Who We Are

The CCP was established on 1st September 2004 and its funding has recently been renewed as a 10 year Centre of research excellence, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Based at the University of East Anglia, the CCP has 21 academic faculty members working on the Centre's research programme, 3 or 4 of whom are based full-time in the Centre each semester.  Also undertaking and contributing to the research are 3.4 fte Research Associates, 3 Post Doctoral Research Fellows, and 18 PhD students (each of whom has at least one supervisor who is a CCP member).

CCP has close links with, but is independent of, regulatory authorities, including the European Commission, Competition Commission, Office of Fair Trading, BIS, Ofgem, Ofcom, World Bank and with private sector practitioners.

The Centre produces a regular series of working papers, policy briefings and publications, and a bi-annual newsletter with short articles reflecting our recent research. An e-bulletin keeps academics and practitioners in touch with publications and events, and there is a lively programme of conferences, workshops and practitioner seminars throughout the year.