"The #Anthropocene, beyond a possible geologic era, is also an era of crisis. It is a crisis of nature, but also a crisis of meaning. Importantly, it is also a crisis of action." (Erle Ellis (艾尔青)) ms.spr.ly/6019woZct

My organisation Balanced Economy Project is hiring! We have big plans for the next 2 yrs and we'd love your help (esp as I go on mat leave!). The roles: (1) Ops Manager, (2) Network Coordinator and (3) Competition Fellow / Associate balancedeconomy.net/uncategorized/…. **Deadline 13 Apr**

Can #sustainability play a role in antitrust enforcement? And should it? Can competition policy be a viable tool to fight #climatechange, and should #antitrust enforcers take climate change into consideration? Read Marios Iacovides: ms.spr.ly/6013wU4v9

Hyped to be launching 🚀 with Marios Iacovides the free 💸 fully text-searchable 🔎 database of EU Commission decisions on competition law (101/102/mergers) dating back to the 1960s 🗓️. Try it here db-comp.eu Economic and Social Research Council Konkurrensverket – inaktivt konto

And we already have feedback :) Can’t wait to (find time to) read yours on output and sustainability

In light of the #UberFiles revelations, catch-up on our ongoing coverage of Uber.

One of the most refreshing debates in antitrust policy I’ve attended for a while, going on right now with Liza Lovdahl Gormsen Tommaso Valletti Cristina Caffarra

#Αρχιεπίσκοπος ξεχνάμε: * Καλά παιδιά οι φασίστες στη Βουλή * Ξετσίπωτοι & ανώμαλοι οι γκέι * Κλοπή τόνων άμμου από προστατευόμενη παραλία * Διάταξη υπεξαίρεσης χρημάτων ενορίας * Άδεια ανέγερσης ξενοδοχείου πάνω από αρχαία * Μεσολάβηση απόκτησης διαβατηρίου σε καταζητούμενο

The looming ecological disaster means that it is time for competition researchers, policymakers, lawyers, and economists to devise competition policies that focus on the well-being of citizens and the planet, wrote Uppsala University's Marios Iacovides ms.spr.ly/6012dAXFy

Forthcoming in K Stylianou Marios Iacovides and Bjorn Lundqvist wonderful volume on Fintech Competition: Law, Policy and Market Organisation (Hart 2023)

It’s open access, read, comment, be part of the debate 🤓

New paper on #judicialreview of Commission for the Protection of Competition decisions in #Cyprus: lnkd.in/dRWVREaT, part of project led by Or Brook & Barry Rodger —> high rate of successful appeals, on procedural & administrative law issues but limited engagement with substantive #competitionlaw

Check out this 1st comprehensive #empirical #legal study of competition law judicial review in #Cyprus by the awesome Marios Iacovides and Maria Vassiliou. Forthcoming in our Wolters Kluwer edited collection, and available now on SSRN!

2) “Common Ownership in Fintech Markets”, co-authored with Liudmila & José Azar, in K Stylianou, Marios Iacovides, and Björn Lundqvist (eds.) #Fintech Competition: Law, Policy, and Market Organisation, Hart Publishing, forthcoming awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/2023…

Paper on #competitionlaw goals, co-auth K Stylianou is nominated for Best Academic Article (General Antitrust) Concurrences Antitrust Awards. It’s available open access at lnkd.in/d6qx2uyT. Also up for Readers' award, you can vote for it at lnkd.in/dqm-UDMZ

❌ Using public EU funds to support fossil fuels instead of #energycommunities? No way 📝 Together with Bankwatch & CAN EUROPE we mapped how 19 EU Member States are using their Recovery and Resilience, Cohesion, and Modernisation Funds rescoop.eu/financing-trac…

New piece (Swedish) Norstedts Juridik - short analysis of Ryanair v Commission (SAS II; Covid-19) re #stateaid to #sas for #covid19 #restructuring - read, share, comment @ public site: lnkd.in/dMw99-Eu #ryanair appeal against #eucommission decision upheld by General Court

.Marios Iacovides' article "Why Aligning Antitrust Policy With Sustainability is a Moral Imperative" cited by Columbia Climate School Sabin Center Columbia Law School Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) as part of "Antitrust Reading List: Competitor Collaborations and Sustainability" promarket.org/2022/03/22/sus…