The Centre for Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia was established in 2004, with a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to fund a 10-year research programme. The Centre undertakes interdisciplinary research into competition policy, including market regulation, which has real-world policy relevance without compromising academic rigour.

"Perspectives on the Unitary (EU) Patent System"
4 & 5 October 2013, Oxford

The University of Oxford (Institute of European and Comparative Law), in collaboration with the University of East Anglia (ESRC Centre for Competition Policy), and with the generous support of the University of Oxford's John Fell OUP Research Fund, is organising a two-day conference on the unitary (EU) patent system to mark the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the signing of the European and Strasbourg Patent Conventions, and to help set the agenda for a larger event in the future. The conference will bring together 14 experts from different fields to offer their perspectives on the system.

Here are the links for full details of the conference, programme and to book a place

"Institutions and Competition Policy", 6th & 7th June 2013

We hope all our delegates enjoyed the CCP Summer Conference which took place on the 6 and 7 June. CCP extends special thanks to all the speakers and session Chairs for interesting presentations and lively debates. We look forward to welcoming everyone to our 10th annual conference next summer. Please see the links to the programme, speakers and presentations.

The Which? Big Switch survey

CCP is surveying 70,000 energy consumers who took part in last year's The Big Switch campaign, organised by Which?

Follow this link here to find out more.

CCP Blogs

Our Competition Policy blog carries posts by our academics on a wide range of current issues. The most recent post by Sebastian Peyer asks Is the New EU Private Enforcement Draft Directive Too Little Too Late? To sign up for email updates click here

We also have a research blog where we post information about our events, publications and any other research news.

You can also follow us on Twitter.  

CCP Working Paper Series

Centre members publish widely on all areas of competition policy. The working papers provide a showcase of current research. See the latest:The Impact of Competition Policy: What are the Known Unknowns? - by Peter Ormosi and Stephen Davies and the full working paper series for 2013 click here

*Please note that our Working Paper series is not reflective of the full range of CCP research as some work will only appear as a published article.  

CCP Seminar Series

The next seminar in the CCP Spring Seminar Series will be on 21st June with Sebastian Peyer (CCP) The ‘Leaky Cauldron' – private plaintiffs and access to agency information. It will take place in **QUEENS 2.22**
 Full list of seminars for the semester