Dr Aysem Diker Vanberg

Aysem’s research interests lie in EU and UK Competition Law, law and economics, IT Law, IP Law and Commercial Law. She is interested in the interaction and interplay between Competition Law and other areas, such as technology and data protection, particularly in the context of big data.

Aysem is a recognised authority on competition law, data protection law, digital markets and online platforms. Her work has been cited by academic and legal practitioners in the UK and globally, including for example by Facebook Vice President Erin Egan in the Facebook policy paper ‘Chartering a Way Forward: Data Portability and Privacy’. She was also invited to participate in a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports consultation, sharing input on the right to data portability and its enforcement in the UK, being subsequently cited in the seminal report on ‘Data Mobility: The personal data portability growth opportunity for the UK economy.

Currently, Aysem is authoring a book chapter on the proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA). The chapter analyses whether the DMA will be able to complement the enforcement of competition law at the EU and national level by tackling unfair practices by gatekeepers that either fall outside the scope of the existing competition rules or practices that cannot be effectively addressed by EU competition rules. She is also working on a monograph which examines the application of Article 102 TFEU to digital platforms.

Specific research topics that she is planning to explore in the future comprise the acquisition of large data sets through mergers and acquisitions by platform-based businesses and the role of EU competition law in dealing with market power in digital markets.