Modern Bigness : Challenges for European Competition Law

Project Information

MOBI

Grant agreement ID: 852005

DOI

10.3030/852005

Project closed

EC signature date 6 September 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 477 657,00

EU contribution

€ 1 477 657,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
Netherlands

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Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management plan

Linked to the Work Package: Participation in the Open Research Data Pilot

Publications

Book chapters (8)

Corporate power beyond market power: Strenghtening the role of competition law

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy and Viktorija Morozovaite
Published in: Alberto Alemanno and Jacquelyn Veraldi (eds), Musk, power, and the EU: Can EU law tackle the challenges of unchecked plutocracy?, 2025, Page(s) 65-75, ISBN 978-3-819719-35-6
Publisher: Verfassungsbook
DOI: 10.17176/20250527-121302-0

Revisiting the Concept of Power in the Digital Era

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy
Published in: Antitrust and the Bounds of Power – 25 Years On, 2023, ISBN 9781509962136
Publisher: Hart Publishing
DOI: 10.5040/9781509962167.ch-010

Unity and diversity in the Common Agriculture Policy

Author(s): Pauline Phoa
Published in: Balancing unity and diversity in EU legislation, 2024, Page(s) Pages 231-254, ISBN 9781035302949
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

The Marketplace of Ideas and EU Competition Law: Can Antitrust Be Used to Protect the Freedom of Speech?

Author(s): Jan Polański
Published in: Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions, Issue Volume II (2021), forthcoming, 2022
Publisher: Springer

The Interplay between EU Law and WTO Law: When the Legality of EU Acts is at Stake

Author(s): Carla Farinhas
Published in: Carla Farinhas, Koen lenaerts, Nuno Picarra, Alessandro Marciano, Frederique Rolin: Building the European Union: The Jurist’s View of the Union’s Evolution, 2021, Page(s) 53-73 , ISBN 9781509930852
Publisher: Hart Publishing (Bloomsbury)

Report on The Netherlands

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy, Henk-Jaap Albers, Annemieke van der Beek, Hanneke Kooijman, Marc Kuijper, Anne Looijestijn-Clearie, Edmon Oude Elferink, René Repasi, Merle Temme and Hans Vedder.
Published in: 'EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy: Protecting Free and Fair Competition in an Age of Technological (R)evolution', Daniel Mândrescu, 2020, ISBN 9789462361300
Publisher: Eleven Publishers

The power of Big Tech corporations as Modern Bigness and a vocabulary for shaping competition law as counter-power

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy and Pauline Phoa
Published in: 'Wealth and power, philosophical perspectives', Michael Bennet, Huub Brouwer, Rutger Claassen, 2022
Publisher: Routledge

Innovation as a competitive constraint on online platforms in European competition law: The industry life cycle and dominant designs in digital markets

Author(s): Lisanne M. F. Hummel
Published in: Law and Economics of the Digital Transformation, 2023, ISBN 978-3-031-25058-3
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Power in a Digitalised World: Evolving Perspectives on Competition Law, Regulation and Beyond

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy, Viktorija Morozovaite, Pauline Phoa
Published in: Utrecht Law Review, Issue 21, 2025, Page(s) 1-4, ISSN 1871-515X
Publisher: Igitur, Utrecht Publishing and Archiving Services
DOI: 10.36633/ulr.1222

De DMA en het spectrum van eindgebruikersbescherming

Author(s): Lisanne Hummel, Laura Frederika Lalikova and Viktorija Morozovaite
Published in: Markt & Mededinging, Issue nr. 4 – 5, 2021, Page(s) p. 146 – 154., ISSN 1387-6236
Publisher: Boom

Hypernudging in the changing European regulatory landscape for digital markets

Author(s): Viktorija Morozovaite
Published in: Policy & Internet Journal, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 78-99, ISSN 1944-2866
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/poi3.329

Interim Measures in Digital Markets: Interaction Between the DMA and Regulation 1/2003

Author(s): Carla Farinhas
Published in: Utrecht Law Review, Issue 21, 2025, Page(s) 111-127, ISSN 1871-515X
Publisher: Igitur, Utrecht Publishing and Archiving Services
DOI: 10.36633/ulr.1118

A positive program for antitrust? Enforcement in Times of Political Tides

Author(s): Jan Polanski
Published in: World Competition, Issue Volume 45, issue 2, 2022, Page(s) 237-264, ISSN 1011-4548
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
DOI: 10.54648/woco2022009

Changing competition law in a changing European Union: The constitutional challenges of competition law

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy
Published in: The Competition Law Review, 2019, ISSN 1745-638X
Publisher: The Competition Law Review

Two sides of the digital advertising coin: putting hypernudging into perspective

Author(s): Viktorija Morozovaite
Published in: Markets and Competition Law Review, Issue nr 2/2021 forthcoming, 2021, ISSN 2184-0008
Publisher: Universidade Católica Publisher
DOI: 10.34632/mclawreview.2021.10307

Casino, Guichard-Perrachon and AMC v Commission, Intermarché Casino Achats v Commission, Les Mousquetaires and ITM Entreprises v Commission: The Commission’s powers of inspection are examined in the light of the Charter

Author(s): Carla Farinhas
Published in: Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2021, ISSN 2041-7764
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Limits, limitations, and outer boundaries of antitrust: Censorship, free speech, and dominance

Author(s): Jan Polański
Published in: Market and Competition Law Review, 2023, ISSN 2183-9336
Publisher: Universidade Católica Portuguesa Press

Narratives in Flux - Legal Language, Digital Technologies, and the Climate Crisis

Author(s): Pauline Phoa
Published in: Comparative Law and Language, Issue Volume 2, No. 2, 2023, ISSN 2785-7417
Publisher: Università degli Studi di Trento

Unlocking the power of the European Commission to order interim measures under Regulation 1/2003: An inquiry into the nature of the tool

Author(s): Carla Farinhas
Published in: Common Market Law Review, 2022, ISSN 0165-0750
Publisher: Kluwer Law International

Antitrust shrugged? Boycotts, content moderation, and free speech cartels

Author(s): Jan Polański
Published in: European Competition Journal, 2023, ISSN 1757-8396
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Journals

The future of anticompetitive self-preferencing: analysis of hypernudging by voice assistants under article 102 TFEU

Author(s): Viktorija Morozovaite
Published in: European Competition Journal, Issue 19, 2023, Page(s) 410-448, ISSN 1744-1056
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2023.2200623

Exploring the Nexus between European Competition Law and Democratic Society: A Case of Political Microtargeting

Author(s): null null, Viktorija Morozovaite, Anna Gerbrandy, null null
Published in: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, Issue 17, 2025, Page(s) 9-40, ISSN 1689-9024
Publisher: University of Warsaw
DOI: 10.7172/1689-9024.yars.2024.17.30.1

Neobrandeisianizm i polityczność ochrony konkurencji

Author(s): null null, Jan Polański
Published in: internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny, Issue 9, 2024, Page(s) 44-75, ISSN 2299-5749
Publisher: University of Warsaw
DOI: 10.7172/2299-5749.ikar.5.9.4

Are interim measures under Regulation 1/2003 excluded in new or complex cases?

Author(s): Carla Farinhas
Published in: Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2023, ISSN 2041-7764
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Antymonopolowe déjà vu? Wolność słowa w analizie antymonopolowej (The Antitrust Déjà Vu? Freedom of Speech in Antitrust Analysis)

Author(s): Jan Polański
Published in: Internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (iKAR), Issue nr 6/2021, 2021, ISSN 2299-5749
Publisher: Central and Eastern European Online Library

Unveiling the Discursive Power of Big Tech: Implications for EU Competition Law and Beyond

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy, Viktorija Morozovaite, Pauline Phoa
Published in: Utrecht Law Review, Issue 21, 2025, Page(s) 22-39, ISSN 1871-515X
Publisher: Igitur, Utrecht Publishing and Archiving Services
DOI: 10.36633/ulr.1134

Other (20)

User influencing and a pragmatic role for competition authorities

Author(s): Viktorija Morozovaite
Published in: 2024
Publisher: EU Law Enforcement Blog

The EU Commission’s report on new genome editing techniques: a treasure trove for sustainable CRISPR food – or a Pandora’s box?

Author(s): Pauline Phoa
Published in: 2021
Publisher: RENFORCE blog, Utrecht University

Regulating the discursive power of Big Tech companies

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy and Pauline Phoa
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Verfassungsblog

Breaking up the Tech-Giants, for Real?

Author(s): Alessia D'Amico and Anna Gerbrandy
Published in: Kluwer Competition Law Blog, 2025
Publisher: Kluwer

DMA: a step forward in ensuring swift intervention in the digital sector but flexibility is key

Author(s): Carla Farinhas
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Governing the Digital Society at Utrecht University

Contestability in the digital sector: the Digital Markets Act vs Disruptive Innovation

Author(s): Lisanne Hummel
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Governing the Digital Society at Utrecht University

Dominant positions or dominant designs? Market power and innovation in European competition law; E conference paper for EU ANTITRUST: HOT TOPICS & NEXT STEP:

Author(s): Lisanne Hummel
Published in: EU Antitrust Hot Topics and Next steps, 2022
Publisher: Factulty of Law Charles University

DSA, DMA and ‘Access to…’

Author(s): Laura Frederika Lalikova
Published in: 2021
Publisher: RENFORCE Blog

Taming digital influence: Hypernudging and the role for European competition law

Author(s): Viktorija Morozovaite
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Utrecht University

Should political micro-targeting be a competition law concern?

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy,Viktorija Morozovaite
Published in: STS Conference Graz 2021, 2021
Publisher: xx

Setting dark on fire

Author(s): Viktorija Morozovaite
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Governing the Digital Society at Utrecht University

Media Pluralism and Competition Law

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy and Malgorzata Kozak
Published in: Media Pluralism and Competition Law, 2025
Publisher: ACM/IN/967956

Countering the Power of Big Tech companies: is the bigger picture missing?

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy
Published in: 2021
Publisher: RENFORCE Blog

União Europeia vs Big Tech

Author(s): Carla Farinhas
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Público

‘Democracies die in silence’

Author(s): Pauline Phoa, Anna Gerbrandy, Malgorzata Kozak, Maciej Bernatt
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Verfassungsblog

No harm no foul: How harms caused by dark patterns are conceptualised and tackled under EU data protection, consumer and competition laws

Author(s): Viktorija Morozovaite, Cristiana Santos and Silvia De Conca
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Utrecht University

Big Tech and the Digital Economy. The muddled middle in a polarized debate?

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy
Published in: Chillin Competition, 2020
Publisher: n/a

Futures of Big Tech in Europe: Scenarios and policy implications

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy, Sandro Mendonça, Daniele Archibugi and Lena Tsipouri
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Publications office of the European Union

On tables, markets, and free speech: What to do with digital private censorship?

Author(s): Jan Polański
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Verfassungsblog

If the product is free, you are the product

Author(s): Pauline Phoa
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Governing the Digital Society at Utrecht University

Thesis and dissertations (4)

Innovation as a Counterpower in Digital Markets

Author(s): null null, Lisanne Margot Frédérique Hummel
Published in: Innovation as a Counterpower in Digital Markets: Rethinking EU Competition Law, 2025
Publisher: Utrecht University Library
DOI: 10.33540/2847

The Pattern of Antitrust: Free Speech Lessons for Antitrust Law

Author(s): Jan Polanski
Published in: The Pattern of Antitrust: Free Speech Lessons for Antitrust Law, 2025, ISBN 978-94-6506-743-8
Publisher: Ridderprint

Taming Digital Influence: Hypernudging and the Role for European Competition Law

Author(s): null null, Viktorija Morozovaitė
Published in: 2024, ISBN 978-90-393-7635-5
Publisher: Utrecht University Library
DOI: 10.33540/2080

Strengthening Interim Measures in EU competition law

Author(s): Carla Farinhas
Published in: Strengthening Interim Measures in EU competition law, 2025
Publisher: ??

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

"Global challenges, Big Tech and legal responses, in: The open society and its future, IOS Think Paper Series #1"

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy
Published in: "The Open Society and Its Future, IOS Think Paper Series #1", 2020, Page(s) p 17-26, ISSN 2666-8491
Publisher: Institutions for Open Societies, Utrecht University

Conference proceedings (1)

Power in the digital society: A taxonomy of the composite power of Big Tech companies and a theory of Modern Bigness

Author(s): Anna Gerbrandy, Lisanne Hummel, Laura Frederika Lalikova, Viktorija Morozovaite, Pauline Phoa
Published in: ASCOLA conference 2021, Issue July 1 2021, 2021
Publisher: n/a

Monographic books (1)

Building the European Union: The jurist’s view of the Union’s evolution

Author(s): Carla Farinhas, Koen Lenaerts, Nuno Piçarra, Alessandro Marciano and Frédérique Rolin
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Hart Publishing