Call for Papers - 4th UK Workshop on Digital Economics

The UK – Researcher Practitioner Network for the Economics of Digitization:

4th Workshop on Digital Economics: Call for Papers & Save the Date

Date: 28 November 2025

Location: Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ

Format: in Person

Organizers: Centre for Competition Policy

Submission: Submit your manuscript via the Microsoft Office Form

Confirmed Participants:

Prof. Diane Coyle (Cambridge), Prof. Sean Ennis (UEA), Prof. Maximilan Kasy (Oxford) , Prof. Anja Lambrecht (LBS), Will Page (Edinburgh Futures), Prof. Rebecca Riley (ESCoE), Prof. Greg Taylor (Oxford), Prof. Tommaso Valletti (Imperial), Prof. Noam Yuchtman (Oxford, LSE)

Key dates:

Deadline for Submission of Papers: 8 September 2025

Notification of Acceptance: 30 September 2025 (target date)

Registration for Speakers: 30 Oct 2025

Workshop date: 28 Nov 2025

Background and Objective:

This initiative connects research about the Economics of Digitization to policy and managerial practice. The aim is to create a network that gets UK-based researchers and practitioners to talk to each other, by meeting once a year to do two things: 1.) Present recent research and work in progress about the economics of digitization and 2.) Receive feedback and input from practitioners where they would need more useful answers from the research community.

A group in the United States with similar goals meets twice a year, at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In the UK, there are many researchers interested in Digitization, but a network was missing. We conceived this group in Spring 2022 and have made this an annual event. Once more, the format will be a series of short-form presentations, a panel session and keynote, with opportunities for further networking and discussion throughout. The conference running the full day of 28 November.

The submission of papers by PhD students and junior scholars is particularly welcome.

Format and Dates:

This year’s workshop is hosted by the Imperial College in London, UK (at the Kensington Campus); and is sponsored by the Centre for Competition Policy and the University of East Anglia. The conference will be in-person to provide a unique opportunity for cross-fertilization of ideas between scholars and practitioners in competition policy. It will see the presentation of papers by both academics and economists working in government, as discussants.

Topics of Interest:

Internet and telecommunications | Digital markets and platforms | Artificial Intelligence | Cloud computing | Big data | Value of data | Social media | ICT and innovation | ICT, productivity and growth | ICT and the labour market | Digital divide | Intellectual property rights | Standards | Competition policy and regulation of ICT | Economics of privacy | Macroeconomics of Digitalization

Submission and Funding:

Papers should be submitted to the e-mail address specified below by Monday 08 September 2025 (extended abstracts will also be considered). We aim to give notification of acceptance by Tuesday 30 September 2025. Participants are asked to cover travel and accommodation for themselves, but there are no registration fees.

If you are interested in information or wish to participate without submitting a paper, please register your interest via the Microsoft Office Form or via ccp@uea.ac.uk

Hoping to see you in London soon!

Sean Ennis, Norwich Business School and Director of the Centre Competition Policy, UEA

Michael Kummer, UEA and Nova School of Business and Economics

Peter Courridge, Centre for Competition Policy Manager, UEA