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Ben Evans

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Biography

Ben Evans is a Postgraduate Researcher in the School of Law and a member of the Centre for Competition Policy. He holds an LLM in IT and IP Law (Distinction).

Ben’s doctoral research is focussed on the problem of data advantage and explores the interplay between competition law and information technology and intellectual property law. He is particularly interested in EU and UK competition law, the regulation of digital markets, digital intellectual property law, and the development of laws relating to data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI).

Ben has presented at leading international law and economics conferences and workshops. His co-authored research on the EU Data Act has been cited by the Autorité de la concurrence (French competition authority) and in notable law, economics and policy literature. At the Centre for Competition Policy, he has experience leading consultation responses to the UK Competition and Markets Authority and Ofcom relating to cloud computing services and has contributed to a consultation response to the UK Intellectual Property Office relating to AI and intellectual property.

Ben is an active member of the International League of Competition Law and the Society for Computers and Law (SCL). He is a regular contributor to Computers and Law and a member of the SCL Book Review panel.

Teaching Interests

Ben is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has experience teaching EU and UK competition law, including the economics of competition law and the regulation of digital markets. He has also lectured on the Centre for Competition Policy's Industrial Organisation Summer School.

Research Group or Lab Membership

Centre for Competition Policy

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

  • Competition, Markets and Regulation
  • Competition law
  • Competition policy
  • IP law
  • IT law
  • Digital markets regulation
  • Data law
  • Cloud computing law
  • AI law

Media Expertise

  • Law
  • Competition policy
  • AI