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Shaping Competition in the Digital Age (SCiDA)
by Anush Ganesh
Welcome to the Shaping Competition in the Digital Age (SCiDA) podcast, where we explore the evolving landscape of digital competition regulation in Europe and beyond.Hosted by SCiDA team members: Dr Anush Ganesh (Leeds University), Dr Kena Zheng (HHU Düsseldorf) and Dr Jasper van den Boom (Leiden University).This podcast brings you in-depth conversations with leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners about the challenges and opportunities in regulating Big Tech.See our episodes from 2024 here- https://open.spotify.com/show/7m4Jiollzt4GmGtUF7bYKZ?si=e649beaf35db4147
Episodes
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Episode 31- Anna Tzanaki - The Future of EU Merger Control and the DMA's Institutional Design
In this episode, Anush Ganesh and Jasper van den Boom speak with Dr Anna Tzanaki, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds and Affiliate Fellow of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Anna's research sits at the intersection of merger control, digital...
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Episode 30- Michal Gal - The Limits of Competition Law: Lessons for the future
In this episode, recorded in person at the SCiDA Conference 2026, Anush Ganesh sits down with Professor Michal Gal, Professor of Law at the University of Haifa and one of the world's foremost competition law scholars, as well as ASCOLA President between 2016 and 2023, to discuss her decades of...
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Episode 29- Julian Nowag - Sustainability, Algorithmic Predation, and Global Antitrust Expertise
In this episode, Anush Ganesh and Kena Zheng are joined by Dr Julian Nowag, Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong and Lund University, Managing Editor of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, and Associate at the Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy. Julian is one of the most...
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Episode 28- SCiDA Conference Expert Panel on DMCCA and Section 19a GWB - Magali Eben, Konstantina Bania, Jan-Frederick Göhsl and Björn Christian Becker
In this episode, recorded on 27 May 2026 at the SCiDA Conference in Düsseldorf, Anush Ganesh and Sarah Hinck co-chair a plenary panel exploring the UK's Strategic Market Status regime under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act and Germany's Section 19a GWB. Magali Eben (University…
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Episode 27- Liana Japaridze and Ece Ban - Brussels effect in action: Competition Law in Digital Markets from the Caucasus and Türkiye
In this episode, Anush Ganesh and Kena Zheng are joined by Dr Liana Japaridze (Lecturer in Competition Law, University of Glasgow) and Dr Ece Ban (DPhil, University of Oxford) to explore how competition law travels across borders and adapts to the challenges of digital markets. Liana discusses…
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Episode 26 - Xingyu Yan- Bridging Brussels and Beijing: Interoperability, Institutional Design, and Digital Markets Regulation
In this episode, Anush and Kena are joined by Dr Xingyu Yan, Assistant Professor at Xiamen University School of Law and recipient of the ASCOLA Best Paper Award in 2021 for his work "Towards a More Competitive Mobile Payment Industry: Standardization and Beyond." Xingyu's research bridges…
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Episode 25- Andrew Mclean - Innovation, Structural Remedies and the Rhetoric of Big Tech
In this episode, Anush and Jasper sit down with Dr Andrew McLean, Lecturer in Law and Political Economy at Edinburgh Law School and director of the Edinburgh Competition Law and Economics Network. He was also awarded the Best Junior paper at ASCOLA 2020 for his paper titled, "A Financial…
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Episode 24- Zihao li and Jiahong Chen - The Accuracy Paradox: AI Hallucination, Regulation, and the EU-China Divergence
Anush Ganesh and Kena Zheng speak with Dr Zihao Li (University of Glasgow) and Dr Jiahong Chen (University of Sheffield) about their recent paper (with Weiwei Yi) challenging the dominant regulatory approach to AI hallucination. Rather than treating hallucination as a simple failure of factual...
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Episode 23- Jan Blockx - Meta-Regulation, DMA Compliance, and the Future of Digital Markets Policy
Anush Ganesh and Kena Zheng speak with Jan Blockx, Assistant Professor at the University of Antwerp and member of the Belgian Competition Authority's decision-making body, about the Digital Markets Act and its enforcement record. Drawing on Jan's research in JECLAP and his recent working paper on...
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Episode 22- Binit Agrawal - AI-First Legal Practice: From India's Digital Competition Bill to the Realities of Legal AI
Anush Ganesh and Kena Zheng speak with Binit Agrawal, a lawyer and entrepreneur building an AI-first legal practice for emerging cities in India. Binit previously headed strategy at Lucio, a legal AI company, and is empanelled with the UNDP as an expert on AI and law. The conversation covers...
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Episode 21- Simon de Ridder and Maximilian Wolters - German Competition Law's New Frontiers and the Legacy of Heike Schweitzer
Anush Ganesh and Jasper van den Boom speak with Simon de Ridder and Maximilian Wolters, doctoral researchers from Humboldt University Berlin, about some of the most pressing questions in German and EU competition law. The conversation covers Simon's proposal for a fine-free enforcement track in…
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Episode 20 - Małgorzata Kozak - Press Publishers, Platform Power, and the Fight for Fair Remuneration
How should the law respond when digital news aggregators hold overwhelming bargaining power over the press publishers whose content they rely on? In this episode, we speak with Dr Małgorzata (Gosia) Kozak from the Institute of Law Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences, who brings over fifteen...
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Episode 19- Anush Ganesh - The DMCCA Takes Shape: Unpacking the First Conduct Requirements and Commitments
In this episode, Kena Zheng and Jasper van den Boom welcome SCiDA colleague Anush Ganesh as a guest on the podcast. Just over a year since the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act came into force, the UK's new digital markets regime is rapidly taking shape, and Anush has been following...
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Episode 18 - Selcukhan Unekbas and Pankhudi Khandelwal: Killer Acquisitions, Interoperability, the Google Adtech Decision and more
In this episode, Anush Ganesh is joined by two doctoral researchers from the European University Institute: Selcukhan Unekbas and Pankhudi Khandelwal, both working under the supervision of Professor Nicolas Petit. Selcukhan's research examines how competitiveness, innovation, and capabilities...
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Episode 17- Konstantina Bania - Digital Markets Act under pressure: Enforcement, AI Expansion, and Transatlantic Tensions
In this episode, Anush and Kena speak with Dr Konstantina Bania, Partner at Geradin Partners and Senior Lecturer at Brunel University London, about the evolving landscape of EU digital platform regulation. Konstantina brings a unique perspective as both a leading practitioner advising clients...
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Episode 16- Zlatina Georgieva - Escaping Article 102: From Unicorn Defences to Marketised Monetisation
In this episode, Anush and Kena welcome Dr Zlatina Georgieva from Utrecht University to discuss her recent research on EU competition law. We explore her work with Malgorzata Kozak on why escaping liability under Article 102 remains as elusive as finding a unicorn, how the Intel case changed the...
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Episode 15- Friso Bostoen - AI Agents, the DMA, and Pricing Training Data
In this episode, Anush and Kena are joined by Friso Bostoen, Assistant Professor of Competition Law and Digital Regulation at Tilburg University, to explore the competition policy challenges posed by AI agents. The conversation examines whether the EU's Digital Markets Act is equipped to handle...
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Episode 14- Behrang Kianzad - Fairness vs Efficiency: Rethinking Competition Law
In this episode, Anush and Kena sit down with Dr Behrang Kianzad, founder of FIDMA and senior researcher at Malmö University, to explore why fairness is re-emerging as a central concept in antitrust after decades of efficiency-dominated thinking. Behrang takes us through his 'Neo-Kantian'…
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Episode 13- Alissa Cooper - Google Search and AI Competition: Comparing UK, EU and US approaches
In this episode, Anush and Jasper are joined by Dr. Alissa Cooper, Executive Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute, to discuss KGI's recent submissions to competition authorities on both sides of the Atlantic regarding Google's search monopoly. The conversation begins with the CMA's...
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Episode 12- Deni Mantzari - FRAND Pricing in Digital Ecosystems: Rethinking Fairness in App Stores
Anush and Kena are joined by Dr. Deni Mantzari, Associate Professor in Competition Law and Policy at UCL and co-Director of the Centre for Law, Economics and Society, for a compelling conversation about fair pricing in digital platform ecosystems. We explore her groundbreaking research on FRAND...
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Episode 11- Viktorija Morozovaite - Hypernudging, Discursive Power, and Europe's Tech Future
In this episode, Anush and Kena sit down with Dr. Viktorija Morozovaite, Postdoctoral Researcher in EU Competition Law and Digital Regulation at Utrecht University, to explore three cutting-edge themes at the intersection of competition law, technology, and democracy. Viktorija unpacks the…
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Episode 10- Magali Eben - Press Publishers, Digital Platforms, and the UK's Growth Agenda
Join Anush and Kena as they welcome Dr Magali Eben from the University of Glasgow School of Law for a discussion on digital platform regulation. The conversation begins with press publisher rights in the digital age, examining whether digital markets legislation can effectively address the...
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Episode 9- Sangyun Lee - Digital Platform Regulation in South Korea and Japan
Join hosts Anush and Kena as they speak with Dr Sangyun Lee, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Kyoto University, about South Korea's evolving approach to digital platform regulation. Sangyun traces his journey from Korea University through multiple Korean regulatory agencies to his currentresearch...
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Episode 8- Madhavi Singh - Stargate to Search: AI Innovation, Publishers, and Competition Law's New Frontier
In this episode, Anush and Kena are joined by Madhavi Singh, Deputy Director of the Thurman Arnold Project and Resident Fellow at Yale Law School, as they explore the collision between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and competition law. This episode examines the Stargate Project (a $500 billion…
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Episode 7- Shilpi Bhattacharya - India's Digital Laboratory: Experiments in Competition and Control
In this episode, Anush and Kena were joined by Professor Shilpi Bhattacharya, Professor of Competition Law at O.P. Jindal Global University, India, and a leading scholar at the intersection of competition law, behavioral economics, and digital markets. With a PhD from Erasmus University Rotterdam...
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Episode 6- Jasper van den Boom (2) - Regulating Competition in the Digital Network Industry
In this episode, Anush and Kena dive deep into Jasper van den Boom's groundbreaking new book "Regulating Competition in the Digital Network Industry" (Cambridge University Press, December 2025). Jasper introduces us to "progressive ecosystem regulation"—a bold new framework that challenges how we...
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Episode 5- Jasper van den Boom - Digital Market Regulation: Too Far or Not Far Enough? A Debate on Designation, Timing, and Investment
In this episode, Anush and Kena are joined by Jasper van den Boom, Assistant Professor of EU Competition Law at Leiden University's Europa Institute and Associate of the SCiDA project, for an in-depth conversation exploring the cutting edge of digital market regulation. The three engage in a…
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Episode 4 - Todd Davies - Generative AI: Innovation or Infringement of Competition Law?
Former Google software engineer turned competition law scholar Todd Davies joins Anush and Kena to explore the legal battleground where AI meets antitrust. Drawing on six years inside Big Tech and his PhD research at UCL, Todd examines whether integrating generative AI into dominant platforms…
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Episode 3 - Christian Bergqvist - Google’s Antitrust Troubles
In this episode, Anush and Kena sit down with Dr. Christian Bergqvist, Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen and Senior Fellow at the GW Competition and Innovation Lab, to discuss his groundbreaking research mapping over 100 antitrust cases against Google across 23 jurisdictions....
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Episode 2 - Thibault Schrepel - Complexity science in digital markets
In this episode, Anush and Kena are joined by Dr Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor of Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Faculty Affiliate at Stanford's CodeX Center. Thibault brings a unique perspective to digital market regulation through his groundbreaking work in computational...
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Episode 1 - Rupprecht Podszun, Oles Andriychuk and Kena Zheng - DMA Review Consultation 2025
Hosted by Dr. Anush Ganesh, this episode features SCiDA co-chairs Professor Rupprecht Podszun (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf) and Professor Oles Andriychuk (University of Exeter), along with Dr. Kena Zheng (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf), discussing their response to the DMA…
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Welcome to the Shaping Competition in the Digital Age (SCiDA) podcast, where we explore the evolving landscape of digital competition regulation in Europe and beyond.Hosted by SCiDA team members: Dr Anush Ganesh (Leeds University), Dr Kena Zheng (HHU Düsseldorf) and Dr Jasper van den Boom (Leiden University).This podcast brings you in-depth conversations with leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners about the challenges and opportunities in regulating Big Tech.See our episodes from 2024 here- https://open.spotify.com/show/7m4Jiollzt4GmGtUF7bYKZ?si=e649beaf35db4147
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