The Interdisciplinary Forum on Competition (IFW) provides a platform for the cross-disciplinary exchange of early-career scholars in competition law and competition economics. The conferences organized as part of the forum take place every two years in fall (November) and focus on a current overarching theme which is discussed jointly by postdoctoral speakers on different career levels (post-docs, junior professors, assistant professors, etc.) from both legal and economic perspectives.
The Interdisciplinary Forum on Competition originated with the interdisciplinary postdoc conference “Competition in Digital Markets” (2023), organized by Dr. Björn Christian Becker at Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, and has since been jointly organized by legal scholars Jun.-Prof. Dr. Tabea Bauermeister and Dr. Björn Christian Becker as well as the economist Dr. Annika Stöhr.
Upcoming dates:
November 2027: TU Ilmenau, Topic: tba
Past events:
november 7th and 8th, 2025, University Regensburg
Topic: “Sports between Markets, Market Power and New Media”
Keynote: Prof. em. Dr. Udo Steiner, Bundesverfassungsrichter a.DSpecial Issue of NZKart: Sports and Competition
September 29/30, 2023, Julius Maximilians University Würzburg
Topic: “Competition in Digital Markets”
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Juliane Kokott
Conference proceedings: Becker (Hrsg.), „Wettbewerb auf digitalen Märkten“, Nomos, Reihe „Wirtschaftsrecht und Wirtschaftspolitik, Februar 2025 (external link, opens in a new window)
