About the Discussion

This discussion is an attempt to look at how Hayekian perception of competition as a discovery procedure is attributable not only to market agents themselves but also to regulators enforcing competition rules. The main focus in UK & EU new digital markets regime (Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act in the UK and Digital Markets Act in the EU): both regimes give unprecedented discretion to enforcers, and the question which this discussion reflects upon is whether the enforcers are mindful of what to do with it.

About the Speaker

Prof. Andriychuk specialises in Competition Law & Digital Markets and in the Constitutional / Jurisprudential Aspects of Competition Policy. He is engaged in several research and knowledge exchange projects aiming to understand, conceptualise, inform and steer the ongoing regulatory reforms of competition in the digital economy in the UK, EU and some EU Member States. He also contributes to reforming of competition law and policy of Ukraine.
He is the Principal Investigator for the UK in an AHRC & DFG (German Research Foundation) funded 3-year major grant "Shaping Competition in the Digital Age (SCiDA) – Principles, tools and institutions of digital regulation in the UK, Germany and the EU" examining the effectiveness of EU Digital Markets Act, UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act and amended German Competition Act – jointly with Prof. Rupprecht Podszun (the Principal Investigator for the German side) – 03/2024–03/2027

About the Series

This will be the next instalment in our monthly Food for Thought series, hosted in partnership with the Vinson Centre at the University of Buckingham. The purpose of this series is to foster high-level academic discussion on themes within the classical liberal tradition, touching on economics, philosophy, history, law, and related disciplines. In turn, we hope to form a community of academics, policymakers, professionals, and students united by the exchange of ideas and life-long learning.