Welcome to the Academic Society for Competition Law – an association composed of scholars committed, in their scholarship, to the development of competition law, policy and the economics of competition worldwide.
ASCOLA unites several hundred researchers and scholars from all continents who focus on antitrust law, economics and policy. Members of ASCOLA usually meet once a year for a big annual conference with in-depth discussions of scholarship. ASCOLA regional chapters organise the exchange throughout the year in several jurisdictions. Here you may find more information about ASCOLA events. Please also consult our News section for most recent information.
In the Resources section, you can find our collection of teaching materials, ASCOLA books and the Declaration of Ethics to which we subscribe.
On this website we also inform you on what characterises ASCOLA, how it is organised, its history and how you can join. Members from around the world – from junior academics starting their careers to renowned legends of antitrust scholarship – enjoy the spirit of ASCOLA as a market of ideas – and a place where projects are developed and friendships forged.
The Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) has submitted its comments to the European Commission on potential guidelines for the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). The EU Commission had issued a call for evidence on the matter. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2022/2560) shall ensure a “level playing field” for competition in the EU by …
The Executive Committee and the Chicago hosts have decided to extend the deadline for submissions to 3 February 2025. We accept submissions of papers in response to our call for papers for the Annual Conference 2025 up to this date. All information can be found here: Next conference
Today, on 11 November 2024, we publish the Call for Papers for the 20th Annual Conference of the Academic Society for Competition Law, ASCOLA. The Conference will be held in Chicago, USA, at Loyola University from 26-28 June 2025. The local host is Professor Spencer Weber Waller, the Director of the Institute of Consumer Antitrust …
Ascola is organized as a democratic association involving a General Assembly and a Board – including an Executive Committe with the President of ASCOLA for the day-to-day-running of the association. The Assembly convenes each year. It elects the Board, including the Executive Committe, for a term of two years. The organization is described in a Charter.
The Excecutive Committee
The Executive Committee currently includes six people who run ASCOLA on a daily basis. The ASCOLA President is Professor Rupprecht Podszun of the University of Düsseldorf (Germany). He is the Director of the Institute for Competition Law at the University. He was elected in 2023 after having served as an ASCOLA Vice-President since 2019. Before that professors Michal Gal (2016-2023), Paul Nihoul (2013-2016) and Josef Drexl (2003-2013) had served as presidents of ASCOLA.
ASCOLA has five Vice-Presidents who serve on the ASCOLA Executive Committee:
Peter Picht (Zurich), Vice President for Finances
Thomas Cheng (Hong Kong), Vice President
Magali Eben (Glasgow), Vice President
Giorgio Monti (Tilburg), Vice President
Wendy Ng (Melbourne), Vice President
The members of the 2023 Executive Committee: Rupprecht Podszun, Thomas Cheng, Magali, Peter Picht, Wendy Ng and Giorgio Monti (pictured clockwise from upper left).
The Board The Board is composed of members elected by the members of the association. The composition partly reflects the geographic coverage of the association. Elections are organized on a regular basis. For these elections members can suggest applications.
Members of the Larger Board (as elected in 2023):
Zeynep Ayata (Turkey)
Mor Bakhoum (Senegal)
Thomas Cheng (Hong Kong)
Fabiana Di Porto (Italy)
Josef Drexl (Germany) (President of ASCOLA 2003-2013)
Magali Eben (UK)
Valeria Falce (Italy)
Harry First (US)
Michal Gal (Israel) (President of ASCOLA 2016-2023)
Juan David Gutiérrez (Colombia)
Vikas Kathuria (India)
Wolfgang Kerber (Germany)
Ioannis Lianos (Greece)
Bjorn Lundqvist (Sweden)
Francisco Marcos (Spain)
Giorgio Monti (Netherlands)
Wendy Ng (Australia)
Paul Nihoul (Belgium) (President of ASCOLA 2013-2016)
Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman (Croatia)
Peter Picht (Switzerland)
Rupprecht Podszun (Germany) (President of ASCOLA since 2023)
Heike Schweitzer (Germany) (+ 2024)
Danny Sokol (USA)
Masako Wakui (Japan)
The organiser of the annual conference is co-opted to the board.
In 2023, the ASCOLA Board appointed three Directors for special projects:
Fabiana Di Porto (Salento) – Director for Best Junior Paper Award
Jurgita Malinauskaite (Brunel) – Director for Mentoring
Viktoria Robertson (Vienna/Graz) – Director for Scholarships
If you wish to join ASCOLA, please click here. If you wish to get in touch with the Executive Board, please write an e-mail to team [at] ascola.org or address the board members individually.
If you wish to get in touch with the regional chapters of ASCOLA please address these scholars and try to follow the ongoing activities.
The General Assembly The General Assembly consists of all members of the association. All members have a similar vote. No difference is made depending on origin of members, or the fee paid by them. As a reminder, fees are discounted for younger academics and for academics coming from lower-income regions. The General Assembly takes place in the course of annual conferences.
Are you interested in joining too? Get more information here.
Conferences & Events
Please find information about:
The next ASCOLA Conference – be a part of this fantastic community. We meet once a year to discuss papers on competition law and economics.
Past ASCOLA Conferences – see where we went to in the past and what happened during our annual highlight!
ASCOLA NOEL – the ASCOLA November Online Event Live, an online forum to discuss current developments in competition law!
