Call for Papers - XLVI Competition Law Scholars Forum Workshop "Digital Markets, AI, and the Future of Competition Law"

The Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLASF) is pleased to announce its XLVI workshop, focusing on the topic of digital markets, artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of competition law. The workshop takes place at a particularly timely moment, as the rapid
emergence of AI technologies, the enforcement of digital markets regulation, and the competitive dynamics in data-driven markets pose increasingly complex challenges for competition law and policy.
We welcome papers addressing this broad theme from doctrinal, economic, comparative, or policy-oriented perspectives. Topics of particular interest include (but are not limited to):
• Algorithmic pricing and collusion;
• Agentic AI and the integration of AI services;
• The application of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to AI systems;
• The enforcement of the DMA;
• Digital mergers, including acqui-hiring;
• Competition issues related to data centers.
As always, we welcome contributions from early-career and established researchers, as well as practitioners and policy-makers. The Workshop is in-person only and will be held in Rome at the University of Roma Tre Law School.
Please submit abstracts of 1,000 words by Friday 3rd July 2026 to Professor Barry Rodger barry.j.rodger@strath.ac.uk
Decisions will be communicated by Friday 17th July 2026.
Papers will be presented and discussed in a workshop format with designated commentators.
A draft of the presentation or paper should be submitted one week prior to the workshop.
Selected papers may be considered for publication in the Competition Law Review, a fully refereed academic law journal.

For further information, please contact Prof. Margherita Colangelo: margherita.colangelo@uniroma3.it

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