uk
Website: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/economics/regulation/index.shtml
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/jevons/
Universidad de Chile Facultad de Derecho
The Faculty of Law aims, through its work, at contributing to the development and renewal of knowledge in the area of juridical sciences to perfect the legal system of rule of law in order to help build a social coexistence based on greater certainty of justice.
Focal Point: Santiago Montt Oyarzún, smontt@derecho.uchile.cl
Website: http://derecho.uchile.cl
University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
Focal Point: Prof. Dr. María Pilar Canedo Arrillaga, mpcanedo@deusto.es
Universidad EAFIT, Colombia
Focal Point: Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez (PhD), mgonza40@eafit.edu.co
Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo
Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo (UEES) is a center for studies and research located in Guayaquil, Ecuador, dedicated to finding solutions and alternatives for large national and international problems. UEES is recognized as the leading institution in both educational innovation and in the promotion of sound and effective inter-institutional linkages that enable cultural and academic exchanges.
Focal Point: Heinz Moeller, heinz@moellerlaw.com
Website: www.uees.edu.ec
University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy (CCLP)
The University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy (CCLP) promotes research and advanced teaching of competition law and policy. The CCLP provides training and capacity building programmes for the private and public sector.
Focal point: Dr Ariel Ezrachi, ariel.ezrachi@law.ox.ac.uk
website: www.competition-law.ox.ac.uk
Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Bogotá, Colombia
Focal Point: Ramón Eduardo Guacaneme Pineda, ramon.guacaneme@usa.edu.co
Université de Toulousse
Focal point : Marc Ivaldi, contact@idei.fr or marc.ivaldi@TSE-fr.eu
Website: http://idei.fr
Yeditepe University Faculty of Law
Yeditepe University Law School aims at training successful lawyers that have excellent command of legal knowledge and skills and can compete in an increasingly competitive and complex global environment.
In addition to Turkish law, introductions to foreign and international legal systems are certainly a "must" for the curriculum in order to prepare students for an international practice.
Focal Point: Haluk Kabaalioglu, kabaalioglu@yeditepe.edu.tr
Website: www.yeditepe.edu.tr